The original design of home doors is not always the prerogative of professionals. With great desire and a creative approach, any talented person can make an unusual door decor. From our selection you will learn how to decorate a door with your own hands in the five most accessible ways for an amateur.
How to decorate a house door with your own hands.
Ways to decorate a door
Modern materials allow you to decorate a door in many different ways:
- the door can be covered with wallpaper - the entire canvas or just the panels;
- cover with cloth;
- cover with liquid wallpaper;
- use of mirror panels and patterns;
- original ideas for decoration - vintage technique - a combination of decoupage and mosaic;
- coating using decoupage technique;
- the most decorative is the mosaic covering.
There are many options for modern door decor; you can choose and implement your ideal method only by looking at numerous photos of door decor.
Common examples of modern cladding
To decorate the entrance area, facing materials such as veneer, plastic, PVC, stone, eco-veneer, and laminate are actively used. Most of the presented types are fixed to the surface under the influence of warm air from a powerful household or construction hair dryer. To maintain the integrity of the coating, you need to act quickly and very carefully, which is why specialized specialists are usually involved in such work. When introducing decorative stone into a composition, they are armed with special adhesives.
Carved decor of the entrance door
Painting the front door
Surface preparation before any type of decoration
The most important thing is thorough surface preparation. First, the fittings are dismantled. To process the door, you need to remove the door and lay it horizontally.
Preparation technology:
- puff up and peel off the paint layer - heat with a hairdryer and scrape off with a spatula;
- sand the surface using fine-grained sandpaper (at the same time remove small pieces of paint);
- putty; dry for a day;
- sand the surface;
- prime - this will improve the adhesion strength of the coating to the canvas.
Wallpapering technology
Master class on decorating a door with your own hands using wallpaper::
- attach the wallpaper to the door, cut out the desired piece;
- spread the wallpaper with glue and let it sit for 2-3 minutes;
- a piece of wallpaper is carefully applied to the door leaf and smoothed with a roller or rubber spatula. Excess glue is immediately wiped off with a damp cloth;
- Excess paper is carefully cut off with a construction or stationery knife.
The wallpaper takes a day to dry. There should be no drafts or direct rays of sun in the room; it is advisable to cover the radiator with a blanket and move the door as far away from it as possible. Then the vinyl wallpaper can be painted with a special paint.
The finishing touch is to hang the door on its hinges and install the removed hardware. You can glue a neat frame from a baguette profile or a small foam profile (it needs to be painted).
Trends in the arrangement of doorways
The front door is a durable purchase, and its external design must meet the practical and stylistic requirements of the owners. Often apartments are equipped with two structures, between which there is a distance equal to the thickness of the walls. Here, the decor of the front door is not of fundamental importance, and the canvas, which is internal in this pair, is designed as an ordinary interior door.
Decoration of the front door with flowers
Wooden entrance door decor
If you want the structure to merge with the adjacent walls, you should give preference to a constructivist or minimalist interior in the hallway. In this case, the door is painted in the same way as other vertical surfaces.
If the hallway area is limited in size or when too little sunlight gets into it, you can create a “light trap”: attach a full-scale mirror to the door panel. If this is not possible, even a narrow mirror strip on the door is enough - if it is located opposite the window, it will create the visual effect of the presence of an additional light opening.
Purple entrance door decor Blue entrance door
If the hallway is quite cramped, it is worth adopting the special decorative properties of reflective and glossy surfaces: they give a feeling of full illumination, depth and airy lightness. Here you will need to install a smooth door and cover it with a colored glossy varnish that matches the range of furniture or walls.
In the interior of the hallway, for the design of which subtle graphic finishing methods were used, the relief texture of the entrance door would be appropriate. If you also correctly place the ceiling lighting, an original play of light and shadow will be created.
Wrought iron front door decor
Decorate the front door with paint
Covering doors with fabric
Similar to wallpaper, you can decorate the door panel using fabric. The fabric covering looks very attractive. The fabric chosen is opaque and quite dense.
Before gluing, the fabric is treated - washed in hot water and dried so that it shrinks. It is not the sample that is washed, but the entire required piece of fabric.
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You can use pieces of fabric with different patterns. Patchwork is always in fashion.
The fabric is glued using traditional CMC and construction mastics. The gluing technology is similar to wallpaper technology.
Particular attention should be paid to covering the door in the “patchwork” style - you need to ensure that the pieces of fabric do not warp.
You can decorate the door with gold or copper upholstery nails, baguette frames, upholstery with synthetic cords, leather, or shiny cables.
Artistic painting
Various paints are used to decorate doors. Choose only safe materials for painting. Both plastic and wooden canvases lend themselves to such splendor.
If you plan to do the painting yourself, create a sketch and practice on whatman paper or any other sheet. Use different brush options for this. To decorate doors, use only high-quality materials with high performance characteristics.
Paints must be chosen so that they are in harmony with the overall decor of the interior. If the design of the room is too light, then it is easy to add an accent to the doors using a darkened tone.
Halloween decor Source dveribelorussii.com.ua
Playing with colors Source designerdreamhomes.ru
The starry sky, various kinds of floristry, elegant patterns and ornaments are painted on the interior door panels. Delicate, unpretentious images are suitable for the bedroom: tulips, circles with weaving plants.
In a modern living room, it is better to depict something fresh and serious. For example, wild animals and natural landscapes look beautiful. The aging effect is welcome for interiors such as country or Provence.
Thematic images look good in a children's room: cars, dolls, neutral drawings. Many choose the theme of the drawing according to the current season. The doors are decorated with fluffy fir trees, cherry blossoms, and autumn leaves.
Antique doors Source dizayndoma.com
Christmas star Source www.youtube.com
On a note! Artistic painting should be applied to a previously prepared canvas. Remove the varnish and paint from it, putty on minor damage and paint the canvas with matte paint. Then you can start drawing.
Liquid wallpaper
A simple and effective way to decorate. Disadvantage: wallpaper can be washed off with plain water, so the method is not suitable for wet rooms - bathrooms, and it is not advisable to use it in the kitchen.
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Algorithm for applying liquid wallpaper:
- therefore, the door must be puttied and covered with white oil primer. Dry;
- The mixture is diluted according to the instructions, color is added. The infusion time for the mixture is 12 hours. Therefore, it is better to prepare the mixture in the evening;
- The mixture is applied with a spatula and carefully distributed over the door in an even layer. It is necessary to ensure that the layer of liquid wallpaper is the same in thickness. You can apply a mixture of several colors to create designs;
- you can roll the surface of wet wallpaper with a textured roller - this will give additional relief to the surface;
- drying time – 2-3 days. The coating is then secured with clear varnish.
An option is to decorate the door using stencils - apply several identical patterns to the canvas, then cover the rest of the surface with the background mixture.
Stained glass
Stained glass is perfect for doors with glass. The result, as a rule, looks original and impressive. Acrylic or special stained glass paint may be suitable. You can actually buy them in art stores. More often they are sold in whole sets with detailed instructions.
You can apply absolutely any design to glass. In addition to paints, you will also need an outline. It is he who creates “metallic” boundaries between the painted pieces of colored glass.
When working, it is better to carefully remove the glass from the door to avoid smudges and accidental drops falling on the wood itself.
Decor of interior doors with a pattern
Glass door decor
Beautiful door decor
Actions are performed in the following sequence.
- The glass is cleaned of dust and dirt and degreased.
- Transfer from a printed drawing or apply a contour “by hand”. It must dry thoroughly, this can take up to three days. Most likely, you will need to reapply the contour to make it look more voluminous.
- Paint the separated pieces with different colors and let them dry.
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Mirrors
This is not exactly what you thought. An ordinary mirror is heavy, you can’t stick it like wallpaper, and it breaks. Mirrors are very difficult to cut and require sanding down the sharp edges. There are also triplex mirrors - but they are expensive and heavy.
But there is an alternative - mirror acrylic - acrylic panels covered with amalgam - a real mirror coating.
You can create a very unusual finish using mirror acrylic. The panels are available in a very wide range of colors. They are light, easy to process and attach, and do not break.
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The price is not very low - but are mirrors really cheap? The beauty of the coating more than pays for its high cost.
Step-by-step DIY door decor using mirror panels:
- both the door and the back side of the panel are coated with primer;
- the panels are thin, they can be cut with a knife;
- The mirrors are glued with glue (mounting glue) and secured with ordinary tape for a day - until the glue dries.
One of the decor options is to cut out or buy figured mirror paintings and glue them. They are sold with glue on the back.
New Year theme
On the eve of this holiday, everyone expects at least a small miracle. New Year's days are filled with mystery and fabulousness, and if you create the appropriate atmosphere in your home, the festive mood will last a long time.
Of course, you need to start with decorating the entrance area . There is no limit to imagination here, I offer several options, and you can complement the decor with colorful elements or make your own exclusive composition.
There are no limits to your imagination here
Fir branches
It’s easy to make a wreath from twigs, decorate it with real or decorative cones, and tie it with a red ribbon. You can hang one wreath or tie several, constructing the necessary shape of the composition.
Fir branches knitted in the form of a Christmas tree, a house or a lush bush look festive.
Bright bells and golden balls are attached to the branches and intertwined with serpentine. The spruce composition will look original if you hang fresh apples and tangerines on it.
The main thing is not to overdo it with the chosen decor
If you don’t want to build a festive composition, you can simply secure a fluffy spruce branch with tape and hang a bow on top. This decoration will also add a festive mood.
The door frame will look like the entrance to a fairytale cave if it is decorated along its entire length with spruce branches.
Buckwheat decor
An unusual folk method of decorating a door is pasting it with buckwheat. Disadvantage: fragility.
Technology: the door is painted brown, dried, smeared with PVA, covered with buckwheat and glitter. To secure, cover with two or three layers of transparent varnish.
Photo wallpaper
Another fairly simple way to create an unusual door is to use photo wallpaper. Thanks to a huge selection of a wide variety of themes, you can choose wallpaper that fully meets the aspirations of the owners. These can be black and white images of a modern metropolis, a cozy forest clearing, palm trees on the seashore, or a fairy-tale princess’s castle entwined with roses.
The technology of 3D photo wallpaper will make the room not only cozy, but will also somewhat expand the boundaries of the room.
Mosaic
Unusual way to finish a door. Use small ceramic, glass, acrylic tiles. You can add unusual objects (bronze, steel, mirrors, beads, buttons, toys).
The tiles are attached with regular glue. Drawings are any abstraction, whatever your imagination allows. The glue is painted over on top.
Features of using decorative overlays
Decorative overlays are often used to cover the front door from the inside and outside - thin wooden strips that can be fixed to a canvas made of a variety of materials. A special adhesive composition is responsible for the reliability of installation; moreover, the wood requires special treatment both before and after decorating the entrance area with it.
To preserve the structure and natural aesthetics of wood, it is advisable to cover it with water-repellent agents, in particular, stain. It will protect the material from the effects of negative external factors and destruction, and will emphasize its natural shade. Glossy, semi-matte or matte varnish should be applied on top (in accordance with the style of the interior and personal preferences).
An interesting alternative could be the introduction of MDF overlays already formed in the factory. They are mounted on a frame (if they are used to decorate slopes) or simply with glue, have a wide range of colors, and have an “expensive” appearance.
Autumn front door decor
Swing entrance door decor
Vintage
Vintage is done using the decoupage technique. There are different methods and instructions for decorating using the vintage technique. The base is prepared as for decoupage - painted and sanded.
The panels are sealed. Old magazine and newspaper sheets, sheet music, notebooks are used - anything that can arouse interest. You can cover the panels with a thin black baguette profile. Everything is varnished.
Vintage can be decorated with pearl-like beads, lace, bows, flowers and whatever you want. The result is a luxurious, exclusive door.
Stickers
This is the simplest and inexpensive way to update the decor of an old door - you just need to choose the right vinyl stickers. This technique is ideal in situations where the door leaf is in good condition, has no grooves, cracks, or chips, and the owner simply wants to make the interior more colorful and unusual. The door will act as an accent in such a room.
Ready-made multi-colored stickers are sold in any construction stores. If the owner cannot choose a suitable design from the offered range, you can make the decor yourself. To do this, you can use regular self-adhesive film. For drawings, you can make templates that will be transferred to the back of the film.
Another way to use this technique is with a roll of self-adhesive paper. This is a simpler alternative to wallpapering and painting. Just choose the option you like and re-stick the film on the door. Such a decorative solution will take very little time, but will significantly transform the door structure.
