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DOOR DECORATION & PAINTING sa CHRISTMAS DOOR DECORATION xx DOOR xx PAINT & FINISH Photo shows how to enhance an ordinary door by painting it black and gluing 3/4" wood strips 1-1/4" apart on the face of the door. Est. cost: $15. Photo shows how to make doors into works of modern art by painting the entire surface with colorful geometric patterns. Est. cost: $18. Photo shows how to give a front door a facelift by using lattice molding strips. Est. cost: $6. Photo shows how to make a front door look like a piece of modern art with lumber scraps and flat metal mending plates. Est. cost: $15. Photo shows how to cover doors or a wall with cutout bookjacket backs to create the illusion of a library wall. Est. cost: $25. Photo shows how to make a monogrammed door by adding large covered letters and wooden accent strips to the face of an existing door. Est. cost: $68. Photo shows how to give a front door a facelift by resurfacing it with rough-sawn swamp cedar, fake pegs, a knocker and strap hinges. Est. cost: $83. Photo shows how storage area doors can be decorated by applying adhesive-backed plastic. Est. cost: $24. How to give a pair of doors a facelift by applying mirror panels and molding. Help for boring doors. Using simple tricks and common tools to add style to inexpensive hollow-core doors. Doors inside and out. Two step-by-step makeover projects. (1) Installing a new prehung exterior door. (2) Scraping and repainting an interior door. Decorate plain interior or exterior doors with molding. Decorative doors. Tips and ideas for adapting a border design or other pattern as a creative embellishment to paint on a door. Painted floral door crown features a cross-hatch motif across the bottom and a bouquet of wild roses and other blossoms. Full-sized pattern furnished. Photo shows how to decorate a door by applying rough lath strips in a diamond pattern. Five ways to make distinctive front doors. Flush door magic. Photographs illustrate six flush doors made more attractive by the addition of decorative moldings. The article tells how to install the moldings. How to renovate a flush door with vinyl wood grain "skin". A look at what is available in graphic wall coverings and step-by-step instructions for applying a wall mural on a door. Tip: Simple jig which attaches to ceiling and supports a door during painting allows both sides of the door to be finished in one session. Tip on what color to paint edges of doors when they are between rooms of different colors. Tip shows how to make handles in the top and bottom of doors being painted or stained so both sides can dry at the same time and so they can be turned without touching the painted surface. Paint a country door using milk paint which delivers rich color, durability, and old-fashioned charm. How to mix and apply milk paint and decorative stenciling. Tip: Add cedar trim to ordinary looking interior door casings to add visual interest. Tip on applying a wood-grain finish to a six-panel hardboard door that is already primed white or gray. Tip on stripping and refinishing large wooden doors. Tip on covering an exterior steel door with wood. Panel door is decorated with cut-outs of lace pasted to the raised panels. Est. cost: $19. Decorate an ordinary flush door with false-panels made from plywood and molding. Est. cost: $16. Flush-door face lift. Using wood veneer and moldings to resurface a damaged interior door. Improve the appearance of flush doors by adding decorative molding. Tack wooden strips to the top and bottom edges of a door so that both sides can be painted at the same time. Tip: Decorate plain plywood doors by painting them with colored triangles. Conceal a flush bedroom door by covering with matching wallpaper and painting woodwork in background color of the wallcovering. Tips for dressing up your front door with moldings and trims. Photos show how simple moldings can be applied to a plain exterior door to improve its appearance. Covering door with plastic provides a writing suface for a child's room. Customize your doors. Achieve modern, contemporary or traditional effects by adding panels and stock moldings. Resurface an exterior door with plastic laminate. How to give a flush door a new look by adding carved wood panels and moldings. Embellishing an exterior flush door by adding decorative moldings. How to protect natural wood doors with varnish. The art of graining. Part 2. Topgraining. How to adjust the glaze and suggestions on graining doors. Tips on painting or varnishing doors and windows. Painting doors and windows. Tips on preparation, priming and painting, tools and techniques. Modernize your exterior doors by covering them with hardboard and reducing the window size. Decorating flush doors with moldings. Three styles shown: Spanish, traditional, and contemporary. New faces for your front door. Simple picture frames of common molding can add a whole new look to your front door. Applying paneling to a recessed-panel type door to compliment the walls of a paneled room. Tip: Repair damaged hollow-core doors by applying decorative panels to the surface. Decorating doors. Tip shows how to make colorful bedroom doors with giant letters that show the name of the occupant. Photos show ways to transform the face of a solid-core door. Photo shows how to paint giant house numbers on a door. Remaining area is covered with lath strips. Colorful cutouts (made from Contact paper) help prevent glass-door accidents. Tip shows how to apply textural wallpaper borders to the rails and stiles of an interior door to give it a carved look. Tips on applying veneer to an interior flush door. Tips on finishing an exterior door made of rosewood. Door decorating ideas. Tips on painting a door. How to give an old door a facelift using simulated wood-carved plaques. How to route decorative grooves in plywood doors. Requires a "fence" around the door and a wooden shoe attachment on the router base. How to customize a door by gluing and nailing various wooden shapes to it. | |||||||||
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