Tired of boring, flat panel doors? Transform your door from boring to beautiful with these DIY flat panel door makeover ideas!
Don’t ditch your doors when you can DIY them!
One easy way to spruce up your space this year is to give your interior doors a makeover. Flat panel doors and even builder-basic hollow core doors can be completely transformed with just a little trim, paint, and creativity! Below are 16 DIY tutorials by bloggers demonstrating different ways to transform your doors.
Please click the blue/gray links next to each number to be taken to the original source. Here you will find the full tutorial and even more ideas for your door makeover project.
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1. DIY HERRINGBONE DOOR TUTORIAL BY HOME STORIES A TO Z
Our doors were the classic six panel hollow door variety and I upgraded them by using unfinished wall paneling in a herringbone pattern. I absolutely loved the transformation. These would look very beautiful stained instead of painted. You can find the full door makeover tutorial here.
2.DIY SLIDING BARN DOOR BY CHRISTINA MARIA BLOG
Christina made her sliding barn door out of a hollow door! Absolutely genius, and stunning! She has a full step-by-step tutorial for this project for you here.
If you love barn doors, you’ll also love this post: 20 DIY Barn Doors
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3. BEADBOARD CLOSET DOOR MAKEOVER BY BENEATH MY HEART
My girl Traci from Beneath My Heart transformed her closet doors by adding beadboard and trim. She used a small dremel saw to cut all the pieces. If using a big chop saw or table saw intimidates you, try out this smaller version that makes a big impact! Find all the details on how she did it here.
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4. HOW TO MAKE CUSTOM BI-FOLD CLOSET DOORS BY GRACE IN MY SPACE
This is a gorgeous makeover for flat panel, bi-fold doors! Such a simple, yet gorgeous way to spruce up your closet doors. Find out exactly how she did it by clicking here.
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5. FROM PLAIN TO PANELED BY JENNA SUE DESIGNS
Jenna Sue’s blog is a favorite of mine and is chock full of amazing DIY inspiration! Click here to find out how she accomplished this door makeover for only $12!
6. CLOSET MAKEOVER WITH CORKBOARD BY DRIVEN BY DECOR
Kris from Driven by Decor has a gorgeous home and beautiful ideas for making over plain doors! To find out how she created these corkboard doors, please click here for her easy to follow tutorial!
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7. INEXPENSIVE DOOR MAKEOVER BY ADDICTED 2 DECORATING
Kristin from Addicted 2 Decorating is always sharing her DIY creative inspiration with her readers. She is very fun to follow on Instagram where she frequently takes you behind the scenes of her latest projects. Her quick and easy door makeover tutorial found here is perfect for beginners!
8. BUDGET FRIENDLY FLAT PANEL DOOR MAKEOVER BY SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL BY ANGELA
Angela always has gorgeous and budget friendly makeovers with detailed tutorials. Check out her dramatic flat panel door makeover tutorial here.
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9. Inexpensive Door Makeover by VINTAGE REVIVALS
You are seriously going to have to go see this entire bathroom renovation! Mandi always does an amazing job transforming spaces and this $15 door makeover is no exception. Find her tips and the full tutorial for her flat panel door makeover here.
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10. HALLWAY DOOR MAKEOVER BY LOVE CREATE CELEBRATE
Lindi and Russell made over several of their hallway doors, and the after look is cohesive and gorgeous! Go see how they did it here.
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11. DIY PAINTED AND PATTERNED DOORS BY RAIN ON A TIN ROOF
This flat panel door makeover idea is so unique! Jenna was able to keep her doors in place while she worked on this project which is a plus! Click here to read exactly how she pulled it off.
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12. HOW TO ADD PANELS TO A HOLLOW DOOR BY PRETTY HANDY GIRL
Gorgeous detail work! Full tutorial in this post that you will want to read.
13. HOLLOW CORE DOOR MAKEOVER BY FRUGAL FAMILY TIMES
This couple did an amazing job making over their entire basement. This door makeover is only one small project in their basement makeover that made a huge difference. Love it!
14. GLAMOROUS BI-FOLD CLOSET DOOR MAKEOVER BY MONICA WANTS IT
Absolutely stunning bifold door transformation! Click here to see how these doors went from boring to glam.
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15. HOLLOW CORE BORE TO BEAUTIFUL BY THRIFTY ARTSY GIRL
Very dramatic change for very little investment! Click here for the tutorial.
16. BI FOLD CLOSET DOOR MAKEOVER BY SHE HOLDS DEARLY
Sarah from She Holds Dearly made over her ordinary bi-fold closet doors into a shaker-style doors that are simply gorgeous! She shares her full tutorial with you here.
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Hey, Beth, these are some of the greatest easy hacks to make home doors so attractive and catchy. I have been scrolling around your site and a total of I guess 3-4 blogs but I am really amazed to see that you have such great talent. Your video of making a cake made me drool all over, I so much wanted to have a bite of that cake.
And your acorns painting post had closed its comment section otherwise I would have commented there also. Those acorns looked so adorable at the end. I literally had my heart taken away.
You are doing a great job <3 <3 <3