Progress…I painted a door!

From this…this is not the exact door, but it gives you an idea of what I was working with (this photo shows the door already stripped of layers of old paint).

…to this!

From this…actually, this is the bathroom door handle, but it gives you an idea of what it looked like before. In fact the door knob was also covered in layers of paint on this particular door.

…to this!

Now, you might be thinking painting a door is no big deal. But for me this is huge progress! You see, I took the door off it’s hinges approximately 2 years ago and sanded it a little. And then it just kind of sat in the spare room, waiting for me to get motivated to continue with the prep work. Waiting..waiting…waiting…

2 years later and I finally got the motivation to start working on it again. This included stripping off layers of old paint (primarily with a heat gun and scraper), filling in holes and scratches, sanding it all back to a smooth finish, and boiling up the old door hardware to remove layers of paint. Then it was a case of spray painting the old door handles a gloss black (3 thin and even coats), putting an all in one prep coat on the door, followed by 2 coats of Dulux Semi Gloss in Vivid White. End result? A huge improvement in my opinion! The doors are lovely old solid wood and I think are well worth the effort it’s taken to give them a new lease on life.