This weekend I finished caulking and painting the door to my girls’ room. Last week I added some inexpensive moulding to the front of their hollow-core door. There were some gaps in the mitered corners and the edges of the moulding pieces that needed caulking.
Caulk guns feel cumbersome and awkward to me, so I almost always use the tubes:
I usually use my finger to smooth the caulk lines, but these little tools are much more accurate and save my pointer finger tip from getting destroyed.
It’s an easy process. Just run a thin line of caulk along the space where the moulding meets the door and then immediately follow up with the edger tool for a super smooth finish.
Here’s a mid-smoothing shot:
I caulked all the edges, top and bottom, and the mitered corners and followed up the smoothed out lines with a damp rag to remove any excess caulk smudges.
I let the caulk dry for a day and then brushed in the details around the moulding and finally rolled on the paint (Glidden’s Spicy Banana Pepper in high gloss – which, strangely, reminded me of a cheerleading dance class I took when I was like six maybe? Other than the Paula Abdul dance routine, I can only really remember one of the cheers that had some cute/sassafras hand rolling action: “Go. Bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S!” Repeated a bunch of times. Sort of annoying actually, but that didn’t keep me from teaching my kids the cheer while I painted) .
Filling the corners and edges with caulk is a super easy step and it helps give a sad, cheap door a pretty legit look. It almost passes for an old wooden door now on first glance.
The shots of pure, bright color in our living room are a fun contrast to the sea of white walls and our black kitchen. I’m loving the addition of the yellow door! And it feels appropriate for the entrance to the girls’ room – almost a little Alice in Wonderland maybe?
I love the way this room is coming together but I wish I could see it in it's entirety! Can you post some whole room photos? Pretty please?
Great job! I love the yellow–absolutely love it. :)
Your door has done a complete 180!! Love it!!
I am showing this to the husband. We just bought a circa 1972 house with plain doors. This is just the ticket!
Love this!
What a great door. The colour is so cheery and I can imagine all the fun that happens behind a door like that. Love DAP, its a DIYers best friend.
Adorable. We did squares like that in my baby's room. You are right it's an expensive, fairly easy way to decorate.
What a great project. Thanks for the tips. Love the yellow colour you have chosen!
What a great idea – love the color!
That looks great! I'm sure it'll make you happy every time you use it!
What a fantastic idea and how amazing it looks. You always make things seem so easy. I have to say that when I have followed your instructions on projects they really have been easy. I hope you'll be doing a how to book soon compiling all your awesome DIY projects. You have the best ideas!
I did something very similar. I was obsessed with yellow doors. I used picture frames:
http://typearamblings.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-you-have-sunny-disposition.html
Fabulous!! And your place is looking A-mazing!
WOW, that looks fantastic and the color looks so cute with the rest of that room. What a cute idea. I am thinking I will use that wood molding for a feature wall inside my daughter's room to frame all her soccer medals. Thanks for the tip, I will let you know if I end up doing it.
it's amazing how much character the simple addition of molding and color can add. Great job, the color mixes in so nicely with everything else!.
That door really looks incredible! Who knew with a little molding and paint, you could completely transform a door. I love the color too!
Wow! We have a plain Jane door in our foyer that has needed something for a long time. Finally, I see what needs to be done! Thank you.
Their door looks precious!
Another reason I love your blog–with every post I learn something. Love the smoothing tool trick. And of course the door looks incredible!
Fantastic upgrade! The yellow is so happy.
I just love how this turned out! I wish I could paint some doors in my rental :/
Gorgeous, gorgeous! I love the yellow door! (I painted my front door yellow recently!)
Love this! we are loving the rug … love love love you are a genius! have a great fourth!
wow, that looks incredible!! i am so impressed, and inspired! i redid my living room a few months ago and i think a painted front door is the final touch that it needs. great job!
I have been scouring the internet for weeks looking for doors. Today I wondered if I could add moulding to our hollow core doors instead because replacing ours would take forever and cost a FORTUNE.
Thank you! You have given me to tools to take care of the biggest eyesore in my home.
-Kim
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