Getting closer to our son’s room reveal and I am getting really excited to show all of you. I have been purely inspired by RH Baby bedrooms and just keeping with a very industrial style boys room. Probably the most exciting part to this whole bedroom design is that my son Anthony really loves it! I am sure I am not the only parent that has selfishly decorated the room to your taste and liking. I bet some of your little ones begged you for ninja turtle bedding and spider man vinyl stickers on their walls. Nothing against it…but I just happen to put a little bit of adult sophistication twist on it all. This will also help for Anthony to grow into his room without us having to change too much throughout the years.
Well…of course before the bedroom reveal I had to post at least one more DIY project that we had to do for this room. And that leads me to the Faux Steel Closet Door Makeover.
Sadly…our house did not come with beautiful closet doors….it came with these…
Have any of you ever seen anything like this? I know I have not…this was surely one of the turn offs to our bedrooms when buying this house. I thought by this point we would have replaced them…but as you all know buying a house money and work gets put into just about everything. Something like a closet door is most likely checked off lastly on your “honey do” list.
Since this is what we had to work with…I wanted to at least give these a little upgrade. To keep with the rest of the industrial style feel in the room I chose to go with a faux steel door. The one good thing about these doors is that they are super tall and it helps give a grande look in the space.
To make this an easy fixer upper I used spray paint…No faux painting this door by hand…I went to Lowes and found the best type of spray can that would give these doors that aluminum-metal feel.
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Just adding spray paint would not be enough…I wanted to use a bolt-like trim to really add some character.
Adding a real bolt would have been too large and most likely would have went right through the door…so we used tacks sold at Lowes in the nail and screw aisle. I wish I had not thrown out the package it came in or else I could have shared exactly the brand and type. The tacks I used basically look like a regular tack you would use on a bulletin board. They may be slightly stronger, but I am sure a regular tack would work as well.
The first step was to nail all the tacks into the closet door. I spaced them out equally… eye-balling the distance. This was the longest step and took me probably about an hour to do both doors mainly because they were pretty difficult to hammer into the wood door.
Excuse my shadow
The above photo gives you an idea of what the before and after looks like with the tacks…these were yet to be nailed in. I Â was just making sure the placement looked good.
Once this step was finished I sprayed each door. I needed two cans of spray paint for the entire project and used every last drop.
There You have it! Simple…and yet a dramatic difference!
I am sure no one in the world has closet doors like the ones we have, but I can guarantee that this would be a great idea to do as a barn style door or even a headboard for a boys room.
Looking forward towards the room reveal…just a few more touches and a few more days and you will be invited in.
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How fun and creative is this. I love the steel door look and the brads are a fabulous finishing touch. Thanks tons for linking to Inspire Me.
Thank you Marty! Love stopping by at Inspire Me Party!
What a creative way to dress up these doors! We have awful closet doors in our guest bedrooms that go all the way to the ceiling and are made of aluminum thats been painted over a million times. Apparently they no longer make doors in this size so I’m trying to find a way to make them pretty! Maybe I’ll give this a try!
Thank you Nicole! It was quite easy to do and it actually looks better in person. I think for our room we may try a barn door…so you may want to try that out too to solve those awkward closet doors : )
This is such a great fix for these doors! I really like the industrial feel that it added, and the tacks are the perfect touch! I can’t wait to see the rest of the room.
Thanks Nikki! I am hoping to get that post up today or tomorrow so please come back to visit : )
I swear….you are a genius! Those doors look insane. Loving it! Thanks for sharing WYWW. Come back tomorrow. Also…just now getting to emails and emailed you back about the blog tour.
Thanks Leslie you are always so sweet! Sent you an email back…posted my tour yesterday, but I don’t think it will be a problem for you to still go along with it this Monday…No Rules here!
The doors look awesome! Love the added dimension the tacks give. I redid my son’s room several years ago and used similar paint on several things for that industrial vibe. He loved it! Thank you for sharing at What We Accomplished Wednesdays. Have a lovely week! ~Deborah
Thanks Deborah! absolutely love an industrial style for boys rooms!
Hello Deb, this looks awesome! I’ll have to share this with my son – he’s buying his first house – this would be perfect for him! I will be featuring your post in this week’s Home and Garden Thursday,
Kathy
Thanks you Kathy! So happy to be featured in Home and Garden Thursday!
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Wow! That is absolutely gorgeous. I love the industrial inspired look of that faux door. Kudos for the wonderful job of revamping those closet doors. Thanks for sharing that! All the best!
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