Refurbished old door

                                      
                                                         Refurbished old door

My 91 year old Grandma flew to visit us for the first time (My Grandma does not like to fly).  I was so excited for her to see my place.  She said your place is really nice, but you need to change out those old doors.  So that got me thinking...how can I change out the doors without it costing me a fortune. 

And so my project began. 

 Above is a picture of my old 26" wide door.

You can see the veneer coming up. Yuck!

 

Took the veneer off.  This is a 30 year old door so the veneer came off fairly easy.

I bought a 1/4" thick wood panel 4'x8' at Lowe's for $17 and had them cut it for me, one strip at 5 inches and the rest left at 4 inches.  I put the 5" inches on the bottom the 4" inches  on the rest of frame with wood glue and 1/2" finishing nails. Added wood putty to all the cracks and then sanded.  Keep in mind the thickness of the door to fit the knob. The thickness on this door was right about 1.75 inches after adding the frame to both sides.

 

Drilled a 2" hole for the knob to match the previous hole. And then painted.

 

 Placed the door back up on the hinges.  And here you go......a refurbished old door. Now I just need to do 3 more. lol.

I also painted the knob and hinges with a satin nickel spray paint.  I wanted to buy new pretty lever handles, but the ones I wanted were out of my budget.  These still work and look a whole lot better.

Total costs $44, divide that by 4 doors to refurbish, not too shabby.

4'x8' Wood panel  $17
wood putty   $3
wood glue  $4
1/2" finishing nails $3
2" hole drill bit $9
Satin nickel spray paint $8
Paint I already had on hand.