Black Doors Galore

Ever since I saw someone paint their interior doors black I have been so excited to try it. I had thought I would just do my front door but once I got started I loved the results and had to just keep going! I ended up doing all our doors downstairs. Here is how they turned out.

This is my front door along with my crafting room double doors. The black added so much to this space. It feels so much cozier and gave it a very rich feeling.

Here is a look at just the front door. Doesn't it look so much better. Who knew what a huge difference some black doors could make.

This is our garage door. Not to sure why my camera makes the coloring look so different in both these pictures. The walls in person are kind of a mix between both the gray and brown.

Now here is our bath room and the double doors are the laundry closet. One of these days you will get to see whats behind all these doors but for today we will just focus on doors.

And for the last shot here is a look down the hallway with the addition of the closet door on the right. I love love love how they turned out. Now that you have seen the results I let's talk about how this wasn't the easiest of projects.

Being the cheapo that I am I ended up getting the paint at Walmart  for the project. I bought Glidden interior Semi Gloss in Onyx. I wanted a glossy finish but didn't want to see my reflection in the doors so I went with the Semi Gloss. While I was getting supplies I also bought 1. an angled paint brush 2. a small and large roller 3. painters tape

First I took off the hardware on the doors...mainly just door handles and locks and placed tape over the hinges.

I started  with  my angled brush to paint the indentation of the doors. I then used my rollers to paint the rest of the door. I found the large roller worked best for the front of the door and the small roller for the sides.

This is after one coat. Don't be nervous that you see lines and smears! I ended up doing three coats on all these bad boys (and a few touch up spots on a few even after three coats)! One thing you do need to be careful of the paint dripping. You want a nice smooth finish so if you are coating the paint to think it is likely to drip down as it is drying. I made sure to go back with my brush when I was done with each layer and make sure I wasn't leaving any paint to run down the door.

Hope you all love the results! Happy Painting!