Lynn Knight
Bloggers and designers have been painting interior doors for years. Of course, painting only your front doors (inside and out) in a dramatic color is one way to get a designer look. Our white bungalow’s front door was a deep red on the exterior, which was a bold statement to make on such a tiny house. Shortly after moving to this house, I painted the double front doors black inside and out. But one look I’d never tackled was painting all the interior doors a color other than white! A lot of bloggers have painted their interior doors black.
If you use a dark or bold shade like black, you’ll be adding a lot of drama to your home. I decided to ease into the use of more color in our house by painting our interior doors (only on the main floor so far) in a beautiful milky-mushroom color called Gallery Grey 2006-10B by Valspar. Which is perfect for our interior doors that had seen better days due to fingerprints from kids and minor scratches from the dog.
It’s generally a one-coat paint, but I found for our textured, six-panel doors that I needed two coats.
I’m looking forward to Valspar’s advanced stain and scrub resistance and exceptional washability…’cause goodness knows the main floor doors especially take a beating around here! Thankfully our main floor doors didn’t need any filler.
For this project, I didn’t need to prime because I used a paint and primer in one. You’ll want to use a very good brush (Purdy are my favorite) that won’t shed its bristles while you’re painting. This means, if you have doors similar to ours, you will need to paint in different directions.
Then I paint up and down on the sides of the door and side-to-side at the top, middle and bottom.
Gallery Grey 2006-10B by Valspar fits in perfectly with our relaxed style and our muted color scheme. Or you could choose a muted color, like I did, to help your space feel soothing and peaceful.
(Remember my rule about choosing paint colors at the store – don’t do it!) Like I mentioned, right now, I only painted the main area facing parts of the doors. Or you could paint the doors AND the trim and baseboards too, for a lovely century home look.
