Our house is pretty old. It’s filled with items reminiscent of the 60’s and 70’s. The vinyl we just ripped out of our kitchen/dining area was just plain awful. I believe I described it to my husband as poop brown hexagons. I mean I love me some hexi’s but this was just plain scary! It might just haunt me in my dreams ;). One of the biggest things to me that changes the look of a space, other than hideous ugly flooring, is doors. We have the flat hollow core doors that just lack pretty much everything possible when it comes to design. Now, as much as I would love to install solid wood craftsman style doors, this isn’t our forever home and $150 bucks a pop just isn’t in the cards right now. So… I opted for a standard 6 panel door. Still not my favorite, but it’s an astronomical improvement from what we currently have!
Please check out the giveaway at the bottom of the post!
I know some people hate the idea of mortising a hinge out, but I am here to show you that it isn’t all that bad. It’s actually way faster than ripping out a door jam, and did I mention it saves you money. Even after buying a few extra things you are going to save some serious cash, maybe not if you are just replacing one door, but if you are doing your whole house, yes… it saves tons!
Here is just a little example of what you can save. Of course there will be little extra costs like screws, but you might have this stuff on hand and this is just an overall idea of what you can save, you will need to research actual prices at your local store to get an accurate cost estimate! Amount of savings will vary!
Now that you have an idea of how much you can save, head over to Ryobi Nation for the full tutorial and start installing those doors!
CLICK HERE FOR THE TUTORIAL ON HOW TO INSTALL A SLAB DOOR
But before you do that, make sure and enter to win your very own tools for this job! All you need to do is sign in to, or create a ryobi nation account. Don’t worry it’s free ; ) Contests runs through the last day of May!
I cant find a link that takes me to the contest. I click on the giveaway and it takes me straight back to this page in a new browser.
I apologize for that! It was missing the “http://”. It’s all fixed now and you just need to sign up or sign in to a Ryobi Nation account and you will be entered! Thanks so much!
I cannot find the link either….Is the contest over?
I apologize for that! It was missing the “http://”. It’s all fixed now and you just need to sign up or sign in to a Ryobi Nation account and you will be entered! Thanks so much!
we had a gross garage floor before but we had it epoxy coated, thank god!! I love your garage!!Doors
Thanks for sharing this guide. We just have to renovate, but we have already found many suitable options for incoming doors here https://www.etodoors.com/windows-front-doors-exterior-entry-doors.html/ . This will help us a lot