At faux doors we elevate the curb appeal and attraction of your home by hand painting your current garage doors to look like real wood grain doors.
Faux wood panel door.
Time wise my panels were 37 x 17 1 2 and 23 x 17 1 2 and it took about 3 hours to measure cut the trim and glue.
It looks like a million bucks but only costs 12.
I already had the paint.
And i mean dry.
This step by step tutorial from jenna sue design company takes a plain slab door and turns it into a five panel door.
First coat of gel stain is applied.
If you can allow it to dry overnight that would be best.
Creating a faux wood garage door.
Panel doors for every budget.
Now be sure and wait until this is dry.
Diy faux wood bi fold doors for my final brown coat i used a dark brown custom mix of leftover paint so i don t have a name for it with very little warmth to it.
As you can see from the photo this coat is still somewhat streaky with the other two colors showing through but no white.
The black paint gives her doors an extra luxurious appeal too.
Once you perfect your technique on your first panel you just repeat it on each panel until your door is complete.
For a flawless paint job be sure to check out these door painting tips and tricks.