Door decoration: which material to choose

Gusevsky Andrey Anatolyevich

The choice of finishing material for doors

Finishing work indoors plays a big role. With their help, a wide variety of design ideas are implemented.
It will be possible with the help of modern finishing materials to give the room an original and unique appearance.
It will be possible to invite specialists in this field to carry out such work. But, with your own hands, finishing the door will be much more economical, especially since the finishing materials can be used at the moment without engaging a specialist from the outside.

What determines the choice of material for door decoration

Door trim and slopes today are carried out not only in order to give a neat appearance to such openings. It serves to a greater extent as a decorative decoration of the interior and can give the design a highlight.
The choice of finishing material is more dependent on the shape of the doorway itself.
Currently used in interior decoration:

• Rectangular openings.
• Square openings.
• Arched openings.

Attention! Each of these types of openings can be decorated and decorated individually.

Also, the type of finishing material depends on the structure of the door itself.
Doors can be:

• Wooden.
• Metal.
• Plastic.
• Armored.

These are the main types of doors that are most commonly used indoors.
For decorating a doorway very often used:

• Plastic lining.
• Wooden lining.
• Laminate.
• Siding.
• Stone (decorative or natural).
• Plaster.

The photo shows a variety of door trim in the room.

Door shapes

The finish of the iron door can be quite original as a result of the use of siding or laminate. Decorating armored doors looks best in stone, since the door itself is considered massive structures and it’s not very rational to use a plastic lining to decorate a doorway with these types of doors.
For plastic doors it will be better to use plastic or siding. These materials have similar technical characteristics and will create the effect of the integrity of the entire structure.

Plastic doorway trim

Do-it-yourself finishing of doors can be with the use of plastic lining. This finishing material is currently very popular.
It has the following properties:

• Practicality.
• Durability.
• Easy to install.
• Does not burn.
• It is not exposed to high temperatures and climatic changes.

In addition to all of the above, plastic lining is very easy to clean.
So:

• To do this, it will be enough to use ordinary water with rags. Detergents can not be used, since the surface of such a finishing material is not able to absorb a variety of contaminants.
  Also, insects cannot appear on a plastic lining or start inside a bug, which cannot be said about a wooden lining.
• Before using a plastic lining, you will not need to pre-align the surface of the doorway. All this happens for the reason that the plastic is attached to a special wooden crate.
  It is mounted on the surface using self-tapping screws and a screwdriver.

Tip. In this type of finishing work, it is worth considering that the crate for the installation of a plastic lining has its own height.For this reason, it will be necessary to finish the room and the doorway at the same time.

Since, as a rule, plastic doors are placed at the entrance to the balcony, then loggia decoration should also be made of plastic. At the moment, there is a large selection of such finishing material, which differs not only in its size, but also in color.
It will be possible to choose the best option for the design of the room.

Finishing wood apertures with plastic

To install the plastic you will need:

• Wooden bars.
• Plastic lining.
• Auxiliary corners (if necessary, since the door may be recessed in the opening, or may be in the same plane with the wall).
• Wood screws.
• Screwdriver.
• Building level.
• Construction stapler.

The lathing is made directly on the surface of the doorway and is fastened with screws or dowels. Sheets of plastic lining are already mounted on it.
The process is not too time-consuming and can be viewed on video.

Decoration of doors with wooden lining

Decoration of doors with wooden lining

Do-it-yourself door decoration can be done using wood. Very often, wooden lining decoration is used not only to decorate the doorway, but also on the door leaf itself.
So:

• Wooden lining, as well as plastic, is very popular today. It is quite strong and durable.
  Also, it is not subjected to mechanical and physical effects on it. Do not forget that the tree itself is a very "capricious" finishing material.
• That is why it, in order to be used in finishing works, must undergo a certain preparation (drying) procedure and treatment with special antiseptic substances. Only then can a tree gain sufficient strength and most treatments will provide safety against ignition.

Tip. When using wooden lining, it is worth considering that this material can very well absorb moisture and, under the influence of changes in the temperature regime, dries up or dries up. To prevent this from happening, it will be necessary to cover the wooden lining with a layer of varnish.

The wooden lining is mounted on a pre-leveled surface. To do this, you can use plaster or drywall.
A more practical and cleaner way to level the surface would be to use drywall. It is mounted on a special metal frame, which, like the crate for mounting a plastic lining, is attached to the surface using dowels and screws.
The frame consists of profiles that are designed specifically for the construction of such a kind of crate. In addition, the wooden lining is used for doorway finishesIt is very often used to decorate the door leaf itself.
Finishing an old door with your own hands using a lining made of wood will be very practical and durable. The lining is attached to the door leaf itself.
Initially, it will be necessary to carry out preparatory work. In their process, the finish is removed from the door leaf.
As a rule, in most cases old doors were covered with leatherette. It will need to be removed from the surface.

A variety of finishes using lining

A wooden lining is mounted on the cleaned door leaf.
To do this, use:

• Wooden lining.
• PVA glue.
• Level.
• Screwdriver.
• Wood screws.

Initially, the dimensions of the canvas itself are measured. If the finishing material is longer in length than the dimensions of the door, then it can be cut to the desired size using a jigsaw or a standard saw.
Every detail of a wooden lining from the inner surface must be coated with glue to give strength to the entire finishing layer.

Tip.Do-it-yourself finishing of old doors with the use of wooden lining should be done after the door leaf itself has been removed from the hinges. Only in this way will the whole process be much easier and faster.

To give the door, which is made of wood lining a finished look, you will need to use some decorative elements: a wooden baseboard or rail. Decorating the door with a rail is not particularly difficult.
It is mounted on a wooden panel with the help of wood screws.

Siding in the decoration of the doorway and door leaf

Decorating windows and doors with siding has become increasingly used. All this is due to the fact that siding can be used both for internal and external works.
Decorating the door card with siding will be rather non-standard.
Siding Properties:

• Practicality.
• Durability.
• Ease of installation.
• Does not burn.
• Moisture resistant.
• Easy to clean.

Siding application

Installation of siding is carried out according to the principle of installing plastic lining. The process also involves the manufacture of a wooden crate and only siding panels are attached to it.
At the moment, there is a very large selection of such finishing material. There are a variety of colors and sizes.
That is, it will be possible to select the best option for individual design.

Decorative or natural stone in the decoration of doorways

Very often, door arches are decorated with decorative or natural stone. These finishing materials in their appearance will not be too different on the surface.
Their main difference will be the price, which is quite high for natural stone. It is for this reason that in most finishing works a decorative stone is used, which has a natural texture.
There is a very large selection of decorative stone. It may differ in its size and color scheme.
Properties of decorative stone:

• Practicality.
• Environmental friendliness.
• Durability.
• Easy installation.
• Easy.
• Moisture resistant.
• It is not exposed to temperature and climatic conditions.

To clean such a surface with ordinary water, as the use of abrasive or simple detergents can disrupt the surface structure of such a finishing material.
The decoration near the door with the use of decorative stone looks quite attractive and rich. This method can often be found in any stylistic design.
The materials that are currently used in the finishing work of the doorway are diverse. Also, in most cases they can be used in the decoration of the door leaf itself, which gives integrity and unity to the whole structure of this type.