Oak doors and oak architrave . Pine frame help

pd52

I have new oak doors and new oak skirting architrave these have been treated with clear satin varnish . However the door frames themselves are pine , full of knots. I’ve tried a few different dyes, oils and varnishes on one side of the frame to try and get a match but with it being pine it’s just going orange or nowhere near oak! I’m thinking of painting the actual frame cream/magnolia / or a similar neutral colour. I’m just not sure how this would sit with an oak door - cream colour frame and then oak architrave. Has anyone else encountered this or have any suggestions. Many thanks :A

billn

Painting the frames is the only answer I can think of and I have seen it done to good effect a few times, only other way is to replace the frames with oak (and I don't think you will want to do that).

Mistral001

My first thought when I started to read the post, was to paint the frame a colour matching the oak doors. It could take a while to get the exact colour, but your only option as far as I can see. Replacing the frames would entail major joinery work done by a very skilled joiner, never mind the cost of the oak frames.

-taff

Is the door going to be open or shut most of the time because you're not going to see much of the internal frame when the doors closed if you add oak architrave, so any colour you like will be fine.

pd52

Thanks for the replies . Yes the expensive of replacing the frames is outside my budget unfortunately. Just need to decide on wood paint colour now that will go with the oak . The doors and architrave are just treated with clear varnish so they look natural.

JulieM

Light grey looks nice with oak.

Mistral001

JulieM wrote: »

Light grey looks nice with oak.

I was thinking of that. It is quite fashionable at the minute.

I would do a couple of doors in different colours before doing anything. The sample pots of paints you can get in Homebase or B&Q would probably do a whole door frame and are not very expensive.

tonyh66

I think a painted frame looks great with a natural oak door.

pd52

Light grey sounds nice . If anyone has any pictures that would be great

ceredigion

I veneered mine with oak veneer. Since done it for several customers.
A lot of filling and sanding first, then apply the veneer. The first time I used an iron on version that went ok but since moved on to plane veneer and size which is better but more involved. You can get all you need on ebay.
One day will do it with a burr walnut .

jennifernil

My OH has been doing something similar for our daughter, on 3 doorways, though rather than a veneer he has removed a 12mm depth of the frame where it would not be covered by the door stops and facings, and set in a strip of solid oak. It looks very good.

Where a completely new door opening was required, he built a sub frame of pine and used 20mm thick oak to finish the visible part of the frame.

Skirtings and door facings for 2 rooms, which involved 4 doorways as there are en suite bathrooms, facings in one bathroom, plus the decorative oak coverings for one new doorway, came to about £400 ( we got a really good deal on the materials) labour was free fortunately!