New doors being fitted.

HeMan_3

Hi all, I have decided to change the interior doors of my parents house. Looking at the doors it should not be too complicated to change as I image I will lay the old doors next to the new ones, mark up, chip away and off I go.

Any how I was wondering, the frames of all the3 doors will be white but the doors, a natural wood finish. Would it look weird to leave it like that or should I paint them.


Also I know I will have to seal the wood if I am painting, but what about if I want to varnish them?, will I still need to seal the doors.


Thanks in advance,


G.

juno

If your walls are white then the white frames won't look odd. But if you've got a colour on your walls it might do.

robnye

in our house
the door frames inside the rooms is white gloss
the part of the door frame in the hallway is varnished..... the doors are varnished.
from the hallway you cant see the white painted wood

from the rooms, you can see white frame and varnished door - looks fine to me

ashley0611

All my interior doors are stained wood and frames are white. It looks fine.

HeMan_3

Will I need to seal the doors first, or can I varnish staright away?

robnye

i did three coats on my doors, with one of the ronseal quick drying varnishes

i never thought about sealing before hand.....

Treacle_2-2

I replaced all the doors in my house with stained wood ones and had white gloss frames and skirtings – no problem, my walls I painted various warm colours in various rooms - didn’t look odd at all! My only problem was friends visiting would say it felt warm and inviting – was sometimes a job to get them to go home!!

newfunk

Just varnish them, no need to seal them, the varnish acts as a seal. Make sure you rub them down between each coat. If using quick drying varnish, make sure you prepare the doors properly 1st, I went to a friends house, who had just varnished 2 coats and the finish was rubbish, compared with oil based varnish.

If they were external, then seal them!! Im not so sure about your idea of laying the door on the floor marking the new ones and planing them tho!!