ARE you fed up with your bland doors at home but don’t want to fork out a fortune to get new ones?
A DIY whizz has revealed how you can give them a stylish face lift for just £5 per door without spending long on the project.
Martin, who posts under @martindiy, uploaded a video showing how to achieve a simple transformation.
He wrote: “Don’t buy new doors - do this for around £5 a door.”
Martin showed how he took some plain wooden doors and turned them into looking grey and chic.
He added: “All you need is a £20 router from eBay, a v groove cutting bit and a straight line.
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“The process is easy.”
Once you have painted your doors, he demonstrated how he laid the door flat and marked the grooves he wanted to create.
Martin then used the router to cut grooves in the wood quickly and precisely.
He added that it typically takes him 15 to 20 minutes to finish each door.
The DIY lover continued: “If you enjoy a little DIY it’s quite satisfying doing these on a nice cheap budget.”
He then reattached the doors in place, and they looked a lot less plain with the cut-out design.
His video has racked up over 3,000 likes, and people were quick to praise the idea.
One said: “I would love my doors like this.”
Another added: “Looks great.”
Meanwhile, another person showed how they had transformed their doors at home on a budget.
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Saara Karvonen took to TikTok to share how she upgraded her wooden doors by adding two glass panels to each, before giving them a lick of paint.
Known online as @ateliersaarakarvonen, the interior designer regularly shares home transformation ideas and DIY hacks with her 8,700 followers.
In a new reel, she said: “DIY: updating existing doors.
“Started by cutting new holes for the glass using a jigsaw and following the existing mouldings.
“Sanded, primed and painted the door using Bone China Blue from Little Greene Company.
“Fixed a frame on both sides to hold the glass using No More Nails.”
During the 30-second video, Saara reveals how she took the chipboard doors off their hinges before taking them outside to cut, sand and insert the glass panels.
She then put them back in place before painting.
Saara added: “Et voila!”
Below the video, Saara revealed that she ordered the toughened glass panels from a local business who cut it to size, and quoted her £10 per glass panel.
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Keen DIYers can pick up the same paint from various retailers, with prices starting at just £5.25 for a tester pot.
