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Black French Doors – Updating our Home

January 24, 2013

This past fall we decided to finally make our formal living room my hubby’s office and a library/music area.   This room is large and we have some great plans for it but first we needed some french doors so my man could work without hearing all the household noises.  Lowes was our go to place for the french doors.  We purchased two sets, unfinished and framed.  If you follow me on Instagram (bloomingange) then you caught some pics of the action and even the finished product.   The hubby did all the hard work of installing the doors, cutting out some drywall, fitting them in, installing the trim around the doors.  I forgot to mention he did have some help.

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For my part, I did the painting and let me tell you, 4 doors with 800 mullion windows took a long long time.  Seriously, priming the doors and painting 3 coats of black paint was no easy task.  I also had to convince the hubby that black doors would look amazing.  Thanks to Pinterest it wasn’t too hard.  Here are a few of my inspiration pics.

                                                                                                                             Source: decorpad.com via Ange@thebloominghydrangea on Pinterest

                                                                                                                      Source: curiousdetails.com via Ange@thebloominghydrangea on Pinterest

                                                                                                         Source: myfavoriteandmybest.com via Ange@thebloominghydrangea on Pinterest

Just a reminder, here is how the entryway looked last fall after I did the cloffice and entryway along with painting the trim white.   The formal living room was never being used (unless you count the kids using the couches for gymnastics) so I finally convinced the hubby to try it out as his office.  He brought up his little desk from the dungeon and did a test run.

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Here it is now with the french doors and a new paint color and much bigger desk for the hubby’s office.

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The dining room has had a few changes, mainly the giant mothership boob light is gone and a new paint color on the walls.  Still need some curtains in here.   The french doors really give it such an elegant look, I love it!

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As you can see, for a while we were using the oak door slabs  from when we replaced our interior doors.  This didn’t work very well, the french doors are much much better.  The next few shots are from inside the office looking towards the dining room and the entryway.

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I love, love, love these doors.  They have added such an elegant look to our home.  Thank  you Lowes and handsome hubby!

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Comments

  1. ann williams says

    January 24, 2013 at 2:05 am

    those look awesome!! Good job guys!!

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  2. Katherine says

    January 24, 2013 at 2:16 am

    They look great! I think it looks better with the doors and I love the black.. I am in the process of painting all of our woodwork white, but have started painting all of the doors dark gray!
    Love it.

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  3. cassie says

    January 24, 2013 at 3:11 am

    i absolutely L-O-V-E them. i don’t have french doors, but if i did…. watch out!

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  4. Andrea says

    January 24, 2013 at 3:27 am

    Wow, what a huge difference and I’m am digging the black. So glad you went for it! Kind of makes me want to paint our french doors black.

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  5. Judy says

    January 24, 2013 at 6:35 am

    That looks absolutely beautiful. I love what a huge difference it makes. I can only imagine how much work it was to paint it. You did a great job.

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  6. Sarah Svoboda says

    January 24, 2013 at 6:48 am

    I love your doors!! You and your hubby did a great job! What a difference!!

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  7. Lisa @ Before Meets After says

    January 24, 2013 at 8:58 am

    Ange these look amazing! I can’t believe the transformation. The black really makes it pop 🙂 Can’t wait for August!!

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  8. Samantha says

    January 24, 2013 at 6:17 pm

    Can you please tell me what colour you used in your dining room? It’s gorgeous!

    I love how much of a difference these doors make, and in black too, it’s certainly broadened my mind! xx

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  9. Lisa says

    January 24, 2013 at 9:23 pm

    Love love love them Ange! They look amazing in your house! I was actually linking to you about this very topic in my post today when I realized you wrote about the same subject matter – how timely! Also I really like the hardware you chose….the curved doorknobs are so pretty!

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  10. Kelly @ View Along the Way says

    January 25, 2013 at 1:42 am

    Oh NO! Between you and Lisa my white doors don’t stand a chance! The black is so glam, so sophisticated, just perfect!

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  11. Darby Hawley says

    January 25, 2013 at 11:11 pm

    These doors look great!!! I love that you painted them black 🙂
    Have a fabulous weekend!

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  12. Jennifer @ Decorated Chaos says

    January 26, 2013 at 12:13 pm

    Your doors are beautiul! Very luxurious and swanky! 🙂

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  13. Dear Lillie says

    January 27, 2013 at 12:48 pm

    Oh my goodness! They turned out fabulous!

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  14. Daena Tougher says

    January 28, 2013 at 8:53 am

    I love the doors! Classy classy classy! Maybe black will be the new black?

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  15. Judy says

    January 30, 2013 at 5:44 am

    These really look amazing. I will be featuring them tonight at my Winter Blues Wednesday party that opens at 8pm EST. Please stop by and pick up an I’ve Been Featured button. Thanks.

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  16. Pam @ Simple Details says

    January 30, 2013 at 8:53 am

    They are gorgeous, and totally worth all of the trouble!

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  17. Christine says

    January 30, 2013 at 11:00 pm

    oh please please tell me what is that glorious blue paint color you used in the room with the flowers in the corner?

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  18. Dawn @ Inspired Living says

    January 31, 2013 at 11:05 am

    These doors look AWESOME pained in black! Love it..

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