How I Redid the "door" to the Nursery Closet
In a pervious post I fixed up the closet in the nursery for my baby girl's room. The closet door was... WEIRD! There is no better way to put it then that. The previous owner had cut it in half to create a "saloon" style top and bottom swing. So obviously it had to go. Initially I planned to replace the door with a new one and a new frame since there were 4 different hinges in the frame. But doors aren't cheap! So instead I decided to do a curtain.
At first I thought the door frame was a goner but turns out, with a little TLC it looks good as new!
Like I said there were FOUR cut outs for all the hinges! That's not normal btw.
I started by spackling all the hinge cut outs in 3 different sessions, letting them dry in between.
I did as best I could to build out the spackle to make it flat.
Then I used a scraper to scrap off some of the clumped spackle once it was fully dry.
Using a sanding block, I sanded the excess for a nice clean look.
I am actually really impressed with myself! The frame looked good as new when I was done!
Then I just added a new coat of paint.
To match the rest of the look of the closet, I used a gold rod and a cute neutral curtain I found.
I also found this pretty curtain holder. Now my oldest loves this little hiding place/closet!
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A good professional painters’ trick to fill in a hinge cutout space is to cut a wood paint stick to fit, glue it in, spread on drywall mud and sand until smooth. (The thickness of the stir stick is just about the same as the cutout depth.). This saves on using multiple layers of drywall mud and ensures a flatter surface before sanding.
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Nice job, looks good.
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Where did you get that ELEPHANT CLOTHES HAMPER???