To hate my new build orangey doors?

[Diy322]

I hate them but people are telling me it’s high quality wood and I should leave it alone. I’ve been looking at social media and YouTube tutorials for inspiration and lots of people commenting in other peoples posts about how tacky their doors look with paint and how the natural wood looked lovely! I personally like the after look. So my question is will painting the doors make them look cheap and tacky? I’m thinking either black or a beige colour, here is what they look like right now:

p.s. the picture I’ve just uploaded doesn’t reflect the real door colour for some reason! I’ve taken loads but it’s actually really orange in real life here it looks more muted.

I agree with you completely. I also love doing my own DIY (although I am a peferctionist which is good for my clients, but annoying for me!) but we are talking internal doors in this case.

she has new doors, a new house and she doesnt like them. In this situation, i would recommend she gets a pro in to do the job, or better still get them sprayed professionally, because it is very important that she settles in her new house and feel happy there.

If she does the job herself, the risk is that she will forever worry she hasnt done a good job, that she shouldnt have done it, and thats negativity and toxicity we dont want.
thats why my recommandation would be to spend money on a pro.

A good interior architect/designer is able to guide the client into where it is important to spend the money and where it isnt. In this case, i think it is important

Or a dark green. Or a nearly black

I'd cover them in posters from hmv to give that 90s student feel. Must have a are the smiley face acid poster, an alien/area 51 poster and the 'oh shit' kitten hanging from a tree.

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When door like this are painted they always chip - they look amazing to begin with but they chip and look awful.

Sell them and buy some colour you like.

I'm no expert but I moved into a house with doors in that wood and painted them all white. A bit of sanding, undercoat and a couple of layers of paint and they still look good 5 years on. The only downside was the hours of time they took and I ended up with a bad shoulder from the constant repetitive movement, so I'd advise doing them gradually, not all at once.

Sanding and staining looks easy on the videos but if you’ve never done it, be prepared! You need decent tools, time, space (or tolerance to dust), and good quality finishes. Sanding the doors in situ (harder)? Or would you remove them and if so do you have somewhere to work on them? And not to expect a perfect result- I only say this as if the slightest imperfection would annoy you, I wouldn’t bother. Older doors are more forgiving to sand and stain imperfectly.

I would therefore either replace them or paint them in an interesting colour ie to make them a feature, and maybe use some fab paint like Little Greene.

@Romeiswheretheheartis
I did this to my doors ( well a decorator did). Mine do not look great. I think this is because my doors are flat.
The pp who painted her doors grey or green has good looking doors but the fact that her doors were panelled makes them look better when painted.

@Flossflower mine have 4 panels - it does make it easier to paint them smoothly in sections, although it's fiddly doing all the beading.

Those are not solid timber doors. They are veneered. And can absolutely be painted. I build houses for a living. Unless you live in Virginia Water or somewhere similar and are paying in excess of £5m for your property, developers don’t fit solid wood doors. And if your door feels “heavy”? It’s probably still veneered, but a fire door.

I’ve counted them now lol it’s 28! Cupboards and wardrobes as well have the same doors. They’re fire doors too so there’s no way they’re coming off for a paint. Oh well.

They're oak. I have similar www.todd-doors.co.uk/iseo-k4500-oak

You can buy in the white so keep in mind that the neighbours ones might not have been painted by them.

You will never make those very nice doors look like Victorian 4/6 panel painted doors. Don’t try. If you need to change them look for a method of cooling back the colour through a treatment or even re sanding and sealing.

Life is too short to worry about what others think. It’s your home, you need to decorate in a way that pleases you.
If you’re painting, then please prepare (as in sand and prime ) the doors properly as the paint will chip.
if you’re going to the effort of sanding the wood back for painting you could have a go at using a white based oil that would offset the orange tone of the wood allowing you to keep a natural wood finish.