Back and Mom and Dad’s: Painting Black Interior Doors

Recently I’ve been helping Mom and Dad spruce up their foyer. First, Mom had a $5 yard sale table that needed fixing up – remember this?

If you missed it, you can check out all the details here.

Well, we did just a couple other little things…that made a HUGE impact.

Found a new rug. At Target. On clearance. It was $25!?!!

THEN…

I convinced them to go bold and paint their interior doors black.

You won’t believe what a little black paint and a new rug do to this space:

Are you ready?

Here it is now!

Right?!!

Really kicks it up a sophisticated notch, doesn’t it?

Here’s another shot of the before (you can see the table ‘before’ in here a little too):

And now:

They were a little scared it was going to be too dark – especially since there are three doors in that small space. But the trick is to go lighter with the rug, and brighten up the table. Not too dark, but what a punch!

They both love how it turned out – even my very traditional father was a huge fan! {Whew} 😉

So for everything – the rug, the two samples of paint (one black for the doors, one cream for the table), this foyer “makeover” was under $35 and the space looks totally different now!)

Painting interior doors is an easy, inexpensive way to make a huge impact in your home, yet often overlooked. The key is finding the right balance with your floors and walls – by lightening up the other parts of the foyer, the black doors were a perfect dramatic touch.

What CAN’T paint do?!