Trim Around Sliding Closet Doors

The base molding.

Trim around sliding closet doors.

Then i applied this wall covering primer to the doors. You then measure across the top of the door jamb. A home s door establishes a vital first impression. What is the proper way to trim this all out.

We gave them a whole new look. If i cut back the base trim back i have the ugly bottom of the sheet rock showing and nothing covering the carpet edge. How to shop for interior trim. The trim around a door is also known as the casing and it adds some architectural interest to your room.

How do you measure and trim a door trim. Door trim should be mitered at a 45 degree angle at the top. When the closet door is closed butted up to base trim i have a 1 2 gap. Installing trim around a door regardless of whether old or recently installed is a snappy method to give your home a facelift.

I recently painted my bedroom including painting white the stained trim around the windows. The last step was to update our sliding closet doors. Here are the steps i took for the sliding door trim. Find window door trim at lowe s today.

I then removed the circular door handles. So you would measure form the floor to the top of the door and then make a mark on the trim piece and set the miter saw at 45 degrees. I decided on doing a 1 6 all the way around and a 1 2 capped around that. Stock interior trim is available in a wide range of styles from most lumberyards and home centers.

1 remove the baseboard where the door trim will be. I have sliding closet doors with 1 2 thick 3 1 2 high base trim going in and around the closet area. What is the molding around a door called. The first thing we did was my hubby took down the doors for me.

We chose a relatively wide 3 1 4 in beaded wood casing trim to go around our doors and windows. I consider our house to be fairly transitional and i just wanted a simple clean style trim. This is what i started with.