How to build authentic looking doors

We have the spaces ready in the new walls for the doors to be fitted, but we really want to mirror the upstairs and make them look like they have always been there.

John has found the right doors so each opening will have double doors. The problem is the door frames, as they are quite ornate upstairs.

John has a solution he will build the door frames using the same wood as the actual doors.

First a plain wooden frame is added, with matching architraving, again this is just plain.

Then John adds some beading.

This is all screwed in to place but to be sure you do not see the screws use stainable  wood filler  to fill the hole left by the screw and then sand it down. The screw will disappear, but you do need to ensure that the screws are counter sunk.

Once the frames are all in place the doors need to be fitted, John uses a a chisel to ‘let in the hinge’ in lay mans terms this is where you put the hinge.

The hinges are the old fashioned type so that they are in keeping. But once complete the hallway looks fantastic. We are both so happy.

Every thing we have used is new but it looks like it has always been there. This is exactly the look we were going for

Here is the before and after of the hallway

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