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Making door frame not look like a door frame!

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  • 16-06-2009 5:12pm
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    aoifski
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭


    We recently partitioned 1 very large bedroom in our home into 2 rooms (as they were originally supposed to be. Which left us with a little extension to our landing and 2 doors 1 left and right. The problem is the little extension starts where the old door (to the large bedroom) used to be and although the door is gone the door frame is still there. In my naivety I didn't insist the carpenter remove it and make it not look like a door frame at the time!

    Anyway, at this stage and with the current lack of funds something simple and cost effective has to be done. This will likely not involve removing the actual door frame as neither I nor my husband feel qualified to do this!

    So I'm looking for suggestions to disguise and make it look more like an archway. The arcetrave is gone from the surround. I thought you would be able to plaster around it to cover wood...apparently this doesn't work...?

    And also there'd be an issue joining the current plastered wall and new plaster anyway.

    Anyone got any suggestions on how to disguise the fact that it is a wooden door frame?? Or how to plaster it? Or something?? I know I can just sand and paint it same as the wall, but there's the gap between wall and wood to consider and I want to remove the line...

    help?


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    antoinolachtnai
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    Can you not just fill the gap with filler?

    Ultimately, the door frame might need to stay there to give the wall strength (not necessarily, it depends).


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    aoifski
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭aoifski


    Yes I could just fill in the gap with filler.... but that's not going to make for a very aesthetically pleasing looking "archway" is it? I'm looking to neaten it up and make it look nice :)


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