14 Ways to Beautify Your Closet Doors

My jaw dropped when I first saw this gorgeous and simple closet door update on the One Kings Lane blog. I love projects like this one that look expensive and complicated, but are actually easy to execute and are super affordable.

I've done a ton of closet door updates in my day. Here are my very favorite ones from my site and from around the web. What I love the most about these projects is they are simple and inexpensive and not a huge commitment, so you can get fun and funky with your choices and who cares if you're ready for a change at some point?

I added very thin molding to this door in our old loft. I love the double square pattern and the bright pop of color!

You can't go wrong chinoiserie panels in my book, but these hot pink beauties are extra special! PS here's a great place to buy (more) affordable hand painted panels.

In my first story for Domino, I added 30 pieces of mirror to these painted IKEA Pax armoires, dentil trim moulding and gold pulls. I think the mirror inside helps amp things up, too!

Here's another wallpaper idea - this one's from House Beautiful. I love the bold pattern. Wouldn't something like this be great in a kids room? It's a great way to add wallpaper without breaking the bank. You'd only need one roll to do a closet door like this one.

Another great idea for a kids space - simply paint the closet doors with chalkboard paint. Make sure to use a foam brush or roller so there are no brush marks!

Here's another paneling + yellow paint idea, but this one was made with canvas stretchers hung with my very favorite picture hanging strips! Easy and rental-friendly!!

I decoupaged some pretty floral fabric on inexpensive, flat bi-fold closet doors and I made a folding screen, but obviously the same idea works when using them as closet doors. This can be a really inexpensive way to get the wallpapered look. And - bonus! - the finish is wipeable! Great for a play room!

I love the idea of adding nail head to a flat door for pattern and texture, the way Ashley Hicks did here.

A layer of leather underneath the nail heads would be even more amazing!

And here's another favorite. This one would be a ton of work to DIY, but it's such a luxe look!

I've done some experimenting with glass to look like antique mirror (here's my favorite version of that project). I love how the antiqued mirror looks on closet doors! These are gorgeous.

I love the pattern and hardware used on these doors from Driven By Decor! The squared off pattern is so Palm Springs!

This project uses O'Verlays and grasscloth wallpaper. Another renter-friendly approach!

I added wooden rounds from the hardware store and chunky moulding to our studio closet doors. I still love them and the glossy Gentlemen's Gray color.

And if you're not up for a lot of work, just paint your closet doors black and switch out the hardware. I pulled these off of an old Draper chest. I love how they look in our guest bedroom.

I'd love to see some of your closet door projects! What am I missing here?

Canopy Beds Of the Non-Princess Variety

It's so embarrassing to admit it here, but we've been sleeping on two twin mattresses pushed together with a king-sized feather topper - for the last two years. YIKES! It was meant to only be a temporary thing right after we moved, but here we are! Honestly, it wasn't a big deal and that's why we let it go for so long. But the time has arrived and a real king-sized mattress is coming our way this month (yay!!). The sort-of bummer is the bed I made for the Domino shoot is too short for a true king-sized mattress. We're giving that frame away to someone who wants it, and you know me - I'm just as happy to have an excuse to start fresh, so no big deal! 

I've started looking around for a new frame and I can't get the idea of a canopy bed out of my mind. We have really high ceilings in our bedroom and I think a canopy would fill the vertical space so perfectly!

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Some of you might be thinking canopy bed = fussy princess bed. To which I say, WRONG! So wrong. It can be that, but check out how completely modern canopy beds feel in these eclectic spaces:

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There are SO many great online options for canopy beds since the last time I checked. There are a range of prices here below, but some are only about $350 for a King! Crazy talk, right there. 

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Did I miss any canopy beds that you love? I am getting pretty stoked about the idea for our room...

Bedroom Refresh and Wood Tile

I'm up at my parents' house, helping them start the planning process for a big renovation they're hoping to take on soon. While I'm here we're also starting a little bedroom refresh. Remember when I decorated their room five years ago? How has it been SO long already?! We're keeping the beautiful Barbara Barry Poetical curtains, but most everything else is getting switched up.

We're trying to find a good mix of high and low in here, like with a more affordable, but still really beautiful, headboard made up with special linen bedding. A foot of the bed bench from Overstock and a special antique wingback upholstered in a pretty pale blue silk.

We're painting a pair of vintage chests a creamy white and thinking about splurging on these amazing leather and brass pulls. I bought a pair recently for the serpentine chest we keep on the landing and I love them an unreasonable amount! :)

We've been collecting art, lamps and accessories at thrift and antique stores. We're still missing a few items, like a new rug and an oversized floor mirror, but Homegoods gave us a little inspiration on both fronts. Sadly the mirror was more than we wanted to pay and the rug was the wrong size. I think it's sold out pretty much everywhere, but I know it's made by Jaipur Rugs. I'm hoping we can find something in a similar pale blue and cream color way soon.

Speaking of flooring, we've been working hard to figure out the floors for my parents' reno. Their floor plan is very open and we keep turning back to wood tile so we could use the same material in every space. Have you looked at this stuff lately? It's come lightyears from the time it first came out, and it's hard to beat it's durability and price point, especially when considering installation and upkeep. It also really makes sense for homes built on concrete slab, like most of the homes in Arizona, and like my parents' home. My mom and I fell in love with this image of a wood tile floor and we shopped around a few weeks ago, trying to find something similar.

We found this tile at a local showroom, made by the Italian tile-maker Supergres. It comes in four foot lengths and three different widths for less than $5 per square foot! We're both excited about the size and color. Each box comes with six tiles with a subtly different wood grain pattern on each tile.

Have you used wood tile in your home? Any tips for installation? We're going to make the grout lines as small as possible and I think that will really help trick the eye.

DIY Modern Upholstered Platform Bed

I've always liked this modern, low profile upholstered bed frame from Blu Dot, especially in the bright chartreuse color. When it came time to order a new bed for our bedroom I was sick of spending money and wanted to see if I could make a simple bed frame for a lot less.

I first had to find some bright chartreuse linen, but I kept striking out at local fabric stores and I didn't really have time to order something from a trade source. I even tried buying some chartreuse linen on eBay, but the color was way different than the photos when the yardage arrived.

I had just dyed the playroom curtains and figured it could be pretty easy to get a chartreuse color by dying white linen with equal parts lemon yellow and green apple liquid dye. The final color was a little more yellow than I probably was shooting for, but I really like it.

I had the handy man that was over at the house helping us with trim work build me a simple box frame for the headboard and a platform base from mostly scrap wood and a few sheets of plywood.

It only took him about two hours to build both pieces so the project ended up being incredibly inexpensive, even with all that wood.

Here's a photos of the underside so you can see how he structured the very sturdy base.

I was a little nervous to upholster the platform base with the Parsons style legs, but the headboard was a breeze. I used my cheap pneumatic staple gun and flew through the rows of staples!

I think the layer of high loft batting really helps soften the edges of the upholstery.

I started on the two long sides of the bed by tacking on the batting which I cut to fit.

I stapled the fabric on the top of the platform and pulled and stapled around to the underside, but I used fabrictac to glue down the front side edges.

It made for a surprisingly crisp line!

I also wrapped the inside of the leg with fabric using glue.

The only tricky part ended up being the front of the platform. I had to use a roll of upholstery tack strip, which I hadn't used in a while. I had forgotten how awesome this stuff is! It makes for perfectly crisp lines.

I cut the tack strip to size (the length of the whole side of the platform) and then stapled it in place while it was sort of rolled into the fabric. Then I cut batting to size and tacked that into place before folding the fabric around, right side up.

Just look at that pretty line!

I used another pieces of tack strip to make a sharp line on the inside of the leg too and glued that part in place.

Ta-dah! The upholstery tack strip really saved the day and made it pretty simple to get a Parsons style leg. I love the clean, strait lines of our bed!

Not bad for about $200 in labor and materials!