Interior doors - change door handles and strip varnish
Jennifer
8 years ago
Hi all,
I would like to change my interior doors... I currently have 6 x four panelled wooden doors - two doors with frosted glass inserts in the top two panels. The doors have been varnished (by previous owner) a orange kind of colour. I would like to strip back the varnish/stain to the original wood colour and update the door handles to the old style with lock and key.
Does anybody have tips for stripping back varnish/stain and/or fitting the old style lock and key door handles (see pic) - is it relatively easy?? Any tips welcome!! Thanks!
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Jonathan
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