Insulated carriage house garage doors with faux wood look overlays on a steel base clopay s canyon ridge carriage house 4 layer garage doors add character and charm to your home.
Garage doors painted to look like wood.
The newer generation faux wood door looks identical to a real wood door but is cheaper and requires less upkeep compared to a real wood door.
The garage door in the photograph above started out as a typical white garage door.
Jul 27 2020 clopay canyon ridge collection faux wood garage doors are constructed from a durable insulated low maintenance composite material that looks like real wood but it won t rot warp or crack.
Wood grain doors provide consumers with wood look garage doors that are actuall faux wooden garage doors for homeowners that want the rich look of a real wood garage door but without the regular maintenance have a lot of options to choose from.
Apply more of the grain glaze in an adjacent area brushing in the same direction again for a consistent wood grain look.
Available in customizable carriage house and contemporary garage door designs.
How to paint or stain a steel door to make it look like wood.
Enjoy the authentic look of swing out coach house doors paired with the modern day functionality of upward operation.
A professionally faux painted door will actually look better.
Drag the paintbrush or grain rocker tool through the glaze again.
This technique will give the appearance of a high end solid wood door even close up for under 40.
I painted it to look like wood and i can show you the process i use to create this look in a complete step by step ebook tutorial that is 132 pages filled with dozens of photographs and approximately 2 hours of videos.
A more expensive option is to install a faux wood garage door.
Like real wood the surface can be painted or stained.
We ve been dreaming up garage door makeover ideas since we first purchased our home and though we ve been making over just about every square inch of our house our garage door was working and in great condition it just wasn t a style we liked in fact i wanted a wood garage door.
And i knew i could achieve the look using my faux wood grain painting technique.
Our giani wood look kit for garage doors includes all the tools you need to makeover your garage door from start to finish.
It comes with two cans of wood tone base coat two cans of wood grain finish coat a giani paint mitt 2 brush two plastic tarps roller tray 6 roller arm and one cover and two stir sticks.
And i ve really been loving the light and natural wood look lately.
So it s been looking iffy for a few years now.
However the wood grains on steel do not look realistic.
Any type of steel door can receive the faux bois treatment even a garage door.
In an episode of today s homeowner last spring i helped a homeowner apply a wood look paint kit to their garage door and front door.
Most of our faux wooden garage doors look very realistic.