Lovre Doors on Wardrobes

If the slats don't protrude from the front of the doors then you could use hardboard or thin MDF to panel over the doors, either the whole door area or a rectangle smaller than the door (but bigger than the louvre area) to give a panelled effect. The difficulty is cutting large sheet materials to size accurately and repeatably. A local wood shop would probably be able to do it, but it's finding one.

A quick google suggests the replacement wardrobe door companies charge c. =A390 per door for MDF covered with vinyl.

Owain

You could make some replacement doors out of white contiboard. You can buy that in various widths (including 18" and 21") and in 6' or 8' lengths.

You would have to cut them off to length (and ideally lip the tops and bottoms with iron-on edging) and screw hinges and handles/knobs on, etc.

Whether or not you can do it in 8 hours depends on your skill level and the tools available to you. Most competent D-I-Y-ers probably could.

Shades of Barry Bucknell.

Yes, although I didn't suggest covering the hardboard with sticky-back plastic and I don't think it's very likely that people in 2040 will rip off the hardboard and exclaim "Ooh! Lovely original louvre doors!"

Owain

Small panels of hardboard over the slats?

Some Louvered doors are reversible and the other side is flatter.

Just nail them on or could I maybe use a glue like No Nails? The slats arent toe full width of the door just a central a panel with a 2" surround of wood frame.

Framing them with a small panel bead makes a neater job if the OP is up to cutting mitres.

You could do an upholstered panel (hardboard or plywood, some poly batting, and a layer of fabric), and match it to curtains or headboard.

I couldn't afford real louvre doors when they were in fashion. I had to make do with tacky hardboard! :) It should take less than 8 hours to paint the louvre doors. Covering them up is as bad as painting brickwork.

Remove doors. Place horizontally. Use a good quality satin finish in white, barley white, whatever. Use a good brush which is also large.

Yes it takes time to do, but with a good quality paint it will last

If you want exceptional "enamel-look" use a sikkens gloss & onol.

If they are getting dusty, close-in the *rear* with a panel of foamex, hardboard, MDF, anything. You can buy louvre door dusters which basically drag across each one and pull the dust out.

With the right finish, colour, they can work very well - better than many nasty foil laminates with edge showing.