Modern Interior Doors Without Casing

How do you install interior door trim.

Modern interior doors without casing.

Whichever style you ultimately choose these modern baseboard ideas are the final say in the language of your home. According to this old house door casings are both decorative and utilitarian enhancing the look of the door while also concealing the transition between the wall and the jamb. Masonite barn doors instantly transform a room adding masonite barn doors instantly transform a room adding functionality and character to any space. Typical flat stock trim pieces are 1 4 with either mitered or butt joints.

With a simple modern design the lincoln park primed interior sliding barn door is perfect for creating a unique transition between rooms or concealing. The fillet a 1x6 and the cap molding. It is a lot easier than you may have originally thought and is a good way to spruce up the home without breaking the bank or having to spend a lot of time on a project. The whole assembly not including the door was about 500 which is not cheap but it s a good alternative to fabricating it onsite.

This trim detail works nicely with matching flat stock door and base trim of the same size and creates a nice modern look with lightly contrasting colored walls like shown in the photo here. Current construction methods allow the drywall to meet the door jamb via a strip of l metal thereby eliminating the air gap and making trim obsolete. Traditionally this cap molding was solid but since a solid molding this large is hard to come by we substituted 2 1 4 in. Tongue and groove baseboarding achieves the look of a flush base while purposefully larger baseboards increase an interior s height and proportion making for a stand out presence.

To install door trim you may need a miter saw a pencil tape measure and claw hammer in addition to the wood filler molding and. It s made up of three parts. Rather than cover the joint between drywall and door frame celebrate the gap with an architectural reglet for the sleek modern look on this architect s house builder matt risinger used a prefabricated aluminum drywall edge from fryreglet architectural metals in this case a 1 4 inch reveal will separate the edge of the drywall from the door frame. There aren t a lot of doors in this house.

This is the inswing side of the door. In the contemporary home with modern materials and methods there isn t much need for trim everywhere. The modern door jamb is clean unencumbered and is everything it needs to be. And the hinges themselves are a pricey part of the assembly.

It s also an affordable solution without the fussiness of traditional trim. Interior door casing is the term used to describe the trim found around a door opening. The hinges are hidden in the jamb this is an upgrade. The final step for both the door and the window trim is building and installing the head casing assembly.