Stone and brick accents are a timeless and popular design trend that homeowners love to use these days. However, using natural stone and brick is expensive, and you often have to hire a professional mason to install it. Thankfully, faux stone can give you the same look and feel as natural stone, but for a fraction of the price, and you can install it yourself.
With faux stone, you can make your home entrance and any other doorways around your home have a warm and welcoming feeling that matches your style perfectly. In this article, we will look at some creative ways you can use faux stone to accent your doorways.
Front Door Surround
One great way to accent your doorway is by surrounding them in faux stone. If you are looking for a good way to improve your curb appeal, this can do exactly that. The faux stone will draw the eye and make your door stand out. It can completely transform your front door. You can also install faux stone around your interior front door, which gives the door a unique touch that adds depth and character.
If your front door is rounded, you can make the faux stone frame it, too, with a little more work.
Front Door Columns
If you have support columns on either side of your doorway or want to make it look like you have them, you can use faux stone pillars or columns for that. These are a wonderful accent to add to your doorway. This is a more subtle accent that will draw the eye.
Stone Veneer Wainscoting Accent
If you are unfamiliar with wainscoting, it is the paneling on the lower part of a room or house. You can install faux stone wainscoting on your doorways, both inside and outside, to give you a subtle accent. There are enough faux stone color options out there that you should be able to find one that goes well with your siding or interior paint.
Faux Stone Over the Door
If you have space above a door that you feel needs to have something interesting on it, you can easily add faux stone above it to give it more depth and texture.
DIY Stone Veneer Patio Door Surround
You can improve your patio doorways using faux stone as well. It can add character to any patio, and you can extend it around the walls of the entire patio area.
Other DIY Projects to Accent Your Doorways
In addition to using faux stone to improve your doorways, there are other DIY projects you can do to enhance them. Let’s take a look at some beautiful projects you can try.
Geometric and Linear Patterns with Wood Strips
Linear and geometric patterns are popular, and you can easily add subtle patterns to your doors. You just need some strips of wood to attach to the door itself; then, you paint them to match the door itself or to stand out, depending on your personal style. It is a fun and affordable project you can do from start to finish in only a few hours.
Outdoor Light Sconces
Lighting is important, so if you are looking to improve an outside doorway, a great start is getting new light sconces. When was the last time you changed your outdoor light sconces? Most homeowners have not touched them since they moved in, and if you are among them, it is time to make a change. Simply getting new light fixtures can do wonders for improving an outside doorway.
Go Green
Whether the doorway you are trying to improve is inside or out, you can easily improve it by adding some plants to it. You can place the pots on each side of the door, hang them up, or even mount them to the wall next to the doorway. If you are not good at keeping plants alive or are allergic to many plants, then you can always use fake plants. They will still add something beautiful to the doorway.
Add a Wreath
You can create beautiful wreaths made from either real or fake materials to accent your doorways. They can be made to coordinate the colors of the house, or you can make them match the seasons and holidays.
Paint the Door
A fresh coat of paint can refresh any room or door. You can repaint any door in your house, and you can make it a fun, bright color that will pop and command attention.
Final Thoughts
Faux stone is an easy and affordable way for you to upgrade your home doorways to make your home truly yours. You can make any part of your home stand out with faux stone, and if you love DIY projects, it is the perfect choice for your home DIY projects.
About the Author
Auz Burger is a freelance writer and an expert in faux stone and brick veneer and home DIY projects.
She has a BA from Washington State University and has been writing and editing professionally for over a decade.
