DIY Closet Door Mural

27 March

I've had this project in mind for the closet doors in our bedroom since we moved into this house over two years ago.


But other spaces in the house took priority and then I purchased a rental that my daughter is now living in that I have been focused on fixing up lately.


But I finally decided to stop making excuses and get it done 😏


DIY Closet Door Mural


DIY Closet Door Mural


This is a really easy project that even a beginner can tackle. You can try this on a wall or flat closet doors like I did. 


This was my inspiration photo.


DIY Closet Door Mural

For this mountain mural, I used four colors (just the sample pots work great) and a basecoat color.


The colors I'm using are all Behr paint colors, Minestrone, Portuguese Dawn, California Coral, and Sunburst for the mountain and sun, and Polar Bear White for the basecoat.


DIY Closet Door Mural

Check out the video below to see the transformation.



Here are the closet doors in our bedroom. They are plain hollow core sliding doors, the perfect canvas for a mural!


DIY Closet Door Mural



I started the makeover by giving them a basecoat of the wall color, Polar Bear white.



DIY Closet Door Mural


Then, I lightly sketched the design with a pencil.


DIY Closet Door Mural



I chose to freehand the mountains since it is such a simple design but if you're recreating this project in your home, you could use a projector.



DIY Closet Door Mural



When it came to the sun, I needed something to trace to get a perfect circle. This straw hat was just the right size!


DIY Closet Door Mural

Once I had the design sketched out, I started painting with a brush along the sketch lines with the first color, Minestrone.




DIY Closet Door Mural

DIY Closet Door Mural


Then I used a sponge roller for the rest of this section.


DIY Closet Door Mural

DIY Closet Door Mural


While that was drying, I painted the sun with Sunburst.


DIY Closet Door Mural


For this and the rest of the mural, I just used a brush since the sections were small.


DIY Closet Door Mural


For the second layer of the mountains, I used Portuguese Dawn.


DIY Closet Door Mural


And lastly, for the third layer of the mountains, I used California Coral.


DIY Closet Door Mural


I did two coats of all colors.


And that's it! It took me a couple of hours after the initial white base coat.


DIY Closet Door Mural

DIY Closet Door Mural


I'm very happy with it 😊, it's exactly how I imagined it.


DIY Closet Door Mural


What do you think? Have you ever painted your own mural?


It's been quite a while since we first started updating our bedroom, you can see the before and some other progress photos of it along with some other areas of the house in this post: Fixer-Upper Progress!


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  1. This looks so good!! You are not only a crafts-person and a blogger/vlogger, you are a talented artist! The color choices merge beautifully.

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    1. Thank you so much, that means a lot to me :)

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  2. Very nice. The colors are soothing for a bedroom environment. And it's a definite improvement from the wood doors!

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    1. Thanks, it's one of my favorite rooms in the house.

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  3. Your mural turned out so pretty Tania! What a great way to make boring closet doors into a fun piece of art.

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  4. Murals are so in now, Tania, you are on trend! It looks great and you made it look so easy. We have a set of boring closet doors that could use a makeover. Now the wheels are spinning. Thanks!

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    1. Thank you Kim! I hope you come up with something to paint on yours!

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  5. Excellent, Thank you so much!

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