I had the same when I moved into this 80's brick ranch with golden oak trim. I replaced all the doors with 5 panels doors that I painted white and had to paint all the door jambs as well after priming and painting. We replaced the trim and baseboards and painted that the same. We also changed out all the knobs and hinges with satin nickel. It modernized and refreshed the house. Well worth the time and effort to paint everything before it got installed.

I'm not really sure where to start.

Start with a plan for the entire house.

Resist the urge to make random changes.

I can't really get my mind around all that right now. It will be a couple of years before I can think about all that the house needs. I'm getting the exterior painted this spring and new landscaping done but that's as much as I know. I can't do all that and there are no designers available here who just want to work on small projects like that. It sucks. So, I just have to do what I can by myself.

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Those are some great ideas! I don't have the energy to do any DIY projects but maybe I can hire a painter or handyman to do that instead of trying to find a designer. Thank you.

Replacing all those doors is a huge expense, probably in the thousands of $$$. Are you sure you can't live with them for a while. They don't really look so bad in the pictures.

Yeah I know. I just need something simple I can do that updates the feel of the house. Maybe even just replacing the knobs with levers would be enough, but for some reason the doors in this house bug me more than anything. I hate the way the doorknobs feel, I hate the sounds the doors make when opening/closing them, I hate that they're all mismatched...it seems like nothing in the pictures but I feel like I need one thing that will help me feel like it's my house now, not my parents old house, that doesn't have all these weird connections to childhood memories.

I like the doors, they look very nice. Not a fan of the one that appears to be a pocket door, but, thats because, I dislike pocket doors. If you really dont like the trim, you can always paint it. What I see of the house, looks like the house is well maintained and in good condition. Maybe all you have to do is have some areas painted.

Flat panel doors are completely appropriate for a mid century ranch or a contemporary house. The all over house should have a plan. I honestly don't believe that there aren't people near you that can't help you come up with a plan. Doing a bunch of projects without a plan can be a waste of money.

Minimally post more photos here so people can help you.

Painting the doors white is the easiest (and cheapest) way to make them feel new. Replacing them with high quality solid wood doors when you don't have a master plan yet is probably a mistake, IMHO.

How do you know they are hollow core . Is this a 1950-60s house ? Lots of MCM homes had nice solid doors but slab no fnacny style s just simple go with everything doors . I see no reason to have to stick with yeloow toned trim . For me the door most off is the one glass door with all the panes . I need to actaully see your style to suggest a new type of door but Maybe just for now a nice 2 coats of a good quality satin or semigloss paint until you have a plan. I have a MCM ranch the doors were trashed so we have along hall and we dod all pixelated glass doors down the hall to get some natural light into the hall they seem preey good style wise with our very contemporay MCM ranch . I am adesigner and even then some ideas I had went away once I strsted working on the house . Slow down and have a plan before doing expensive changes that are not right . BTW to replace those doors will be expenszive and IMO all of them should be the same too. Paiinting is a DIYable job with good tools and a good paint

I understand wanting to make this YOUR home. If you post more pics there are lots of people who can help with a game plan. So you can do a little at a time. Good luck!

I'm not sure what people need to see in order to give me more/different advice, but here are a few other pics of different parts of the house. It's a custom built house back in 1975 and a LOT of it needs updating. The kitchen needs to be gutted, the master bath was done in 1990 and needs to be redone...it's a lot. So, the whole house needs work but I have to take it in smaller bites for budgetary reasons as well as sanity.

I know they're hollow core because of how they sound and how they feel. Also, I moved in with not a lot of stuff so the house is pretty empty and I had to rent some furniture. Some items are mine and some aren't. The house is about half empty.

You wrote: "Maybe even just replacing the knobs with levers would be enough, but for some reason the doors in this house bug me more than anything. I hate the way the doorknobs feel, I hate the sounds the doors make when opening/closing them, I hate that they're all mismatched."

Do an hour of in-person research at Home Depot where you can touch and turn the door knobs and levers. Count your doorknobs, including bathroom and closet knobs, before you go, so you can do a quick estimate at various price levels. Look at your door hinges to see what finish they have, since it's best when the door hardware matches, especially in a custom house.

No matter what tomeline you have you need a paln to work toward doing on bit at a time is great as long as the bit was in the plan Slow down get used to the space and how it functions for you then start the plan. A good interior designer cna be wotrth every penny oyu spen to get a plan money wated on wrong choices is just wasted . I am a designer in my own homes I do eacrtly what I do for a client I have a plan to work from

I really love the vibe. I’d keep the doors wood, and change hardware for now.

Vibe of your home overall that is what I meant.

The doors appear to be installed without casing. The jambs appear to be 3-1/2" wide as opposed to the standard 4-9/16". Sheetrock appears to cover edges of jambs. Edge of sheetrock appears clean. Was some kind of cover installed over the sheetrock? Pardon me while I pick up my jaw off the floor.

I think painting doors/jambs to match the walls would look so cool. Doors would practically disappear.

Talk about putting your stamp on the house!