Black Friday Remodeling Deals: 7 Door Upgrades Worth Considering

The best Black Friday purchases are the ones you were already planning to make. If new doors are part of a remodel or refresh that's been on the list, this is a good time to move on it.

Here are seven door upgrades worth considering this season, from bedroom Shaker doors to a new front entry.

1.) Give Bedrooms and Hallways a Matching Look With Shaker Doors

Swapping outdated or mismatched interior doors for a consistent Shaker style is one of the more noticeable changes you can make without structural work. The same panel design repeated across bedrooms, bathrooms, offices, and hallways makes a home feel more intentional and pulled together.

Shaker doors are available in single-panel and multi-panel configurations. A primed single-panel Shaker door is a clean starting point for anyone who wants to choose their own paint color. Using the same style throughout gives the whole floor a cohesive finish.

2.) Bring More Light Between Rooms With French and Glass-Panel Doors

French doors and glass-panel interior doors let natural light pass between rooms while still defining each space. They work well for home offices, dining rooms, and living room transitions where keeping the spaces visually connected matters.

Clear Glass or Frosted Glass?

Clear glass maximizes light and visibility between rooms. Frosted glass lets light through while obscuring the view, which makes it a better fit for spaces where some visual privacy is useful, like a home office or a bedroom-to-bathroom transition.

Explore our French doors collection to compare single-lite, multi-lite, and frosted glass options.

3.) Keep a Traditional Look With Raised Panel Doors

For homes with traditional architectural details, raised panel doors are a natural fit. They work well as a replacement for worn doors or for bringing a more consistent look across a home with mismatched styles.

Two-panel, four-panel, and six-panel designs offer different amounts of visual structure. Coordinating the door style with existing trim, baseboards, and casings tends to produce the most finished result.

Shop our raised panel doors collection, including the six-panel raised pine door.

4.) Refresh Closets With Bifold or Louvered Doors

Closet doors are one of the easiest door upgrades to overlook, and one of the most noticeable when they're updated. Before choosing a closet door, it helps to understand the difference between the opening style and the door design.

Choose the Opening Style, Then the Door Design

Bifold refers to how the door opens: the panels fold against themselves rather than swinging into the room. Louvered refers to the door's slatted design, which allows airflow through the slats.

A door can be both bifold and louvered, or it can be one without the other. Louvered designs are particularly useful in closets, pantries, and laundry rooms where ventilation matters alongside appearance. Shaker-style bifold doors are a good option for homeowners who want the same design language as the rest of the home's interior doors.

See our bifold doors and louvered doors to compare configurations.

5.) Make a Design Statement With a Sliding Barn Door

A barn door doesn't just close an opening. The track, rollers, and door face are all visible and contribute to the character of the room in a way a standard hinged door simply can't.

Knotty pine options bring natural wood character and visible grain. Primed options work well for painted interiors. V-groove and brace-style designs add visual texture beyond the standard flat panel.

Before ordering, confirm that there's enough wall space beside the opening for the door to slide fully open, and that ceiling and overhead clearance is sufficient. Renin's guide on how to measure for a barn door installation covers opening width, opening height, wall clearance, and ceiling clearance in detail.

View our barn doors collection to compare styles and finishes.

6.) Plan a Pocket Door Into a Larger Remodel

A pocket door slides into the wall rather than swinging into the room, which makes it a strong choice for tight spaces where a swinging door creates an obstacle. The tradeoff is that installing a pocket door requires access to the wall framing, which makes it most practical when work is already being performed around the doorway or wall.

A complete pocket door installation requires a frame kit sized to the door dimensions, a compatible door slab, and pulls or edge hardware since standard knobs don't work on pocket doors. The frame, slab, and hardware are typically sold and ordered separately.

Frame selection depends on door width, door height, door thickness, and wall construction. Confirm compatibility before ordering.

Find our pocket door frames and kits to see available frame configurations including Johnson 1500 and 1560 series kits.

7. Refresh Your Entrance With a Wood Front Door

The front door is one of the first things people notice about a home. Replacing an aging or dated entry as part of a planned remodel is a straightforward upgrade with a noticeable result.

Traditional solid-panel and glass-over-panel front door designs are available in fir and pine. Clear pine doors take stain or a natural top coat and require an oil-based finish. Both species offer the natural grain and finishing flexibility of real wood.

Before ordering, confirm the door dimensions against the rough opening and check if the product is sold as a slab only or includes a jamb kit. Most Door to Door exterior doors are sold as slabs.

Explore our exterior doors to compare fir and pine options in raised panel and glass panel styles.

What to Check Before Buying a Door on Black Friday

Use this checklist before placing any order. The FTC's online shopping guide specifically recommends reviewing total cost including shipping, reading the conditions of advertised deals, and checking return and delivery policies before buying online.

• Measure the opening before ordering
• Confirm door width, height, and thickness
• Determine if you need a slab, jamb kit, pocket frame, or hardware
• Check finishing requirements for the specific door ordered
• Verify product availability before committing
• Review any Black Friday exclusions or conditions that apply to the deal
• Calculate total cost including shipping and delivery fees
• Review return and cancellation policies
• Note the difference between processing time and shipping time
• Coordinate installation timing once delivery is confirmed

For more detail on ordering and product specs, visit our Door to Door FAQs page. When you're ready to shop, explore our full range of shop interior doors and shop exterior doors and choose the upgrade that fits the room, the measurements, and the remodeling plan.