I was taking our side door (and primary entrance) from this:
To this:
I was hoping the black would tie in with our new sensor-light (Lowe's) and also help hide some of the inevitable grime the door gets. The old paint was matte and off-white which showed EVERYTHING.
I love it! What do you think?
I hesitate to go through the steps I used because there are only two, and I'm not sure if you should copy me. I just taped off the windows (annoying!) and painted it with 2 coats of oil-based black paint I bought on clearance at Lowe's. The grill around the window is plastic; the door itself is metal.
If I were to do it again, I'd do it in a less smelly, more environmentally friendly way using primer and latex exterior paint.
For a step-by-step lesson on painting a door using that method, check out Sherry and John's blog. They happened to paint their door the most adorable yellow the same day I painted mine.
Good thing I still have a front door-- I may need to go yellow!
I like it! I've always wanted a red door. Sadly, living in a condo with an HOA, I don't know when that will happen.
ReplyDeleteLove it! The black looks great! And while I like the yellow on that other blog, I'm either going to do black or very dark grey.
ReplyDeleteDramatic. I like it. I'd love to paint our door something deep and lovely, but it's hard to see behind the screen/storm door (depending on season). And our shutters are boring dark green, so I'd like to change them as well... but, unlike you, I just sit and think about these things instead of doing them.
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ReplyDeleteI like your door, smelly as the process might have been.
Looks so much better! It looks like a whole new door.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE it. Job well done Anna! I'm sorry we won't see you tomorrow - boo - but hopefully we'll get to catch up in person one day soon.
ReplyDeleteAs for the yellow front door - GO FOR IT!!!
I LOVE IT! And yes, that was shouting. : )
ReplyDeleteI want the inside of my front door to be black. The outside is red. I wonder....
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I think the door looks lovely! We just painted our door black not too long ago. It was a faded green prior, I hope to post pics soon. I do think you made a great decision, the white was very blah, now it pops!
ReplyDeleteI love this, Anna! It looks fantastic.
ReplyDeleteWow! Looks great! What a simple change with such big impact!
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