Hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day! I was given the precious gift of time to work! It was a gorgeous day, so I started it with a long walk, and then worked outside on furniture until the clouds rolled in late afternoon. It was glorious!
Oh, and if you want to see some video of my shenanigans with Gwen, Jill, and Andi, head over to Gwen’s blog today. You even get to see how I eat corn. I know- that is excitement!
Today, I am sharing a happy-vintagey-floral project over at The DIY Club! I am sharing this simple (less than 30 minute) vintage sheet wreath….
Hey, and do you notice something else? A new door color, maybe?
Recently I shared my desire for painting the exterior doors of my home. Which were brown. Like the brown trim. And the brown shutters. And the brown roof. And the brown… oh wait, no the siding is yellow. Yellow and brown. Do I need to say what those colors make me think of? We don’t plan on painting the exterior until the roof needs replacing because at that time we will change the overall color scheme, but for now I needed to add a little of my style to the exterior.
To refresh your memory, here is a picture of the door with the exterior colors….
We also have brown storm doors which I did not paint. I did finally get a chance to finish painting the two doors though! The side door that leads to the kitchen has been done for a couple weeks, but then it started to rain for a good week, and I had to wait to paint the front door. I used a color that Dutch Boy makes called Bull Frog, but I had Sherwin Williams match it since I do not have a Dutch Boy dealer near me, and Sherwin Williams was having their 40% off sale. I sanded the doors lightly, primed them with a water based adhesion primer, and gave each door 2 coats of paint. I am MUCH happier with the color which suits us more and now reflects the interior a bit more.
Here is the newly painted front door…. (and please…. don’t say it…. i KNOW we will need some better exterior lights! Boy, do I know it!)
Here is the view with it open into the house to see how it fits our space more.
This door also had a door knocker that was old and ick.
I used some gold leaf rub-n-buff to bring it back to life….
And here is the side door….
And guess what? I painted the backside, too! In my brown brown brown kitchen in my brown brown brown house, I needed a little happy until we redo the kitchen. 🙂
We are getting there, people. I am making my world shinier happier, one can of paint, and one tube of rub-n-buff at a time!
