Painting our Doors

I talked about my plans to paint our front door and our garage door. I always wanted a deep red door, as it reminded me of England for some reason. Then one day I was browsing the pins on Pinterest and I saw a picture of a house with a deep purple door. It looked amazing. I had never seen a house with a purple door in the flesh before, but I knew I would love it. I told my husband my plans and he wasn't so sure of the colour. After great persuasion and a lot of convincing, he was fine with it.

I had never painted a door before, and I really wanted to make sure it turned out well, as it is the focal point of the house.

I found another great pin on Pinterest that was linked to a blog post from Pretty Handy Girl called How to Paint Doors. It's got some great tips and really helped me. I didn't take any pictures while I was painting because this post shows it perfectly.

We took the handle and lock off of the door and then gave it a good scrub. There was some double sided tape residue left on the outside of the door from a plastic hook the previous owners had put on.

Handle and lock removed

Tape residue scrubbed off and sanded smooth

I then Taped around the edges of the door. 

It took 1 coat of outdoor primer and 3 coats of outdoor paint to complete this project. I did the same steps for our garage door. It was a lot more time consuming because of the size, but it was totally worth it.

Before

The paint colour doesn't look as vivid in the pictures as it does in real life. I used 'Blackberry' by Sherwin Williams and asked them to make it 125% of it's usual colour (making it deeper)

 

After

If you're going to tackle this project, make sure you don't rush things. Follow the recoat and dry times on the paint can and apply thin coats. It will be worth the extra effort in the long run!

I want to add some sort of wreath, but I'll save that for another time! I'm going to use a strong magnetic hook the hang it, because that double sided tape really left a mess!

It's been a while!

It's been forever since my last post. I've been super busy with everything and really just haven't had the time to write on here! I'll be doing more updates with projects that I've completed over the last few months.

Spring has sprung and it's nearly summer. It's been great seeing all of the perennials coming up in our garden that I didn't know were there (we bought our house in November, so there was no sign of them.)

 The crab apple tree in our backyard had beautiful pink blossoms. They only lasted a few weeks though.

 Some pretty tulips bloomed in our front flower beds.

One of the hanging baskets I bought in mid-May. They are still going strong.

The veggies I planted from seed were a complete failure, so I resorted to buying some that were already started. They're doing much better!

Lola got a haircut for the summer. She is much cooler now!