Ideas

This past summer I made a hasty decision to paint our front door a mustard yellow.  It was one of those decisions that I knew Id regret almost as soon as I made it.  And I did.

Truth is, I absolutely detest the door.  It doesnt go with our house and I just plain dont like it.   It has been every color under the rainbow but I finally figured out that painting it over and over isnt going to make me like it more.

I want a craftsman wood door but that certainly isnt in our budget so I attempted to do the next best thing.  A faux wood door.  I had no idea how to do this so I guessed as I went along.   The door already has fake wood grain embedded so I didnt need the tool to get that look.  I just wanted a deeply rich colored door with many dimensions, if that makes sense.  But most of all, I wanted to cover that window.


Anyway........yuck!  Here is the before.


Luckily, we have a nice wood screen door that covers this ickiness up.  That door also received a transformation that I will share when I share our Fall Porch.

Here is the front door after.


I would like to be able to tell you the colors I used but I just mixed a bunch of colors from my paint stash and then rubbed an antiquing glaze over the entire door.  The antiquing glaze I bought at Lowes.  I just dabbed and rubbed off until I had the look I wanted.  The colors included a leather brown color, a chocolate color and a gold and a little black.

Then to cover the glass, I painted chalkboard paint, 4 coats to be exact, and stenciled the message on the front.  I also painted chalkboard paint on the glass on the other side of the door but Ill show you that later.

I. Love. It!! 

After 7 years of living in this house, I finally love the front door and I only had to spend 10 bucks for the glaze since I had everything else.  Yay!

What do you think?

Ill be sharing our Fall Porch soon so stay tuned!! 

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This weekend we worked on the tv stand - Im pretty excited about the solution to hide the electronics!

Our original plan was to include slated doors (for use of electronics when the doors were closed), but it ended up being too expensive ... wood is pricey!

On to plan B. I suggested a small door to hide just the electronics. David liked the idea, but not my simple flip down design, he wanted to construct a garage door ... I thought a garage door has bends, how is this going to work with a flat piece of wood? David assured me that it would work (it took little convincing because he has a great track record at figuring things out), so we purchased our supplies and went home to try some ideas out!

After one other try, here is what we came up with (hold (no click needed) your mouse over the image below to see how it moves)





It pivots on a small dowel rod to hide the electronics when not in use and to hide the door when they are

Pretty neat huh? :)

Photos below are shown without the top and back piece on.


We made the shelf shorter than the entire width to 1. it was cheaper 2. It cant be seen with the electronics on the shelf 3. the extra width wasnt needed

Sounds like good reasons to me!

Heres how it looks from above (without the top on) with the door closed ...


and with the door open ....


We are going to put two striped knobs on the front that we picked up from Anthropologie a few months back...



The wood filler have been sanded and it is now ready for paint, check back soon to see what it looks like finished!