Easy Front Door Makeover

It was definitely time for a makeover... It had been since 2014 that I painted my front door!  Everyone loved the orange...

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It just didn't reflect our style anymore.  What's funny is I just showed a picture of our new front door to my son and he said, "Nice, it looks like the rest of your house!"  Which is exactly what I wanted! 💗

The easiest way to update your front door is with either paint or with new door decor.  I did both!

I struggled finding the right color... what else is new 😜.  My poor neighbors had to look at this for the longest time...

I ordered samples and mixed colors I had on hand.  It just wasn't the right color.  One day, while looking downstairs in my paint stash, I found a sample I don't remember getting.  It's called Oyster Bay by Sherwin Williams.

So, I tried it on the door.  I really liked it! Done!  I purchased a gallon of it mixed in Behr Marquee Exterior Paint.  

This time I decided I to get rid of the brass kick plate.  I thought I could fill the holes with wood filler, but that didn't work at all.  I ended up using JB Weld.  It's a 2 step epoxy that was easy to use.

The front door got a good cleaning and I lightly sanded it for the paint to adhere.  I didn't prime it or anything.  

I was pleasantly surprised that it only took 2 coats!  I just finished painting our interior doors recently and I shared, 5 Tips For Painting Interior Doors.  It's basically the same process, I'm just use an exterior paint for the front door.

While the paint was drying I worked on spray painting all of the door hardware.  I used the same technique that I did when I spray painted our indoor hardware.  You can read all about that here,  

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You can see from the first photo, that I created something a little different for the front door.  I'm just a little tired of wreaths. 

I've had this idea brewing for awhile... to hang a basket on the door and just switch out bouquets seasonally.  Wouldn't that be so easy? I wouldn't have to store wreaths and it would be less fussy. 🙌

I purchased this basket at Hobby Lobby a few weeks ago.  Some of the floral stems I had on hand and some I picked up at Micheals.

I just gathered the flowers together like a bouquet and tried to arrange them.  Then I laid them out and cut off the stems that stuck out past the basket.

Next, I just grabbed a twist tie and tied them together and stuck them in the basket.  I stuffed some balled up plastic bags to fill in the extra space. 

To hang it on the door, I made little loops with jute and stuck them through the basket.  

At first I only made one loop in the center and drilled a screw in the middle of the door.  But of course, the basket kept swinging... ugh... So, then I made two loops and drilled in two more screws.  Oh, well.

But it looks beautiful!!

I'm so happy with how it all turned out.  Look at at that black hardware!  I even painted the storm door's hardware.

It goes so well with our navy blue shutters we painted last spring. 

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So happy! 😍  

Blessings!