Showing posts with label home improvement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label home improvement. Show all posts

Sunday, September 23, 2012

New Front Door & Fall Wreath

During the grueling, hot summer, my wooden front door warped and was no longer functional.  I've wanted to paint the door for a long time, but getting a new door had never crossed my mind.  Funny how those home repairs pop up unexpectedly!  So to Lowes, I went.  I found a beautiful door that was actually on clearance and in my price range.  It only came in white, which meant I had to paint my new door.  I chose a teal color from Lowes.  I followed this tutorial with the one exception of adding Floetrol to my paint to reduce brush strokes.  It turned out better than I had expected.  Without further ado, here she is:
 
While I would love to only have the main door, it isn't feasible with my dogs.  So, the next step is to get a full glass (with a screen) storm door.  It will show off my new door a lot more!  Here's a current shot with the storm door.  Hey, it's progress!
 
 
 
 
In addition to the front door, I also made a new fall wreath.  I love the colors together!  I cannot take credit for the idea behind the wreath, I followed this tutorial .
 




 

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Catching Up

Man, oh man!  This blogging thing is harder to do than I thought!  Last week was pretty routine...lots of work!  Saturday, I made a quick trip (less than 24 hours including travel) to Cape.  First stop was a bowling birthday party for my cousin's 5th birthday!  It was fun, even though our bowling scores left a lot to be desired:)  Later on, we headed to Scott City for another cousin's wedding reception.  The food was homestyle and sooo good!  It was good to see everyone.  Early this morning, I headed back to St Charles to start my new job.  I'm working part-time at a craft store as a cashier for a second job.  I only had to work 4 1/2 hours, but it went by fast!  The store was so busy. 

This week is relatively short (paid work wise) for me, but I have lots planned for that deck of mine!  Stay turned later this week to hopefully see some before and afters!