My Dream Door

I've been wanting a red door for as long as I can remember, and I finally decided to paint mine.

Here's a picture of my front door before it's transformation, I think I'll call it walnut brown.

 The door is fiberglass and it was distressed from years of wear and tear. I couldn't wait to paint this door and give it a new life.

Here she is my finished product, it took two days but I love it. Just a few more touch ups and I'll be finished.

I just went to Lowes and bought a quart size pre-mixed cranberry red door paint. It was the perfect color and I didn't have to get swatches or samples.

I finished the look with a new door mat from Marshalls for just $7.00 bucks. The Hostas were free, I just dug them up from my back yard and put them in some pots I already had. Only thing left to do now, is paint the black iron hand rails.

What paint can really do

 It's amazing what a paint can do to transform a house into a home. I am still blogging about all the changes we've made to the house since moving in. I have painted every single room this past year and now I am starting on the outside. More to come...

This is Brody's room it was the Haley Davidson room with orange walls and paper border. This room did not trill me.

I had a lot of fun painting the stripes. I'd never done that before. It really gave that wall, a little something extra.

We put a trundle bed in there, perfect for sleepovers. Other than a new bed, it's all his old stuff from the previous house. I just hung up some curtains that he can't swing from and some pictures on the walls complete his bedroom.

Below is a picture of our house, the blue shutters were not really working for me. So instead of buying new ones that can be expensive we bought some black spray paint.


They were very easy to take down however putting them back was a harder than we thought. We had to buy some new tacks that hold them up and we should have marked them top and bottom because the holes weren't lining up right.

But it was worth the aggravation because the house looks great with black shutters. I think the whole project cost us about 10.00 for the spray paint and the tacks.

I couldn't have done it without my hubby, he's so handy.

Our house  looks so much nicer now.

Spring cleaning

I started Spring cleaning this week and the first room on my list was the living room. We cleared out all the furniture and the room looked so big and clean I had to take some pictures. While in the middle of cleaning I realized I had not posted pictures of my house now that I have painted just about every single room. So here are some of the before and after pictures of the living room finished.

The living room before we moved in.

The color was a light chocolate brown, I especially liked the doors and corner fireplace.

The only other wall is behind the kitchen and I had no idea where I was going to place the furniture.

We finally decided on the TV being against the smaller wall by the fireplace.

I chose Relaxed Khaki for the top and a darker brown for the bottom.

Relaxed Khaki is by Sherwin Williams and I love it. I used the same color in my kitchen except, I had Wal-Mart color match it, but the color is not an exact match. The Wal-Mart brand has a light green pigment to it, that I think I like more than the more expensive Sherwin Williams brand.

This picture was taken after I painted and cleaned the carpet during Spring cleaning.

And this is the room with the furniture back. I still have a few more things to add on the wall and it needs some new curtains but it will have to do for now.

It pretty much looks like this most of the time, I'm really happy with this room. It was the hardest to paint because of the high ceilings, my sweet neighbors let me borrow their ladder and my hubby passed me the roller, couldn't have done it without him.

Garage Makeover

Mick's garage is finished we did a lot of work in here. The shelves came down and some will go back but not until they are painted. We painted the walls and then the floor, thank goodness that we had friends come on the floor day to help out because it takes two people. It's all ready for the mustang, hopefully by the end of the month it will be in here.

This is a before picture before we moved in.

Hanging up the Louisiana state flag


Brody helping out his daddy with his little drill

the floor

LSU stuff

I am in the mood for.....

Painting! One good thing about all this really cold weather, we've been having is that I have been able to stay inside where it is nice and toasty to paint. I have removed 25 drywall screws and repaired the holes with many more to go. I am currently painting my daughter's room a really pretty purple color I will be sure to post those pictures soon. There are two walls in her room that are 13 ft high so I am risking life and limb to stand on a 10 ft ladder and balance the paint on the step to paint a room. Is there something wrong with me? I think living on base with plain white walls has caused me to want to add some color everywhere that I can. Below is some pictures I took of rooms that I have already painted.

Master Bedroom after picture

 

it was very plain yellow beige shade, there were about 6 holes in this room to repair.

I chose a blue-green color that is very soothing, now I just have to start hanging some pictures on the wall.

This is the kids bath this was taken while I was painting I don't have any before. So try to imagine a green bathroom with those really cheap towel fixtures and brass everywhere.

The color I chose was light blue and I changed all the towel rods and hooks but, maybe in a few months I won't have any more brass in here.

And I still have to finish hanging pictures

This is my laundry room it was a plain white and dirty.

I chose a really fun color in here I don't think the pictures really give it justice but the color is called Bleached Cypress and it's very bright.

Before and after

My son's room is the first big re-do in this house. I just finished painting his room--I love how it turned out. Still have a few more things left to do. I hope to get it all his pictures hung this weekend.

This the room before we moved in, Harley Davidson theme and orange was on one wall. The border went around the whole room. I think I must have patched 10 drywall screw holes, the past owners did not believe in picture hangers. There are drywall screws all over this house.

I painted 3 walls in blue and the old orange wall with stripes

I just love how the white trim in his room really "pops" I can't wait to hang his posters.

I am sure the furniture will be moved around a couple times before I get it right.

Doing the stripes was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be. Thank goodness for painters tape.