I'm all about a $50 Friday!
Today my loves, we are changing the look of your entire home, upgrading your curb appeal, logging sweat equity hours, all for $50. Yup. You heard me!
So when we bought Taylor's Wood, the front door was a pretty 'old-school' shade of blue.
Not navy blue, not royal blue. Not a pale blue either. Not even Robin's egg blue. Nothing epic. The same shade of blue had been repeated on plastic shudders surrounding the windows on the front of the home as well. During a rather daring renovation, Drew was able to pop the shutters off of the home with a garden rake, while standing on the tippy-top of a 14 foot ladder. We then trashed them. Boom. It felt rather good. But the door...
The door was still blue. And I really dreaded paint-day for awhile because painting a door seemed pretty annoying. And my door had 24 tiny windows. Ummm... that sounds horrible.
But now that I've painted the front door, I'm fairly proud of myself. And the difference is quite shocking.
What you will Need:
1 quart of paint: I used Sherwin Williams 'Keystone Grey'
1 really Amazing paint brush (I love Purdy brand)
1 paint roller
It only took about a quart of paint. Though I had originally bought a gallon and used the additional paint on other outdoor projects (bloggy days ahead). I also used my Purdy brush for the cutting-in around the windows. The roller worked for an air-brushed look on the flat spots.
I'm a pretty good cutter-inner, so I opted not to tape 24 windows. It just seemed like a nightmare. 2 Coats covered the door perfectly. What a difference!
Here's my blue door BEFORE:
Here is my door after!
That's it y'all! $50 Friday and your whole house will look BEAUTIFUL! Tag us in your @instagram posts so we can see all y'alls hard work!
Love Y'all!
Ashley