“The door is the smile of the house.”
John likes to make strange declarations like that. For example, after talking about how both bacon and mustaches were trending, he once proclaimed that “the mustache is the bacon of the face, and bacon is the mustache of breakfast.” But back to the front door. Our first house had a red door. Our second house had a yellow door. And our new house has a….
Yup, it’s a happy little blue door. It’s sort of a peacock meets teal with enough gray to keep it from going neon when the sun hits it.
When it came to picking the shade, first we taped up a bunch of swatches in almost every color of the rainbow (we tried red again, some green tones, a bunch of blue options, and other colors like plum, orange, navy and charcoal). Then we stepped back about ten feet, took note of what we liked best, and stepped back a lot more – just to make sure we still felt the same way from further back. We did this a few times during the day and evening to make sure the colors we loved in direct sunlight didn’t look crazy or change a ton when the front door was in shade or lit up by the porch light at night.
Then I painted the cream sidelights white like the rest of the house’s trim. We really wanted the sidelights to be their permanent color before finalizing a front door hue, just in case the old creamy-yellow trim was throwing us off. So after rubbing them down with a magic eraser to get all of the bug guts off, I just used an angled brush to apply the same white exterior paint that the painters left behind (and later used a razor to scrape the excess off the glass panes).
That helped us to narrow it down to four contenders: Spirit In The Sky, Blue Lake, Peacock Blue, and Tranquil Blue (all by Benjamin Moore). We’re actually convinced any number of colors could have worked (nearly all of the swatches looked nice with the white trim and natural brick) so we just went with what we liked the best.
Then it was test swatch time. After the whole oops-we-picked-the-wrong-siding-color snafu, I didn’t trust swatches without putting a big ol’ rectangle of color right on the door. So here’s how things looked after I applied each of our four samples on four of the raised panels of the door, being sure to give them each nice thick coats so the true color was easy to see, but not goobery and drippy. Colors tend to darken as they dry, so we did that “live with them a hot minute and evaluate them throughout the day” thing. That’s Blue Lake in the top left, Spirit In The Sky in the top right, Tranquil Blue in the bottom left, and Peacock Blue in the bottom right.
And the winner is Blue Lake…
The others all looked either too dull or too neon in certain lighting situations throughout the day. Here she be, all glossy and gorge.
It only took about half a day to get it painted. As for the finish/type of paint, we used BM’s exterior paint that the guy at the desk recommended for doors called MooreGlo in Soft Gloss, which is their version of a semi-gloss finish (didn’t even need primer since it’s self-priming). We only needed to buy a quart, so this whole project was pretty darn cheap, which feels great after basically sweating money out of our pores for the last month or so on bigger inspection-item fixes that we needed to check off.
When it comes to painting doors, my favorite method is to start in the morning so the door can be open all day and has time to dry before you have to close and lock it at night. I like using an angled brush only – although John loves a foam roller, so it’s a different strokes for different folks thing. Literally.
I have a certain order that I swear by, so first I paint the frames of each raised rectangle, then I paint the insides of each of them as you see in the photo above. Then I paint the flat planks around them and between them, always going in the direction of that plank (I pull my brush from top to bottom to do the vertical plank down the middle, then I go from left to right to get all of the horizontal slats, and at the very end I drag from top to bottom to do those vertical parts on each side of the door).
I wait for that to dry about an hour (or two if it’s super humid) and then I do the whole thing again, in the same order. Then I just give it the rest of the day to dry and lock it up at night. Oh and we like to remove the hardware, so that’s why it’s off (we reattach that right before we lock the door in the evening).
We also updated both the door knocker and the doorbell, so we’ll be back with those details tomorrow (they involved a dremel and some paint as well as a bit of a manhunt).
Oh and I repainted the sides of the door but not the back, so that’s still a hazy dusty blue color like the rest of the trim in the foyer… but I’d love to paint the back of the door the same happy blue shade once we nix the blue trim and wallpaper going on in the foyer and get some nice white trim and sidelights in there as well.
So that’s how one quart of paint and one morning of work made our house smile. Not bad, right? It took me waaay longer to take pictures of the finished product than it did to actually do it (is it just me or has it been raining for 40 days and 40 nights?). Heck I think the little doorknocker and doorbell upgrades took longer than painting the door.
The lesson? If you’re putting off painting your door, jump on that pony. Then your house won’t be all “oh hi it’s you, whatevs” when you come home. It’ll be all “Hiiiiiiiiii! Welcome!!!! It’s so nice to see you!”
It’s so funny to compare it to the portico as it looked back when we bought the house. Complete with a really old wreath on the broken slatted screen door (we took that down asap). And remember how green those front steps were before we power washed them?
Oh but one more thing. Remember that time a deer photobombed my front door photoshoot? Wait you don’t because I didn’t tell you about it yet. Allow me to paint you a picture. I’m snapping a few photos, and here comes my deer friend, stage right.
He saunters across the yard right in front of me and stops to chew on a few weeds by the door. Directly in front of my shot. I’m telling you, I never laughed so hard. Dude must have thought our yard looked extra welcoming, what with the smiling door and all. It certainly wasn’t a lush lawn that was drawing him in…
UPDATE: I quickly snapped this instagram picture on the way back from our evening walk, and it one captures the green undertone in our teal door so it finally looks like real life. Leave it to the ol’ cell phone to take a more accurate picture than the fancy camera. #nofilter #instagrambeatsDSLR
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LJ says
I hope y’all are enjoying the new place!
I wonder if there’s something off about the wide-shot picture that everyone’s picking up on. The Blue Lake color on the swatch picture and the test samples picture look the same. And they complement the roof and shutters. The wide-shot picture looks like a completely different blue color. Did you brighten or edit the shot before you posted?
YoungHouseLove says
That’s a good thought! I didn’t edit it (well, I straightened it because it was a little skewed) but didn’t adjust the color. It’s definitely completely different to see a bold door in person and in a picture though, and depending on anything from the brightness of your screen to your monitor it can change even more! The closer shots definitely capture it better than the wide shots seem to, but maybe a video tour of the exterior once we get some more landscaping going on will capture it even better :)
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Jennie says
After reading through some of the comments, I felt compelled to comment again. As a professional historian, I must note that historic color palettes are not as “traditional” as many folks here are making them out to be. Victorian and Colonial homes had a RIOT of color going on, even on the exteriors. Because much of what people see in the visual record is printed in black and white, it can be easy to forget how bright and vibrant the color choices were.
In the historic home where I work, people are often surprised by the bold choices in color and pattern, but everything in (and on) the house is carefully documented and true to the period. The same goes for historic textiles. You wouldn’t believe how many people assume that everyone wore black and white all the time! Just wanted to chime in, because despite the chatter that you are not being true to the style of your home, a bold door isn’t as non-traditional as one might think! Carry on, Petersiks.
YoungHouseLove says
So interesting Jennie! So glad to hear that we (and a bunch of our bold-door-loving neighbors) aren’t committing some sort of traditional/colonial sin! Two neighbors have stopped by to ask the exact color so I have a feeling it might spread even more. Haha!
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Celia says
I’d just finished reading through the comments and shaking my head at the people who were getting very high handed about how they weren’t staying true to the tradition of their home. Your comment has restored some of my faith in the common sense of the human race! Thank you, Jennie!
I found the color a bit startling at first, but 1.) not my house and 2.) the middle makes no sense. Once blue hydrangeas and other landscaping was mentioned, I started to be able to picture how it might look down the road and I’m looking forward to see what it looks like. I think my favorite will always be the yellow door on the second house, just because it seemed to say ‘you are my sunshine,’ but the new door and the new color are very YHL and I’m sure John and Sherry will get many years of enjoyment out of it.
And, after all, if they ever decide to repaint it, they’ll have a happily captive audience speculating on the new color!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Celia!
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Lisa E says
So glad you posted this Jennie. Too many are too quick to criticize.
Kathryn says
Jennie, thanks for this! It reminds me of ancient Roman and Greek temples and sculpture. People have in mind the ‘classic’ look of bare stone when really that stuff was painted up more than Tammy Faye Bakker, and it’s just the forces of nature removing the paint that causes our skewed perspective of ‘classic’.
Angela says
Looks great! Thanks for the tips on using the eraser and painting the sidelights the same color as the trim. I will definitely give both of those a try when I repaint my front door this summer. Your post has inspired me to quit procrastinating and get it done!
Hopefully you can find some plants for your shady yard that the deer won’t like. My sister had a love-hate relationship with them. We think she secretly enjoyed providing them lunch on a daily basis, they would walk right up her deck and eat most of her potted plants. She passed away in January so I’m sure they are feasting on her yard right now.
YoungHouseLove says
Oh Angela, I’m so sorry for your loss. The funny thing we’ve noticed about the deer is that they won’t go up on our porch or deck (there are flowers up on the porch that they ate when they were down at the bottom of the steps, and delicious herbs on our deck that they won’t touch) so it’s nice to have a few areas that are safe for that stuff, and the general trees and shrubs in the yard will just be deer resistant picks, so we hope it goes ok! Will keep you posted!
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Cefarr says
Love it! Our door is nearly the same blue! I thought I was being bold by doing it a few years ago, but I love it still!
Kristi says
I love the bright colored doors! I’ve told my husband that the next house we buy, I’m painting the door a fun color! We’ll be moving to a part of the country that has similar homes to yours- mostly brick, and we’ll likely be in a ranch like your past two houses, so I love following what you guys are doing. :) One oddball question, though- how do you keep the bugs out of the house while the door is drying?
YoungHouseLove says
Great question! I just keep the door wide open when I’m actively painting it, so between coats and for the rest of the day when it’s drying I just keep it cracked (seems to keep the cool air in and the bugs out for the most part since there’s just a sliver of space).
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Lindsay says
I love the new door! I can’t wait until you can paint the inside too.
Question- are the columns big enough on your front porch that you could hang an American flag? I think I still have Fourth on my mind and can picture it blowing with the wind.
YoungHouseLove says
That would be sweet! I think they should be big enough for that!
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Jen says
YAY! We are officially door twinsies!
http://www.iheartorganizing.blogspot.com/2013/06/june-monthly-challenge-refreshing-porch.html
Loving the color! And I can’t wait to watch it evolve with your landscaping!
xo,
Jen
YoungHouseLove says
Wahoo! Love your door Jen!
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Eva says
I really like your door Jen. I think the color goes great with gray siding. Sorry YHL, I’m not digging the light blue with the brick. I think a bolder, deeper blue would look miles better. The light blue clashes. I also think your roof color is too cool and doesn’t go well with the warm brick, but that’s obviously not easily fixable. Sorry, I don’t mean to be mean guys. I enjoy you both and your blog! Just thought you’d appreciate constructive criticism.
Autumn Beach says
Oooohhh…what a beautiful color! I love a classic look with just a pop of fresh.
amywax says
I recently did an article about selecting the color for your front door for This Old House here. You would appreciate the first door color in the article is a beautiful blue very similar to your own. It can be wonderful on the right house. I agree that the selecting the right color for your front door is so important.
When I am designing palettes for people I frequently encourage them to use the Color911 app, that way they can visualize their colors instantly. Adding in the right accent color whether it is interior or exterior can be the eye candy in any color plan.
Well done!
YoungHouseLove says
Sounds like a handy app. And of course I love that blue door on the first page ;)
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maurie says
I haven’t read ALL of the replies but did see someone else comment about the deer. That topic is exactly what I have been thinking about since the first deer I saw in your photos of your new house….not the deer…(because they are sweet and beautiful, esp. the babies)…but the lyme & little Clara!
I have lyme that went undiagnosed for a year and have had painful symtoms ever since but have been fortunate enough to not have it as bad as Ive seen others have it. We are in VA and I know more and more people, young and old getting it. It effects everyone so differently and is horrible to get rid of (if that is possible!)
Love your blog and you are such a fun sweet couple Id hate to hear of anything bad happening!
Just be safe and protect yourselves!
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks so much Maurie! So sorry to hear about your lyme. We definitely take that seriously and do tick checks all the time.
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Lori says
Do you have to get HOA approval for changes. We have to get their approval for any architectural modification, including changing shutters or paint color. It drives me a little crazy. It is a new neighborhood so I hope they will relax over time. I like your new color. I picked a similar color for the interior garage entrance to our house.
YoungHouseLove says
We don’t have to get any approval for bright doors in our neighborhood, but we do hear that HOAs can be frustrating if you want a bold door and they only allow limited colors. Love that you picked a similar color for the interior garage entrance! Smart way to get around it ;)
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Ter'e says
GORGE!!!!!!!
Love the logical approach and the fantasic finish!
Get that deer some salt lick and corn. LOL.
Classic Patios and Pools says
Its great colour…it feels like you going to open a heaven’s door.. and very easy to wash..and thanks this awesome post…..
Bianca says
The portico and the front door look great. I would like to paint my front door too! but that will have to wait until I’m done with the other project I’ve been working on. But I also want to paint my window frames black for a more modern feel. Have you ever done it before? I’m not sure how to go about it since my window frames are vinyl and not wood. Just thought I should ask before I try and tackle it so I don’t make any costly mistakes.
Best wishes in your new home!
YoungHouseLove says
That sounds really cool! We haven’t painted vinyl window frames yet though, so I’m not sure if there’s a special paint for that or if it’s not recommended. Anyone know?
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Kerri says
I think the door looks great! I actually just painted mine a similar shade – Aruba Blue by Benjamin Moore (a bit darker/more saturated than yours I think, but who knows…monitors play tricks). Anyway, I am in love with it. We just moved into our house a few months ago and have been enjoying our deer and turkey visitors :)
YoungHouseLove says
Ooh turkeys! That’s exciting. We had one wild turkey who wandered around our previous neighborhood. Miss that guy (gal?).
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Stephanie says
Love it!! We had a boring white front door and I painted it a happy Caribbean blue. The hubs calls it “smurftastic”, but deep down I’m sure he loves it as much as I do. ;) It really makes the brick and the flowers on the porch pop.
Bonnie says
I like the colour. And if I were you, I’d do the garage doors, too. Like this, but in a matching shade to your door: http://www.foreveramber.co.uk/2012/04/i-quit-the-gym.html
Jason Bourne says
Hi Sherry Petersik.
I love the door.I love the color.
Julie Jacobsen says
Didn’t take time to read through comments so forgive me if someone has already asked this question. Where are your house numbers and/or, is there a plan for updating them? I ask because you have moved into a house similar to our own except we have lived with the dated details for 10 years! Only now are we able to do some of the bigger ticket items. Anyhow, walking through your new purchase with you is re-igniting my interest in getting some things dome around here and front door painting and numbering are on the list. Look forward to seeing it all unfold. Keep the inspiration coming!
YoungHouseLove says
Our house numbers are on the mailbox and we updated them “off camera” since we don’t share any parts of our address online for privacy reasons. We just grabbed some new numbers at Lowe’s in ORB and attached them to the wooden mailbox post :)
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Eva says
People don’t put numbers on their houses in Virginia?
YoungHouseLove says
Some do, but I think mailboxes are the most common place and it’s “extra credit” to put them on the house as well.
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Nicole says
I’ve lived in my starter house for 14 years now. I have a green roof, green shutters, & off white vinyl siding. B/c of the green, I was a bit limited in my door color. I painted it a darker red. It’s called “Red Delicious”. It costs me $12 to paint the front door. I also spray painted the brass kick plate brushed nickle & also spray painted the brass porch light the same color.
I’m hoping to tie more colors in on the front porch. I’m thinking of making an orange pallet planter & blue chairs?
I like color.
YoungHouseLove says
That sounds so pretty Nicole!
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margaret says
Love the blue!!
We actually painted our front door a similar color this past spring. We moved into the house a year ago and I couldn’t figure out what was so… blah. Well, we had a red brick house, with a red front door, and red/brown mulch.
I painted the front door a pretty, bright blue, raked out all the old mulch and replaced it with black mulch. BIG difference. We also replaced the old porch light fixtures with something that looks more nautical (and sold the old ones on Craigslist). Even the flower box got a new coat of paint. Sometimes it’s the easiest/cheapest fixes that have the biggest impact.
I do have pictures but I’m not sure how to upload them to you, but it made a huge difference. in our curb appeal!.
Keep up the inspirational work!!
Katsi Oh says
Love the color!! Where did you get the doormat? Its too cute and goes perfect with your happy door. :)
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks Katsi! It’s from Garden Ridge a while back.
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Jamie says
Wow! A bit bright for me and I guess it seems like it does not fit the style of the house? Maybe I’m not seeing the whole picture… Can’t wait to see how it looks after some landscaping!
Jennifer says
It pops! So fun! You pick the BEST colors.
We just finished up our DIY book shelves. YHL was a total inspiration for the open wood shelving with brackets (we found a local wood worker here in Colorado for our gorge new brackets). Wanted to say “thank you!” for your great ideas!
http://wp.me/p2hlON-fN
YoungHouseLove says
They look awesome Jennifer! And thanks for the kind words!
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Kelly says
SO happy you went with that color!! I saw a house in Southampton, NY last week that was brick with a front entrance similar to yours with a turquoise door and it was so pretty! Of course my first thought was I should tell you two about it. Looks great!
YoungHouseLove says
Wahoo! That sounds gorgeous! Maybe you told us telepathically :)
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Jennifer :: Creative Scatter says
I’ll be repainting my door sometime in the near future. Unfortunately my HOA limits the colors doors can be painted, but luckily for me, I love my front door color. It’s a lovely maroon color that goes great with the brick and stone exterior. It just needs a coat or two to bring it back from the brink of boring.
I’m definitely going to have to refer back to this post to make sure my painting order is up to par. Plus, I’ve never painted a door before so I know I’ll appreciate the step by step.
YoungHouseLove says
Good luck Jennifer!
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Koliti says
That’s your view from your happy front door down your street??!! Get outa town – what a GORGEOUS neighborhood!
Kristin says
OHHH my gosh, that deer! It’s nice and all except one of my biggest fears are deer. Weird, I know but they scare the crap out of me! Better you guys than me. I’m wondering if you guys are going to have to only plant certain things in your flower beds? I mean, do you think the deer are going to eat some of your goodies as your outdoor projects progress?
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes, thankfully all of our neighbors have told us what lives and what ends up deer food so we hope we won’t have any the-deer-ate-my-landscaping moments! Ya never know though…
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Melissa says
I LOVE LOVE LOOOOOOOOOVE that you paint your front door such a fun happy color!! We rent, but I told hubby as soon as we buy a house, we are painting that front door a nice bright color!! I’m thinking emerald green, or Tardis blue. Can’t wait!! Will you leave it that color or maybe change it up? I was thinking we could change the color every 6 months to a year.
YoungHouseLove says
We’re in love with this for now so I think I’m happy to turn my attention to painting all of the other stuff on my list. Haha!
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Jami Hardy says
I love bright front doors that bring your eye to the most important part of the home…but I’ve seldom chosen one because I have no idea how I would make it look right when I decorate for the holidays. Maybe I think too much..ha! I hope you do some outdoor Christmas decorating this year and post some pictures so I can be inspired :)
Amy @ Yellow Hammer Design Shop says
Looks great guys! I love that you just go for the color you love. I would not have thought of blue, but it looks great, especially with the other painting you’ve done outside.
Felicity @ Our Little Beehive says
Crazy pants. I was just telling S the other day that we should do a teal door!
Annie says
Love the bold blue choice! Definitely looking forward to seeing paint choices throughout the new house… Maybe more than anything else!
Hate my faux wood front door… Want to paint it. Do you think that’s advisable or would it be worse? It’s like that crummy plasticy-wood that previous owners installed. Yuck. Wanted to paint it till we get around to buying a new one. Thoughts? Recommendations? Bueller?
YoungHouseLove says
I think they make primer + paint that would work for that now! I’d ask the paint pros what they recommend.
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Sarah T. says
Hi, so I’m new to this whole home owning thing. I was wondering, is your door just a wooden door or is it some kind of metal? My front door is metal, and I don’t know if I have to go about anything differently to paint it because of that. And I apologize if this is a dumb question. Like I said I know nothing about homeownership.
YoungHouseLove says
Our door is wood but I think painting a metal door would be the same thing (if your paint’s not self priming you’ll definitely want to prime first I think). Maybe ask the paint pros what they recommend for a metal door since there might be a new formula of paint made for that. Good luck Sarah!
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Lynn says
The deer aren’t so cute when they eat everything that you stick in the ground – not to mention the ruined trees and shrubs from the rutting in the fall… But I love your new place!!!
Anne says
Love the new house and neighborhood but I’m among the not so sure about the door color doesn’t fit the style of the house to me. Probably is much different in person :)
Of all the things you’ve done this is the first one I haven’t loved so pretty goof track record.
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes it was surprisingly hard to photograph, but the picture at the end of today’s post is a lot truer to life :)
https://www.younghouselove.com/2013/07/bathroom-paint-progress/
xo,
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Jessica Thompson says
Love the blue door!! Unexpected color but it works so well! This has made me want to repaint my front door.
I bought a house 6 months ago and the siding is white with medium blue shingles and shutters. Any recommendations for a color?
YoungHouseLove says
That sounds like it would be so pretty with a glossy red door (blue and red = patriotic and sweet on a white house). You can also try a yellow door (blue and yellow are sweet together, and white’s a total neutral).
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April says
Love your new door color! It looks great! I am thinking about painting my front door, but I was wondering if I should sand the door first? Did you sand or wash your door before you pained it with the new color?
YoungHouseLove says
I wiped it down to get the bugs off, but since it was chalky and matte I didn’t sand and went straight to primer. If yours is glossy I’d sand and degloss and then primer & paint.
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Natalie says
Oh, please read this! If John likes to make statements like that, I just know you will LOVE this little picture book for Clara. It’s called “A Sock is a Pocket” and the illustrator is Robin Preiss-Glasser (I can’t remember who the author is). It is so great!! And the pictures are a story in themselves. I hope you love it as much as I do – its one of my favorite children’s stories!
YoungHouseLove says
Sounds awesome! We’ll have to check it out. Thanks Natalie!
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Anna DeCastro says
Does anyone know how to clean that type of doormat? I bought a similar one with an image, and now it looks old, dingy, and dirty, with no trace of the image. Thanks!
YoungHouseLove says
Anyone know? Maybe try beating it with a stick? And then hosing it down and letting it dry in the sun?
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Amy J. says
Too many comments to see if someone already noticed this, but the colors you have painted the front doors on the three houses you have lived in coincide with your YHL logo on the top! Teal, yellow, red :)
YoungHouseLove says
Isn’t that funny?! I only noticed that when I was writing the door post and listing the colors and previewed the post right under our header. I was all “wait a minute!” – if only the door from our last house was a little more grellow it would have been identical!
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Erin says
I really love this and love the blue. Did you have to sand it at all? We have a mahogany door (“that is mahogany!”) with black paint bubbling so I wasn’t too sure about painting it. Thanks!!
YoungHouseLove says
If it’s glossy I’d sand it and then wipe it down with liquid deglosser (ours was chalky and matte so we just went straight to our self-priming paint).
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Khadija says
Call me crazy, but what about painting your shutters too? I think some bright pink flowers on each side of the door would look so cute. It’s cool too that everyone will be able to find your house! :)
YoungHouseLove says
For now we love our shutters black (they’ve been black on all of our previous brick homes too) but you never know where we’ll end up!
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Megan says
Do you have any tips for painting an already painted door? I would love to give our a new color but I’m not sure if I should sand it down. It also has a nice crack down the middle between the panes. Do you have an recommendations for fixing that?
YoungHouseLove says
I would use wood filler on that crack and then use liquid deglosser on the whole door and then prime and paint it. Good luck Megan!
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debbie says
Just painted our garage entryway door Blue Lake, and I cannot stop smiling!!! Thanks for this and all your fabulous posts!
Gabbi @ Retro Ranch Reno says
Obviouslyyyyyyyy, I love this!!! Such an improvement. I can’t wait to see the inside painted too. :) When I painted the front and back of our door, I fell in love (even though quite a few people thought I was cray-cray).
Crystal says
Hi guys!! I read thru a lot of the comments, but not all of them, so I hope this hasn’t been asked too many times! What material is your door? Metal, wood? Mine is metal and I am worried that it won’t paint as well as wood would. (I totally just got the wood chuck tongue twister stuck in my head now.)
YoungHouseLove says
It’s wood, so if yours is metal I would just ask the paint pro at the desk what primer and paint combo they’d recommend :)
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Justine Y says
My apologies if this has been covered somewhere else and I missed it, I’ve searched through your blog pretty well I think and haven’t found it so here it goes. I’m getting ready to paint all our interior doors from the natural wood to white, and our front door from the natural wood to a color. I am borrowing a paint sprayer for our interior doors and was wondering if it would work well for the exterior door as well. I don’t know why it wouldn’t work, but I know you like to hand paint the front door, and spray the inside doors, so I was just wondering if there was a reason?
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes it would work, it’s just a pain clean so just spraying one door with a certain color and then cleaning it might not be worth it (I just hand painted it to skip that) or it might be great if you don’t mind the rinsing step at the end. Good luck!
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Crystal Kesler says
What color did you paint the triangle portion of the roof just above the door? It isn’t white, or even cream but a shade of blue.
YoungHouseLove says
It’s the same color as the rest of the siding on the house (many homes in our neighborhood had the siding color up there and we liked that look so we went for it too).
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Lindsay says
LOVE your door posts. We are painting our front door this weekend, and are going from black with a flat finish to gold with the MoorGlo you used. Do you think we need to prime since it’s black, or will the paint + primer combo of the MoorGlo be enough? Did you like the MoorGlo or Duramax better?
Thanks!
YoungHouseLove says
The self priming MoorGlo should be enough unless the door is glossy/shiny (ours was chalky and matte), in which case I’d sand and use a liquid deglosser to wipe it down. We really liked the MoorGlo and the Duramax, so either should work I think!
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