Today I am showing you how to paint your front door for a sturdy finish. One that will last through even a nor’easter!
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What I Used:
The How To:
In fact it is great for wood or metal doors. Or even a mailbox! And rails! I have plenty of those!
And fade resistant so it can take a beating from the sun!
I chose the Salem Grey because when you’ve got a brick house there’s not very much that matches aside from white.
I wiped it down first to get all the excess dirt off. I then went over the indentations and then painted the rest.
Here is the storm door all ready with the glass insert to protect it. We have since had a nor’easter! And it’s held up beautifully!
I liked the durability of this paint so much, I am actually going to use the rest to paint the indoor doors because mine take a lot of abuse.
It comes in a 16 oz 473 ml bottle which is the perfect size, not too much but not so little that you can’t finish a project. In fact I used less than half the bottle.
On a sunny day it looks almost like a slate blue!
Do you like my color choice? What other colors go with brick?
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Your new gray door looks wonderful! I’m contemplating a new front door color myself. We’ll see!
This company is great Carol and it has a lot of fun colors too.
Loving your freshly painted door! I need to repaint my front door and I would love to go with a bolder color! Just gotta get up the nerve to do it! LOL! Hugs and blessings to you.
Cindy
Cindy check out their page. They have a whole lot of fun colors – 21 in fact! And it was super easy to use the paint. You can do this in your sleep!
Great makeover Mary! Thanks for letting me know about that paint! Saw your post at the thurs. favorites party! pinned:)
Kathleen I am really excited about this paint. And the colors are so pretty and fun too!
The door looks great, a happy accident. I got a new door years ago and never painted it. Now that I know how nice this paint it I will have to decide on a color and get busy.
You certainly will love it Debra. It goes on super easy and is not like the old time paints that were such a horror. And with 21 colors to choose from you will have a ball!
Mary, you are so handy, I think you can do anything! We decided last time we painted a door that it really was going to be the LAST time we EVER painted a door ourselves! 😀 We’d rather just hire YOU to do it! #BloggersPitStop
Jean I’ll grab my paint brush and paint and hop on over. But seriously this paint was so easy to use. I actually dread using enamels and those types of paints but this is new generation stuff and it goes on so easy, not like the old time stuff that would dry before you had a chance to brush it on and then it would form droplets.
Your door looks great, Mary. Nice to know there is good quality paint that can withstand the elements. Oh my, I’m swooning over your railing too.
Marie I cannot sing enough about this wonderful paint, It went on fast and easy and was not causing and drips at all. As for the elements you need to worry about that more than we do but we sure have been getting our fair share.
Love the color Mary but I have to ask. Sorry, it’s probably a silly question, but I’ve never heard of a storm door. We don’t have those things here in S Africa. Do you only put it up when the weather turns bad? How does it work? And then I’ve got to say something about that little ghost of yours. It’s sooooooooooooooooo cool. Love the piccy where it’s blowing in the wind and Tatou doesn’t even look concerned that there’s this thing flapping around above his head 😀 He’s the coolest fur baby ever
The door looks great. I never thought that a wreath could stain a door like that. You certainly made the best of it.
I like the grey with the red brick. Very pretty, and it makes the brick area near the door pop with color! Thank you for sharing at Celebrate It!
I love the door. Did you paint it inside and out, or just the outside. Trying to decide how much to order. Found your blog through Knick of Time.
Thanks!
Hi Cindy I did two coats and a little touch up on one side of the door. But I had more than half of the paint left over so one jar would definitely be enough. It goes on thick and covers very well. Good luck with your door.
I really love brick walls but I just realized the problem with the door color! You did a perfect job picking a great and interesting shade!
I love the color. It looks great. I’ve starting to add grey into my home décor. Thanks for sharing on Sunday’s Best.
Your door looks lovely. Our siding is already a light gray, so I’m thinking the Harbor Blue might look nice, Not sure though because our roof is Forest Green Metal. hmmm, will have to play around I think.
I love this! It came out so good! Pretty color. It does look very blue in the sun. I like it both ways.
I recently painted my front door too 🙂 wish I did it a long time ago it wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be.
Alex it really was so much simpler than it seemed!