Door Transformation & Tutorial

I will be the first to say I am a hasty, spontaneous DIYer. I get an idea, I hit up a TON of Pinterest pins/blogs in quick succession, then pin some paint colors and run to Lowes as fast as I can. It happens quickly and before my husband even knows what hit him, I'm knee deep in paint and whatever else I've gotten myself into.

Today's project? Well, I wanted to sand and paint my entire kitchen. Talk about thinking big, right? I have a tendency to take on large projects and totally screw them up, so I decided to start with a small project that would have a big impact- painting the front door on both sides.

For the inside, I used a beautiful Valspar color, Siene. I'll eventually trim it in white. The Posh Red is for the outside of the door and the Chef White is for the screen door.

Taping that window off was a bitch. I was nervous to do a dark color in our entryway, but I have to say- I am absolutely THRILLED with the final results. Here's the before and after!

 

 Inbetween coats, because I have absolutely no patience, I needed a side project. I happened to have just bought some house numbers from Lowe's, and also happened to have the perfect sized wooden plaque.

 

I didn't want to drill it to the house because I didn't want the screws to show, so I used some liquid nails I had left over from having some baseboards installed. It didn't stick right away (clearly) so I did this lovely makeshift support... thingy. 

And the final results for the front door:

A little blurry but when I can get to an actual computer I will post a better one!