A Red Front Door.... ~ absolutely loving my life

Now that October is here, I plan on getting my porch all decked out for the fall season this week. Before I do that, I wanted to take a few pictures of a few recent updates we did to the exterior of our home. This past summer, we updated the exterior light fixtures and hardware, had our shutters painted black and my favorite thing….had our front door painted red. I love a red front door! A friend of mine gave me the color (red rose bouquet) that she used on her front door ( you can find her blog here.) While the painters only used Sherwin Williams paints, they did agree to match the color up for me, and I think that it turned out great! Along with painting the door, we replaced the builder-grade brass fixtures and hardware to make the exterior look even better! And of course we painted over the green shutters with black, which made a world of difference in my opinion. To give the door a little more character, I bought number decals for the door from an Etsy shop. I have to say that the decals did not go on like a normal decal. They went on like stickers and made it rather difficult to get it to look straight and perfect on the door. While the price was good, I don’t know that I would buy that kind again.

            Most home projects we do ourselves, but once in awhile we hire someone to do the job for us. Painting the shutters and door was one of those times. We found a local company who gave us a really good deal. In the end, I was pleased with the results, but I will say that the process was rather frustrating and took a total of three weeks to get finished. It was really a miscommunication with the company. If you live in the Indy area and would like their contact info, message me and I can get it to you.

         In the future, we would like to paint the exterior siding and put a fence up. Both of those are expensive, so I'm not sure when in the future we will get that done. And of course we have some minor landscaping to do.   I am happy to say that we are getting a start on that this week. The giant bushes are getting ripped out, and a new bed is getting cut out for spring. I'm really excited to work on my green thumb skills this next year. In the mean time, I'm just happy that we conquered the door, the shutters and light fixtures:)

BEFORE AND AFTER PICS......