This is the door I painted last weekend. The same father-son team that installed my windows last year put in the door; they took of the steel security door so I could paint that after work.
It didn’t take too long:
Here it is, finished:
I love my door! The old one was poorly installed; weatherstripping was hanging from the top; the screws holding in the knob were stripped and several times a week I had to use my sewing machine screwdriver (a very small one) to temporarily tighten up the knob.
I asked the guys to take off the security door on the east side of my house, too, as I figured I might as well paint that sad looking and largely unused door:
This door is part of the (inadequately) built addition on my house, in the room where I sew. Here it is after some paint (yellow is supposed to be good for north-east-facing doors, according to feng-shui design principles, though this is probably more east-north-east):
And here it is with the security door:
Probably what I like best is my sewing room transformed from this…
…to this, after swapping out an ancient air-conditioner (I never even turned it on once in over 6 years, thinking the thing would likely blow up if I did) for a cheerful window:
I had piles of tools in my livingroom for part of the week…
and I spent hours after work painting (lucky it’s light till almost 7PM now). No art work done for this week. And I still have to clean my house from all the dust!
…very cool!
Yes, it’s looking pretty good, though they disconnected my front door light in the process….and have yet to fix it. Though I haven’t paid them everything yet, either!