This weekend, on one of my many trips to Home Depot, I picked up some paint chips. It seems like everyone in blogland is painting their front doors a bright, cheerful color. Our front door is painted a stolid, dirge-worthy, funereal gray. (Why does everyone love gray so much? It makes me think of a bleak February day.) The landlord seems to like the door that way, so I will leave it alone.
The back door, however, is a really beat up dark wood stain. I don't think the landlord will mind if I paint it, and I can always paint it a nice bleak gray to match the front door if he doesn't.
I picked a bunch of happy bright yellows and reds and greens. I'm leaning towards bright sunshiny yellow.
But painting the back door is kind of low on the list--I did the kitchen this weekend, and the cabinets, and I still need to do the china cabinet. While I was painting a foam board for the back of the bookshelf (BM's Gossamer Blue), I thought, you know, this can is already open, and the INSIDE of the back door would look pretty with a fresh color...so on a whim I painted the inside of the back door.
The back door is directly in line with the front door, so you see it immediately upon entering the house. I like that its a bit of pretty color that also ties in with all the other rooms on the first floor. I've used this blue in the bookshelves in the living room, and I will be painting the china cabinet that color eventually. So its a nice pop of color when you walk in the house.
The back door, however, is a really beat up dark wood stain. I don't think the landlord will mind if I paint it, and I can always paint it a nice bleak gray to match the front door if he doesn't.
I picked a bunch of happy bright yellows and reds and greens. I'm leaning towards bright sunshiny yellow.
But painting the back door is kind of low on the list--I did the kitchen this weekend, and the cabinets, and I still need to do the china cabinet. While I was painting a foam board for the back of the bookshelf (BM's Gossamer Blue), I thought, you know, this can is already open, and the INSIDE of the back door would look pretty with a fresh color...so on a whim I painted the inside of the back door.
The back door is directly in line with the front door, so you see it immediately upon entering the house. I like that its a bit of pretty color that also ties in with all the other rooms on the first floor. I've used this blue in the bookshelves in the living room, and I will be painting the china cabinet that color eventually. So its a nice pop of color when you walk in the house.
