How I Painted My Front Door...Don't Ya Love Creative Titles?

Thanks for all of your nice comments yesterday about my "new" front door. I'm really happy with it.

I thought I'd follow up today with a quick post today about how I actually painted the door.



I didn't prime the door because, A) the existing finish on the door was already fairly dull, B) the previous owners had already primed and painted the plastic window thingy (a very pale tan)...thanks previous owners!, and C) I'm a tad bit lazy and I try to avoid priming when I don't have to...just keeping it real here.

I used Behr exterior paint in a satin finish, and asked the guy at the counter to mix it in a true black. I went with satin rather than gloss, because I prefer a more subtle finish, and glossy doors can show more paint strokes than less glossy doors (somebody get me a thesaurus please...).

And speaking of brush strokes, I really wanted to avoid them, so I only used a paint brush on the detailed areas of the door and window. I used a foam roller to paint everything else (which also made the painting go by in a flash).



I also forced myself to wait 4 hours between the first and second coat.

And that's it. It really was sooo much easier than I thought it would be. Really, the toughest part was taping off all of the sections of glass...and with the help of painters tape and an exacto knife it really wasn't that difficult.

Have a great weekend everyone!