Front Door Renovation
I’m only okay with photoshop, but not great, therefore everything looks very flat since I’m not able to preserve the molding/trim contours with my skills…however, I wanted to ponder the future door. I bought the paint today for the trim and began sanding (house paint is much more expensive than I’d planned). The front door is a veneer, not solid, and is cracking/warping along the bottom. Although it’s original, we do plan on replacing it for this reason. However, in the meantime we were thinking we’d paint it. I did a little photo editing (and the trim color I bought today really does look more greenish in real life), but these are my thoughts for door color, knocker, and doorknob. I really want a speakeasy, but apparently they don’t make them in chrome. If anyone knows where to get a silver/chrome colored speakeasy, please let me know!
Here is the door today:

Here is the future door?







This may help to get a better view.
http://www.cbnsystem.com/software/selector_download.aspx
I downloaded this free software in order to scope out fresh colors for the trim on my house. (I posted a sample if you’re interested in viewing it… http://serendipityhouse.bravejournal.com/entry/16092 ) My shutters are actually black right now and my front door is white.
Works great and the colors will come out transparent so you can still view the detail in your architecture. Hope it helps!
Maria
P.S. Love the red!!
Comment by Maria — April 10, 2006 @ 4:57 am
Wow! What a difference some paint makes!
You might need to put something under the knocker to protect the door paint… Unless it comes with something built-in.
Comment by Christiane — April 10, 2006 @ 7:38 am