Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Spring Porch Makeover

BEFORE:



AFTER:



My porch has been in desperate need of attention so I took one beautiful day (yesterday) to spruce it up. A coat of paint and a new plant stand and plant and all is well.

Unfortunately I couldn't remove the door knocker to paint it because the screws were stripped so I had to improvise. I used petroleum jelly on the door where I was going to be painting (I used a textured black spray paint on the knocker and handles). I didn't want the texture of the spray paint to show through the paint on the door so the jelly made it easy to wipe off the spray when I was finished.




Then I used left over paint from my kitchen to repaint the door....




Our patio chairs needed a fresh coat of paint so I used the textured spray paint to touch those up as well...



I picked up a stand from The Christmas Tree Shop (great store, they have everything and at great prices too)! Of course it got a spray treatment too and the plant I twist tied to the stand so it wouldn't blow off and finally I have a porch to be proud of...





Overall cost:
Textured spray paint = $6.49
Table = $9.99
Plant = $4.99
Total = $21.47

Happy Spring!


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6 comments:

  1. Jill that looks awesome! I love the color of the door, so pretty for Spring and SUmmer, really all year round!~ Nice job on everything!~

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  2. I have been thinking about repainting my door too. What I like here is that you outlined your arch window with the black. It just gives it so much more style and I would never have thought to do that. So thank you for the idea.
    Pamela
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    for some reason my typepad credentials couldn't be verified.

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  3. LOVE it! It's so welcoming now... great job!! Thanks for sharing it with us at the POPP.

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  4. Visiting from the POP party, great look, fresh and summery.

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  5. Found you through Domestically Speaking's blog and just wanted to say what a great way to save your door from the overspray when painting the door handle and knocker. Love that idea. I was just thinking the other day that our door and handle needs to painted.

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  6. Wow thanks for the idea, I have brass door handle and knocker also on our door. How did I not even think to spray paint it.
    Jolyn

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