I saw a white door ...

So I painted it blue.

I have an issue with our front door. We bought this house (built in the early 70s) five years ago before our son was born. We were YOUNG and thought, "Hey, we're having a baby. Let's buy a house." Made sense.

Except the house is sort of ... well, not our dream house. It's not terrible. But it's NOT our dream house. The original owner had the house built and, when he was old, died here. Well, not HERE, but he died while he was living here alone. His daughter, I think, still lives down the street. Anyway, it was clear he hadn't done much in the way of updating.

This is what it looked like when we bought it:

Entryway. Do you love the shag carpet like we did?

Minus the bling, it's actually a nice fireplace.

Hi stove! Remember how you died a week after we moved in? I do!

On the first day in, we started ripping out the carpeting in all the rooms, removing the tile underneath that was cracked and broken, removing the fake wood paneling ON EVERY WALL (it felt like it!). Since then, we've replaced every fan, every light fixture, all the kitchen appliances, repainted EVERY WALL (literally), painted all the cabinets, redone the counter tops in the kitchen and bathrooms, replaced the mirrors, put in new floors and molding, painted the doors, replaced the fence ... guys, it's been work. We were stupid to buy this house.

However, it does look a LOT better! And when you rattle off all the things we've done, man, it does feel good. We've put ourselves into this house.

But, again, I hate our front door.

It's just boring. And it's been ignored. It's plain and white and ... boring. So when I built and painted our kids' sandbox, I used the BRIGHT blue leftover for the front door. And, please know this, it's NOT a timid color. It's very blue.

See?

You may need sunglasses.

But now I need something to break up the blue. I've thought about adding molding, then painting them. I might do that. But my first step, I do believe, is to make an all-season wreath.

That's on my to-craft list.

When it's done, I promise, pics will be posted.