A New Door and Decisions To Be Made

It seems forever since I've been here with all of you wonderful readers. 

I miss you and always wish I could spend more time posting here and also visiting all my sweet friends around Blogland. 

Life gets in the way, no doubt. 

There's a list a mile long on my kitchen counter of things I need to get done.

I really hope that whole cloning thing happens sooner rather than later because I could really, really use two of me!

One house project I am pretty excited about is FINALLY painting the exterior doors. 

I have done a lot of work on my house in the 2 1/2 years I've owned it, but somehow the doors were never painted. 

I don't seem to have a photo of how awful the doors are (probably because they are so AWFUL!) but they are painted black with half the black smudged onto the white trim. 

First of all....BLACK doors with a brown house? Not for me. 

Second of all, if you are going to the trouble of painting the doors, do it right!

It's bothered me since I bought the house, but there were always other things that took precedence over getting the doors painted. 

Until now. I decided I can't take them anymore, and before the snow flies those darned doors are going to be painted!

I think one of the very first things I did when I bought my last home was paint the doors a high gloss candy apple red. 

Those doors made me smile every time I looked at them!

I wanted to do something a little different this time, although I was still drawn somehow to a red door. 

So I started to browse around online for some inspiration. Here are the colors that jumped out at me as possibilities: 

MariaKillam.Com

This is a great red, exactly what I pictured in my mind when I was thinking of going that route again. Almost like the most perfect shade of nail polish! There's almost a pink or blue undertone to it, which may or may not work with the color of my house. 

MariaKillam.Com

Another great red on Maria Killam's blog is this deep jewel toned Burgundy. This one almost has purple undertones, but is it perhaps too dark for my house? 

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Also on Maria Killam's Blog, this amazing orange door - wow, I just LOVE that color! I have to say, out of all the sites out there that have front door color inspiration, I found the most inspiration by far on Maria Killam's Blog.  This is a seriously fabulous tone of Orange, and is most definitely in the running!

Satori Design For Living

I've always been a fan of the combo of a bright green door on a house with brown trim. Maybe it's the reference to nature, almost like a tree with brown bark and spring green leaves. 

This chartreuse color sure is happy, like springtime in a paint can!

Satori Design For Living

Also found on Satori Design For Living is this creamy, butter yellow front door. This color is just fabulous with the grey color of this house and the black hardware, but it may just be a tad too light for my house. I do love it, though!

MariaKillam.Com

Back again to Maria Killam's Blog is another shade of yellow, this fabulous gold door. Doesn't this color just look amazing against the stone of the house? And those red geraniums just complement it perfectly! 

Lots of great choices, now I just have to pick one and get to work!

I also need a new storm door on the kitchen door, so I've been doing some research on that as well. Unfortunately at the end of the winter when we went to swap the glass for the screen the latches that hold the glass up completely shattered. The door is old, and it's time for a new, energy efficient one. Let's face it, our winters are cold up here and anything we can do to conserve heat is always a good investment. 

I think I'm going with a Larson storm door. There's a dealer right down the road, and they have a good reputation. Now I just have to figure out which one! I know it will be brown, with aged bronze hardware. But which door is right for me?

Larson Doors

I absolutely love the Fullview Storm Door. I wanted this door in my last house and never got it. I think if you have to have a storm door, this is by far the most attractive option, to let your 'real' front door show in all its glory. 

My only concern with this one is that my old girl,  Lily, likes to scratch on the door to get in and out. I'm worried she'll destroy either the glass, or the screen. I think I'll have to discuss that when I head to the dealer to make my decision. 

Larson Doors

My second favorite option would be the Screen Away Storm Door. The screen stays in the door and it's easy to ventilate a little or a lot, depending on what you need. Handy, for sure, rather than replacing the glass and screen seasonally, as in the Fullview Door. 

However, I still prefer the full glass from top to bottom as in the first version. 

Larson Doors

The third and final door I'm considering is this Classic Elegance Easy Vent door. It's almost full view, but with a little kick-plate on the bottom. This might just answer the question of how to keep my old girl from scratching up the glass or screen. 

Oh, and I'll take this sweet house, while I'm at it!

Do any of you have a Larson Storm Door? If so, which one? Do you love it or wish you had chosen a different one?

Either way, I need to get this ordered and installed and SOON because our weather is about to change!

Stay tuned for the decisions and hopefully a completed project or two!