A Red Front Door

The outside of our home is a combination of brick and siding. We don't have any shutters so the door and the trim are the pieces that are easily accessible to color changes. The siding is a beige, the trim is green, and the door is blue. When we first moved in, I loved the brick but the rest of the house kind of faded into the background. I knew the exterior could look better with a change of the door color.

The brick has a multitude of colors in it, so I just had to have the right color to make a impact to the exterior. Since the current blue door was pretty boring I wanted the door to really pop. Enter the color red. I've always wanted a red door.

We made a trip to Home Depot. I didn't realize there were so many shades of red. I wanted a dark red so that narrowed down a few of my choices. They had a photo of a green house with a red door posted above the paint swatches. I loved it on the photo. With some help from an associate, we found the red used on the photo. Up close it was sooo not the red I was looking for. It was way too pink. We had about five shades narrowed down. Some too pink, some too bright. We ended up choosing Cinnamon Cherry by Behr.

I did a quick wipe down of the door to remove the dirt. I taped off the sides and handles. No way was I removing those. I was a little iffy when I first started painting because it was going on really pink. I applied two coats of paint. Once dry, I stepped back and.......