This front door quick change took me about
24 hours!!!
Ok, here's what I did... Behind the new lamp is a decorative pine plaque from Michael's. It cost $10.99.
The 3 black wooden blocks I got for $1.99 each at Lowes and the numbers also. Those cost $1.28 each.
So far we have spent $20.80
I started at night and grabbed a piece of 150 grit sandpaper from the "Craft Junk Drawer" in the kithen and went over the whole plaque. I cut the piece of sandpaper to about 5 X 7 inches. Sanding took me about 5 minutes. Then I used Rust-Oeum Ultra Cover Grey Primer. And gave it 2 coats of primer giving it 10 minutes in between coats. The 3 wooden blocks I also gave 2 coats of primer to.
Then I used Rust-Oleum Painters Touch Ultra Cover Black Gloss spray paint and gave it one coat. Paint cost me $3.79 a can. I got one can of each.Two hours later I gave it another coat.
(I know ur gonna hate me.... but I didnt take any pics! I kno.... I kno.... it was dark outside... there is literally NO photo opts outside guys!!) Ok.... Phew.... BTS.... Then I went to bed! :)
Next morning I scrambled outta bed to checkout the status of my new project! And I discovered everything needed another coat of black. (Very common when u paint at night!) I run back into the house (its cold outside!) put on some paint clothes go tackle this almost done project!
I moved my pieces out into the winter sun (since there was no breeze) and gave everything another coat (3 coats total). An hour later I tacked in the white house numbers and ask Adrian (my boyfriend) to drill a hole into the large black plaque for the new wiring to come thru.. God Bless his heart.... I always drag him into my fabulous projects.... Sometimes I think he's gonna say no..... But he never does.... I LOVE HIM SO!! I wipe of the plaque lightly and hit it with a very light coat of black again..... I probably shoulda had him drill the hole before I ever started spray painting...... but as Si on Duck Dynasty says, "Hey! Its my project!" hehehe.... Ok, now I let it sit for another hour..... (this is the stage where I literally can't sit still.... I end up going back and forth to stare at my works of art every 5 minutes!!!) Okay at the end of my hour wait the morning sun has dried and is no longer tacky!! I warmed up by now (10 am) to 65 and beautiful blue skies. Woohoo!!!! FINALLY, we can finish this! I'm getting so excited! I know its gonna look great!
Adrian (bf) and I got the new light (Lowe's on sale for $39.99) and took down the old light and wired in the new light. (we did turn off the power to the light at the breaker panel and we color matched the wires) Took us about 35 minutes to do that part. We did it together because it's tough to do the light with one person. You kinda need someone to hold the light while your matching and connecting the wires.
I tacked in the wooden numbers and and used black OPI nail polish to touch the top of the nails and screws that we used to attach the wooden black plaque and house numbers to the wall of the house.
And, there you have it!! I LOVE THE WAY IT LOOKS! I think It has a bit of pop factor! :)
How much did I spend... here is the breakdown:
plaque $10.99
3 blocks $1.99 x's 3
3 #'s $1.28 x's 3
2 cans $3.79 x's 2
new light $39.99
$ 68.37
If you've done a front door makeover.... share yours with me!!! Up until last year my front doors used to be white! Yuck. Too Boring! Been wanting to paint them for 7 years.... was just too chicken! I'm so glad I got over that!!!
Here is where I got my inspiration ideas for my house numbers.....
here's what she did
Here's another one.. this one is darn near exactly what i did! I tried several times to figure out how to grab the pic... but no luck. click on her site and check it out!
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