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Makeover Tuesday: Blueprint Door

I have a new favorite zero dollar improvement to our house. This post has been in the works for years. I mean years. My most memorable home design magazine cover is without a doubt this one.
 

I subscribed to the magazine simply because I was in awe over that front door from the ad for Martha Stewart’s Blueprint magazine. I vowed, six years ago, that one day I would have a door with a gorgeous number on it like that. After receiving paint from Behr for a house makeover I had the front door paint just waiting to go on the door. I knew that would be an easy to tackle project.
 
Here is the before with our sample paint swatches on the left. The door was painted “Fig” by Martha Stewart. Notice how great our lights look. The mismatched look is in now. 🙂
 

Here is the after. To say I’m thrilled would be an understatement. 🙂
The door is Club Navy by Behr.
Here’s how I did it…
Once I painted the door navy I made a stencil for myself. I traced the characters that I taped to the door and then did a little free-handing on the “N” where the closest font in Word didn’t match up to the vision I had for the door based off the Blueprint magazine photo.
pardon the huge dot on the photo… something was on my lens. 🙂
I made sure to press down incredibly hard with my pen so there would be a faint outline that I could use while painting. Once I was done attempting to fill in the outline with Country Chic Paint’s Simplicity for the numbers I realized I had to do some touch-ups with my navy paint after it had thoroughly dried. 
 


 
 
I love what The Nester says: It doesn’t have to be perfect be beautiful… does it look as crisp as vinyl letters would? No. But I love knowing that I did a custom job myself and that it was a $0 update. 
 
I used plastic garbage bags and painter’s tape to tape off the door and I spray painted the door knocker and door knob. They are so sharp and really pop now. 
 
 
 
I’m in love.
The neighbors must think I’m crazy because I just stand in the middle of the street and stare at it multiple times a day.

I love projects like this but if painting isn’t your thing call a professional… it’ll make the job so much feasible for you!

 
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Comments

  7. Hi Jen –

    I have been reading your blog for awhile now and I think this is the first time I have commented, so…Hi! 🙂

    Just wanted to tell you about this website for free fonts! (this sounds like spam, but I swear it isn’t)

    http://www.dafont.com

    It’s addictive! Have fun.

    Kelly

  8. Love the door! You should let Martha know about this 6 year dream inspired by her magazine 😉