front porch makeover

Our front door was ho-hum. Whatever. Meeah. You don’t really want to come in.

The screen did nothing for it, and the handles were opposite on the doors:

I think in an effort to sell the home, the previous owners had someone try to paint the light fixtures to update them. Now you know I’m all about ingenuity and frugality when it comes to updating spaces, but

it really didn’t look good:

and there were black paint splatters all over the siding and brick. Grrrrr.

So, this is what we came up with to change things up, the AFTER:

We kept the original front door and added a few touches…I’ll share how we did it tomorrow (click here for the details)!

Happy Monday~