I have had this tub of paint sitting in
the hallway for as long as I can remember now almost turning itself into a door
stop.. I had the intentions of painting the door over the holidays and
revamping our bare timber door.
But as it pans out the holidays were
chock-a-block and barely gave me time to enjoy some C.I on the couch! So as the
penny drops we ended up painting the front door the weekend after school had
started- no time to rest in this house I am afraid!
Dulux were lovely enough to supply me
with everything I would need to paint my front door with paint to spare.
I am so glad to have had some assistance
from Dulux as if I were to paint the door myself I would not have used an
undercoat, I wouldn’t have taped the fittings and windows and to be completely
honest with you I would have made a massive mess of an expensive door.
So the first steps to painting the door
was to sand the door back making sure it was a smooth surface to paint on.
Then I wiped down the door with warm
water to remove the excess dust and anything else that was on the surface that
shouldn’t have been.
I then taped all the fittings and
windows on the door to make sure paint only went where it belonged. I love this
tape, and cant wait to use it on the edging when painting my feature walls- I
can just tell it will cut down the painting time by more then half!
After everything was taped, it was time
to paint the base coat, which was: Primer, Sealer and Undercoat. This is
basically a thick white paint that helps your colour to go on evenly and
smoothly while sealing the timber underneath so it will not be affected by the
elements.
As I said above this is a step, without
Dulux’s help I would have completely skipped. But I am so glad I didn’t as this
is what really made the door come to life with the colour.
Which leads me to my next step, we
applied two coats of the colour. The type of Dulux paint that was used was the
Aquanamel ChromaMax Pigment range, which is ideal for doors and window trims.
The hardest part for us was deciding on a colour that would suit the house how it was now, and how it may be if we decided to render, which we don’t know if we will do still.
After a while of umming and ahhing we finally made our decision and went with Namadji.
Online on the swatching this colour looks like a dark grey shade, but once on the door in certain lights it picks up a brown colour. I actually prefer how this looks on the timber then what it does on the online swatches.
First Coat of Paint
Second Coat of Paint
Something as simple as painting a door
can change the whole picture in the end, and just having a different colour
door has added a whole heap of character to the front of the house. What do you
think, yay or nay?
I knew this would happen as well, once I
started on the house I would want to change everything! I am already nagging
Matt to prep our bedroom wall so I can start painting it, start a feature piece
in the lounge room, stain the deck, build a bigger deck, build a new walkway to
the front door and the list goes on and on haha.
I’ll also aim to bring you a new Dulux
Project very soon J Pinky Promise!
