Welcome!

New owners, new door. It's an odd tradition, but with our first home and our first farm rental, Farmer J painted our front doors (remember the bright red chicken coop door) a bold color. Ever since we traveled in Ireland, we have loved colorful entryways into homes.

I decided to paint our back door (we have the typical farmhouse where no one uses our front door but always comes in the back).  

Reasons for painting the WHITE door:

- we live on a farm

- we have some boys who often have grubby hands

- the wreaths I hang for the different seasons got lost amongst all the white

- the hardware store was running a special on paint

- I found a paint color I was dying to have somewhere in our house

Here is our old white door...

And then after these steps,

The color is Railings by Farrow & Ball. 

http://us.farrow-ball.com/railings/colours/farrow-ball/fcp-product/100031

The color is a steel grey/blue- that really will look different depending on the lighting and time of day. It was a nice contrast to paint with a dark color after so much white in the kitchen! Kitchen remodel pictures coming soon!

You'll see more Farrow & Ball colors in our home in the future...and some of their wallpaper (if I win the lotto)! 

In case you are intrigued...or recently won the lotto yourself...

http://us.farrow-ball.com/patterns/wallpaper/fcp-category/sub?gclid=CLafi6z5k8kCFY-CaQodEQgJrA

Here is the door all finished!  All it took was a few hours, three coats and less than $15 dollars in paint and supplies! Not too shabby, if I say so myself!