Something New

I am pretty pumped about our new front door.  I think it means you are officially an adult when things like doors make you smile.  

The front door that came with the house when we bought it was most likely original to the house.  It needed to be replaced.  Daylight peeked through the bottom left corner of our door, despite all the weatherstripping Adam tried to fit in there.  It wasn't anything too exciting to look at either. 

So, Adam and I did what most homeowners do when they decide to start a project.  We agreed to look for a new door and started looking around.  Then we forgot about it for a year.  Occasionally, we'd remember we were searching for a door, then we'd promptly forget about it.  

We finally got around to picking one out, paying a ridiculous amount of money and then waiting patiently to have it installed.  We ended up purchasing our door from Home Depot and having it installed through them, as well.  Our local Home Depot works with two contractors in the area that focus on only installing doors.  

Of course our door jamb was a weird size and we had to have a custom door ordered, which took more time and more money.  Once it was finally shipped to the store, the contractor called to set up a time to install it.

The day finally arrived for our big door install!  The installer was a very nice man named Nathan.  He was about the size of our door, which explained why he didn't need any other people to help him install it.  At first, Jazzy was a bit curious about what this nice man was doing to our front door.  She was content to watch from a safe distance.    

Once he started removing the old trim, things got a little noisy.  Jazzy wasn't quite as sure about what was happening at this point.  

It didn't take long for Nathan to get the door installed.  In addition to a new front door, we also had a new storm door installed.  We went back and forth on whether or not we should even replace our old storm door.  We threw around the idea of just having a front door.  Our house would definitely have more curb appeal if a storm door wasn't in front of our entry door.  But Jazzy loves to gaze longingly out of the storm door and we didn't want to take away her fun.  So we ended up picking a storm door that was full glass and would block as little of the front door as possible.  

I love all the pretty glass detail of the new door.  The decorative glass obscures the view if anyone should try to look in and it also lets in some light to our entryway.  

I have plans to paint the front door a bright, cheery blue.  I got a few samples and tested out the colors on our old front door.  You can see the colors I'm debating on in the first picture.  I'll be sure to show you all the door once I've made a paint color decision!