There were two doors in our house that needed some help. The first one, the door to our garage… ay-yay-yay, where do I begin? The door handle would get stuck often and become impossible to twist. So, basically, we felt locked IN our own house. Secondly, the cat door. Need I say more? We do not own a cat. Unfortunately you can’t really undo a thing like this, and buying a new door altogether seemed a little unnecessary (wood prices have gone way up due to COVID), but we needed to do SOMETHING.

New hardware was a “must” and since it always makes sense to match the door hinges to the handle, we bought oil-rubbed bronze hinges. We were not sad to see the discolored gold/brass hinges go. While the door was off the hinges anyway, we gave it a fresh coat of paint and WE PAINTED THE CAT DOOR!!!! We are geniuses! It helped so much to camoflauge the eye-sore!!

Here’s a good side-by-side pic to show the before/after…

We also beautified the door to our backyard a bit. It actually had never been painted so we gave it some semi-gloss paint, new trim, new hinges, and new hardware and now she feels like a new woman! 😉 Kinda like wearing a fresh shade of lipstick – it’s still the same door, just prettier and ready to show off her smile, or um…door opening skills? Baha.

For the record, getting new doors, trim, hardware, etc. in our first house made one of the biggest impacts, in my opinion.

For this easy update, this is what’s needed:

• Door hardware
• Door hinges (x3)
• Trim (your preference!)
• Miter Saw
• Nail Gun
• Wood putty & caulk (for touch ups and smoothing)
• Paint (semi-gloss for doors & trim)

So get your lipstick on and love your DOORS! **MUAH!** 😉

Huge hugs! Xo!

~ Kara