My BLUE Front Door

Welcome to my new blue front door!

I've always wanted to paint my front door blue

but was rejected twice by our HOA. Not one 

to give up, I went to their next meeting armed 

with pictures of other doors painted in the 

neighborhood that were red, green, brown, 

and black. I also brought my navy color paint

 chip as well chocolate chips...cookies that is 

to pass around in my navy lined Longaberger

 basket, while wearing my navy dress. 

Subtlety was not an option. It was all well 

received and they made an exception for 

my color choice and thought it would be 

very pretty. Larry and I left soon thereafter 

before they could change their minds. 

The color is Naval by Sherwin-Williams.

Picking just the right shade of blue without

going too bright is not easy. I got inspiration 

via blogland, my favorite source. Ann over at

On Sutton Place, painted her door this blue.

It looked perfect. She loved the color so 

much she even painted some of her kitchen

 cabinets. Hmmm...keeping in mind when

 I need want to paint the kitchen island 

or whatever else needs to be blue.

I had to do a Waterlogue app version.

 Here's the white door before.

 Trying it with my
  blue and white fabric scrap wreath.

Here with the spring floral wreath.

I love it every time I walk up to it! 

I'm in blue heaven!

Cheers!

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Bed & Breakfast Sign

I made a new sign, but it's not for inside

 the house. It's for our travel van. 

We feel like our Roadtrek van is our own

little bed and breakfast that we can take

 everywhere.

So naturally it needed a sign we could hang

when we were parked at a campsite.

 This sign needed to be lightweight so that

it could hang from the awning. I used a piece

of scrap beadboard. The back had a nice
wood tone that I was going for. 

I wanted it to be neutral,

shabby, vintage looking. To add stability and

give it a "sign" look I added molding pieces

all around to frame it.

 Luckily I had just enough

scrap of one style without an inch to spare.

Imperfections are part of the charm.
Plus I don't like to fuss. That's no fun.

Here's the finished sign. 

 I use the same method I do for all my signs,
  HERE. The font on this one is
The Blue Cabin, size 225, outline.
Print it out. Use carbon paper to trace it.
 Paint the letters using a Sharpie.
Same 'ol tricks. 

After the lettering was dry 

I lightly rubbed on  mineral oil to 

bring out the wood tones.

Laid out the salvaged trim pieces.

Filled in the corner gaps with putty.

Touch up with white paint.

I also painted the edges.

When not hanging from our traveling

Bed & Breakfast I can "store" it in

my guest room.

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Twin Trellises For The Entry

We recently added these twin trellises to

our front entry patio area.

I love the look of a trellis and 

 try to sneak them in wherever I can. 

This makes a total of 5 against the 

outside walls around the house and 

3 trellis arbors in our yard.
See those projects HERE, and HERE.

Here's the front entry before.

These jasmine pots on either side of my

front entry French doors were just starting

 to grow long enough to begin their trail up.

First we measured for the center and 

height we would use. I needed to consider

 what size we could build using the scrap 

pieces of 1x1 wood we had in the garage 

for this project. I'm all about

 using what we have. 

We use this simple trellis design because we

 can easily customize the size for our needs.

 Larry cut the pieces angling the end cuts

as we have in the other trellis projects.

The right side before. I will need to find 

another spot for this "M" monogram sign

board I made a few years ago HERE.

The right side after. We painted the

trellis using leftover exterior house

paint so that it would blend in. 

The jasmine is now filling in nicely.

The left side after.

The left side filling in. 

The jasmine has grown quite a bit since 

we first installed something for them to 

make their climb. I fiddle with the fast

 growing wine, tucking it in, over, and

 under as needed. Tweeking. 

Our next project was to paint our front

door. Guess what color? Next post!

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How To Make A Sign - July

It's so easy to make a sign anytime I want.

I love changing the signs in my kitchen 

almost every month. For the summer

 and especially July I wanted to make 

one that was patriotic but also fun.

I make all  my signs out of whatever I have

in the house and garage, so they cost me 

nothing but a little time.

 Once I decide what my sign will say 

 I try to find a font that works best.

Using Word on the computer I chose

the font. This one is Mountain Christmas. 

I then find the size that will work best. 

In this case it was 225 and I also use 

the outline setting because it uses less 

ink and prints faster.

I line it up on my scrap wood. Larry cuts it to 

size. This is a piece of baseboard molding 

from this re-do project.

 The easiest way to transfer letters is using

carbon paper and tracing. You can see why 

the outline setting makes so much sense. 

I used a black Sharpie to paint in the letters.

lI used leftover paint from the kitchen

 island re-do to paint the bottom curve.

I use 2 screw eyes to attach them to the 

existing cup hooks under the cabinet where

all my kitchen signs hang.

 It needed something. 

Stars! Of course!

I punched out stars on white paper and used 

a dab of glue to attach to the bottom. 

Before and after adding stars.

 I also painted the side and top red using a big

 Sharpie, allowing a little red to show on the 

front edge for an accent.

Hers's my sign, American Pie.

 Bye...Bye!

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