Thankfully we have a small overhang over our door, so it wasn’t getting super wet. It would mean taking our whole frame out, replacing it, then reinstalling the door. You can’t buy just a steel door – they come with the actual door framing. Hello – come on in and take anything!īut when I called to get pricing, I realized something. I needed him to come home cause I wasn’t going to leave the house with plastic covering the door. Don’t worry honey, as long as you’re OK, it’s no big deal.” My sweet husband, the most patient man I know, just said, “Coming home now. So I texted him and while trying not to freak him out, told him WE HAVE A HOLE IN OUR HOUSE, (and a picture of it) so come home, like now. I decided I would just have to buy a new door. I was laughing hysterically, just so I wouldn’t cry. Or that our power went out about ten times while I was on the phone with the hardware stores? I called a few hardware stores, thinking I could just go pick up a replacement window. I grabbed some trash bags and some duct tape to start covering the hole: Massive storm coming, and I have a HOLE IN MY HOUSE. A storm that was supposed to go over us was heading our way. In the few minutes I was out in the garage, the wind had picked up just a bit. That would the glass in a meeeeellion pieces. I went out to the garage for just a few minutes to spray prime the plastic grid. "I should be a little gentle while painting this." I realized that the screws that went into the interior plastic grid held the whole thing together.īut there was a bead of silicone or glue that was used when it was installed, so it was still secure. Then I noticed that the window was a little loose. I made a mental note to use some silicone to seal it up real well when I put the grid back on. I noticed a couple things when I took the grid off – one was that some water had had seeped in through the door at the bottom somehow: They were ruined, obviously, but I figured a few bucks for new ones wouldn’t be a biggie since this was going to be a FREE project. I couldn’t get the little jobbies that cover the screws out, so I used a drill bit and screwed it into them to pull them out: That way I wouldn’t have to worry about taping and cutting in and all that jazz. ![]() I figured it would be super easy – I would just take the plastic grid off and spray paint it, then paint the door. I'm sharing this so you will learn from my mistake. ![]() I thought the atrium/french doors were particularly striking in black.Īnd then I thought…HUH. OK, those aren’t doors, but whatever, they’re gorgeous. I’ve been smitten with them for years now, but I’ve always been just a teensy scared to get out the paint brush.īut then I noticed a trend in some of my pictures I had saved: It started with my love of black interior doors. It was ALL my fault, and there may have been a few tears because of that. This is the story of a fun, free DIY project gone very, very wrong.
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