Two weeks ago we had the back door to the ranch replaced. Can I just say - it couldn't have happened soon enough!!
The old back door was ... well ... OLD! And all the weatherstripping was missing and torn away. And the door was warped and wouldn't close properly. And the drafts were coming in. And the bugs were coming in (that was really the last straw!).
So I had it replaced - and it has changed that side of the house tremendously! Not only does the new one look 100% better - but the drafts are gone and the bugs are less!
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| See those nasty 1980's blinds? They were always breaking! No amount of super glue could save them from the in and out traffic and slamming that is my kids. |
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| Then there is the lovely 1.5 inch gap that lets in the air and those bugs I was mentioning. Do you need a reminder what kind of bugs we have out here? |
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| And I just didn't like the way it looked. Besides all that. The word was BORING. |
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| And cracked and OLD |
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| Make-shift weatherstripping. Yeah - you know who loves to peel that stuff off? Kids and dogs and kids. |
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| New shiney door!! |
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| New shiney door with some spiffy paint on it! Yay! |
3 comments:
Love the color. What brand and color did you use? I'm going to paint our doors this spring/summer whenever the 10 feet of snow melts up here.
Another successful project completed. Love the door and the color is great.
What a makeover! =D Out with the boring, and in with the new door, and yes, with some spiffy paint on it! Hihihi! Keeping that old door without weather stripping it would certainly do damage, and you would be like throwing dollars out your door – pun intended.
Allyson Sunde
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