Front Porch Make Over ~ Flaming Hot!

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

To all the families that serve and have served in our armed forces to protect our freedom,

THANK YOU!

I felt that my front porch wasn't even deserving to have our flag fly proudly. So, in honor of this holiday, I wanted to give our front porch a bit of a make over. It seriously needed it!!

This was from a couple of years ago, we've done some landscaping, but that's pretty much it.

To start this make over, that front door needed some color!

Remember this pic?

Yep, orange was the destined color. And we went with Behr Flame!

So, while I was at Home Depot picking it up, I was chatting with the paint lady. Talking about what I was doing, and she asked if I wanted the paint with prime. I said, sure. I told I was going to prime the door anyway. And she made a comment that I should have NOT listened to.

She said that I shouldn't need to prime it, it's pretty easy to paint over a dark color.

Now, in ALL my years of painting, I KNOW this is NOT true, but for some reason I had a mental brain lapse and said oh ok!

WHAT was I THINKING???

I went home, promptly cleaned the door, sanded it a bit

and got to painting.

After 3 coats, something just didn't seem right.

Nope, this is definitely NOT WORKING!

Ya THINK?

Ugh, did I really want to prime? No, but seriously I had no choice. I didn't want to waste any more paint. I still want to paint the shed door too!

Priming was the only answer.

Ok, primed. I left that bottom so I could see the difference. Plus the brass kickplate goes there.

Hmmm. 3 coats in... BAM!

Now, that's what I'm talking about!!

It would have taken me forever to get here!

Amazing! I gave it one more coat!

Yes, now I'm smiling!! It might not be the "right" way to paint the panels on the door, but that little brush left no marks and it got into those little grooves so easily! The rest of it I painted with a foam roller.

Perfectly smooth!