Colour Troubles

Have you ever gone to all the effort of painting something only to decide that you hate the colour afterwards?? Well this is exactly what happened on our front door.

Initially I ordered this door from Wickes for our door. Affordable - compared to the custom made Iroko ones I was looking at before I came back to the real world - and rather pretty I think.

 

I liked the look of the wood and I could have always painted it later if I got bored. Thankfully the day after ordering I realised that the size of the opening didnt look right. A quick consultaion with the architechts drawings revealed that we needed a custom height door. Doh.

Builders to the rescue- they have a few old doors in their yard that they could look through and see if one fits. Its my lucky day as they bring along a temporary door to fit while I am waiting for a custom door to be made.

Me : "What will you do with it once you take it from here?" 

Builder: "Probably burn it ... We have far too many in the yard and nothing to do with them"

Me: "How much do you want for it?"

Builders: "Nothing, If you ahve this one it means my boys can get on"

Me: * Jumping up and down clapping  Calmly "Ok thats fine"

So how to make it beautiful? A good scrub was a good start.

For paints I was torn between Farrow and Ball's Pitch blue and Little Greenes Juniper Ash

At about this stage my husband starts insisting that they are exactly the same colour and either will be fine. So I pop down to Relics of Witney and look at their amazing light panels. They show different lighting situations and give great advice. They were really helpful and I tried samples of both - still no decision. In the end I take the plunge and go with Farrow and Ball. I set to priming ( somthing I usually cant be bothered to do - but Relics said to so I did) and painting. I finish the door , stand accross the road, and declare to my husband that its not right.
Back to Relics one can of Little Greene and a quick re-paint.

Now I love it. No one but me thought the door was wrong before. But its my door so thats fine.

Later I'll tell you about the door furniture choice and begin the build up to our first big reveal
Happy Weekend!