The Front Door

My Facebook feed has been full of tributes to 9/11.  What a horrible horrible day that was!!!  I will always remember where I was.  The first day it didn't seem real but as the days went on the awfulness sunk in.  It was a low and dark time for our nation.

I watched a great video today on when President Bush threw out the first pitch of the 3rd game of the World Series that year in New York.  Despite what you may think of him as a president, I really appreciated hearing how brave he was and how much he led by example during that time.  There was talk of a very real and prominent attack that could happen during that game.  It was a very dangerous thing for him to be in such a public place at such a vulnerable time.  He said something I really appreciated and I will paraphrase,  "I couldn't expect our nation to get on and live their lives again, if I wasn't willing to live mine.  If it was my time to go, it was my time to go.  You can't lead a country if you are constantly worried about your own life."

Go HERE to watch the video if you'd like.

Life has gone on since 9/11 but I do hope we always remember that day!

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Speaking of moving on, it's about time I update something on the house!

Cooler temps are headed our way and I can't wait!  I may even have to wear a sweatshirt this weekend.  Woohoo!!

With the cooler temps I will finally be able to paint my front door.  But before I could even think of doing that, the door needed a little repair first.

To say the previous owner of this house was a redneck is probably putting it lightly.  He was great in every sense, but definitely a hoosier.

Remember the burn pile?

Need I say more?

Well the burn pile was not the only thing he "gifted" to us when he sold us the house.  There is a window in the basement with a hole in it.  I'm pretty sure it's the result of a firearm of some sort.  We will be replacing the whole window as a result.  Unfortunately the front door also had some damage from an unknown source.

It's been covered over by the ever trusty Scotchtape all these months.  I had originally thought the whole door would need to be replaced, but it is a gorgeous door and just needs a little TLC.

I called around to different glass places to get estimates on how much it would cost to fix it.  If I had had someone come to the house it would have cost about $500.  Ummmm, I might as well get a new door at that point!!  Luckily I ended up finding a place way in downtown St. Louis that would do it in a few hours and for about $100 if I brought it to them!  That amount of savings was worth the drive for me!

A few weeks ago it worked out to have my contractor here most of the day while I ran the door downtown.  They were able to do it in about 3 hours.  It was a gorgeous day and my brother-in-law was in town so we took Kidlet #4 to the zoo and went out to lunch with the hubby!

I could not be more happy with the results!!  The owner was apologetic that the glass didn't match perfectly but to be honest I'm not sure he could have gotten a more perfect match!!

Now that the glass is fixed, I'm onto the exciting part of picking a paint color and replacing the door handle and lock!!  I have waivered between going super bold and doing a yellow, sticking with the awesome orangish I used on our last house, or possibly going blue.  My tug was towards a blue.  I have always wanted a blue door but blue can be tricky.  I was a bit afraid of it lending too periwinkle as well as too dark that it looked almost black.  I finally came across this door and I LOVED it.

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It's called" Mineral Alloy" by Benjamin Moore

The girl who used it has a similar color house and trim so I'm planning on picking up a sample this weekend and testing is out.

My second and third choice are these colors:

"Newburg Green" by Benjamin Moore

"Gentleman's Grey" by Benjamin Moore

Young House Love  used these colors in deciding the exterior color for a house they were asked to decorate.  I hope to be able to show you on Monday the final results.

I think we would all agree that the door can really only go in one direction ----- UP!

Hope you all have a great weekend!!!