Curb Appeal

Tale of a Dutch Door

11.09.2011

Last I left off on our front door dilemma, I was asking for opinions on whether we should switch out our metal (and too small for code) front door with one I found at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore for $100. When we bought the house, it came with a lacklustre front door. We painted [...]

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Picket Fence – minus the Picket

11.07.2011

I mentioned how the white picket fence really isn’t our thing back in July when we had a gate built to enclose the yard. It looked like this – straight off the shelf from any Home Depot… When the previous homeowners put this in, they were inconsistent with how high the posts were set above [...]

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Curb Appeal: A new front door

08.03.2011

I bought a door impulsively when I was at the ReStore with my MIL – for $100 I thought I couldn’t pass it up. It’s a very heavy (needs two people to move it) solid wood door – Spanish (with the wrought iron over the speakeasy) or Craftsman style (without the wrought iron) in my [...]

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Dreaming of a White Picket Fence

07.21.2011

We have put off putting in a gate at the side of our porch because we knew one day we’ll be removing the fence and didn’t want to waste the money on something we’ll just be getting rid of one day.  (In reality, the white picket fence really isn’t our thing.) After Fozzy had sprinted [...]

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