How to Update an Exterior Door With Paint

02 October

Do you know what catnip and a door have in common?

Nothing unless you are painting a door with a color called catnip!!

I have been working on a makeover of my back patio and today I'm sharing how I gave the back door an easy and inexpensive refresh.

How to Update an Exterior Door With Paint

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There are three doors on the back of my house: a sliding glass door that leads out to the back patio, a man door that leads into the garage, and this door that leads from the laundry room to the back patio (it's just a few feet from the sliding glass door).

I am giving the laundry room door a makeover with pretty green paint called Catnip. This is what the door looked like before I painted it. It looks better here than it did in person. It was very dirty and the wood was dry with a chipping finish.

How to Update an Exterior Door With Paint

The door casing and molding were even worse with peeling, dirty paint 😔

A friend recently helped me install the dog door.

This is the view from inside the house. It's the Extreme Weather Energy Efficient Pet Door in a size medium from Chewy.com.

I tried to take the colors on the house into consideration when choosing a color for the door.

My house has vinyl siding that is a very, very light, buttery yellow color and the trim and soffits along the top of the house are currently painted the ugliest green ever. Here is a good shot of that.

I'm planning to repaint the trim at some point but I'll be leaving the main color.

The door casing and molding got a fresh coat of Glacial Ice by Olympic and I removed the doorknob and deadbolt and spray painted them with Rust-Oleum Hammered Metal Finish in Dark Bronze.

My mom and dad got me the pretty little doormat for my birthday 😊

I also painted the railing next to the sliding glass door.

I painted it the same Glacial Ice color.

It took about four coats because the old stain on the wood bled a little bit. This paint has primer in it already so after a couple of coats that stopped but it still took four coats since I was painting white over dark stain.

I've been playing around out here trying to figure out the best place to put my new pallet couch. I want to be able to sit and admire my pretty backyard and all the hard work I've put into it.

If you enjoyed this post, you may also like the other patio projects here:

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How to Stencil a Concrete Patio

How to Build an Outdoor Couch From Pallets

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Comments by Blogger

ANNEOctober 03, 2016
Wow, looks so much better!! Great job Tania!
NancyOctober 03, 2016
Very pretty! Love the catnip color!
https://www.vintagesouthernpicks.comOctober 03, 2016
It looks great! I suppose you are going to paint that house trim yourself! Love all your new colors. I didn't know catnip was a color, but it looks good. Looks like it matches your floor mat.
Thrifty Mom In BoiseOctober 03, 2016
Love that color! It is looking so good!
Mary K.October 04, 2016
Tania that made a huge difference. It gave the door a pop of color and reated a focal point. ANd you did good in painting the railings white. Now they will not fight with the door and your beautiful pallet couch.