Painting My Garage Door Red
Earlier this year a strong gust of wind during a storm caught the screen door on my garage and yanked it off along with a piece of the door trim. Since the screen door was mostly a hassle I decided that I am not going to put it back on and instead just spruce up the door and frame without it. 
To start I thought that painting the door red would really make a nice improvement. It was a pale grey color which was very blah and always looked a bit dingy. I began by cleaning the door and removing the old door knob by taking out the screws from the latch and inside knob. I then taped around the perimeter of the door to mask it and put paper along the floor and garage wall. I also taped around the window and covered the glass with paper.
Once everything was prepped I primed the door with grey spray paint primer and then applied a few coats of red spray paint. Once everything was dried I installed a new door set with an oil rubbed bronze finish.
I love the new door color. I think it looks great with the yellow, teal and white color scheme and really brightens up the garage. The formerly boring door now looks fun and inviting.
I still need to replace the trim around the door and do some paint touch-ups but painting the door was definitely a step in the right direction.
What do you think of the new door color? Do you have a fun color on your garage door or one of your house doors?
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 6:13AM | Posted by Lisa | 12 Comments | Share Article | Email Article | Print Article 
Reader Comments (12)
Looks good and you know that behind that spruced up door is a tidy organized garage :-) I really liked the new door knob. The red, I think, is a perfect shade and makes the door defined; yes come in through this way.
It looks great and I love that you did it with spray paint.
Mary-Lou- Thank you! Getting the garage cleaned definitely motivated me to get some other things done on the garage, too.
Rene- Thank you! The door is metal so I thought it would work best spray painted.
Looks great! And I'm happy to find out that spray paint works that well on metal doors. I may just have to try that myself!
Nice color on door of Garage. I love it.
When you shut the image near the garage door, the color seemed deep orange. However, The combination of colors of the garage looks great. But I think it would be more better if you use black pearl color for your garage door.
Great idea, loved it. My garage door color is chartreuse green. I repaired the garage door before coloring. I think it looks more fun than yours.
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