When you park the car in your garage, do you walk around to the front door to enter the house? I didn’t think so! If your family is like most, chances are you come and go by the garage entry door something like 97.3% of the time. I totally made up that statistic out of thin air just now. But think about it – you drive in the garage, everybody hops out and runs in the house to the potty, for a drink, for dibs on the tv remote. That 2.7 % front door usage includes going for a walk, running in and out the front door to play, picking up the mail and other quick forays. We dress up the front door for curb appeal and to make our home pleasant for us. And seldom use it. Especially if we live in a place where winter is a season that makes its presence known!
Why shouldn’t we dress up the door we use most frequently? It is the door that announces “home!”. It is the portal through which we travel from our busy world of school, work and errands to a place of sanctuary and belonging. This epiphany was inspired by the new entry door we installed recently between the garage and the kitchen. As I contemplated painting the garage side of the door, it occurred to me how much we use this door. And that inspired a trip to purchase this gorgeous colored paint. Looooove it!!!!
Off to the left you see a sneak peek of another project we completed to make our garage entry more welcoming, the mini mudroom we added by the back door. Garage storage also helps to keep things organized and more pleasant.
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Marie says
Love this! So true…the garage is a super active part of our home and why not dress it up?! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Meaghan says
I’m totally in love with that color! We’ve lived in our house for almost 20 years and our front door is definitely a company only entry way! This would be such a fun way to spruce up our door, especially once I motivate everyone to help me clean out the garage 🙂
~Meaghan from DIYfaerie
Kelly @ the Moon and Me says
LOVE that fun turquoise color! I painted my garage door black a couple years ago and put a vinyl greeting on it. Hides dirt and looks much nicer. A pretty door should greet you when you come home, right? Now if I could just pretty up the space around the door like you’ve done…I’d be all set! 🙂
Kelly
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Shelly says
Stopping by from the Wake up Wednesday Link Party – thanks for linking up!
I love this turquoise door and this idea! Why should garage entries be ugly?! – we use them so much!
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