Metamorphosis Monday....A Tale of Three Doors

Susan At Between Naps on the Porch has invited us once again to share our changes large and small for Metamorphosis Monday. My changes involve the front door--the first thing you see when you go to anybody's house. I think it such an important first impression. So often we are so busy making sure the inside of the house is just right when we entertain, we forget to check the front door! You may remember Sunshine, our daughter, got married in June (as if I hadn't told you :). She moved into a darling bungalow style house the groom bought last year. To say that it was in dire need of a woman's touch is a vast understatement. Last week we made sure the entrance said "welcome".

I started out with this door pocket I picked up out of the trash while I was helping a friend move. Not very interesting at this point, but free and full of possibilities. I thought I might try something new and found a hammered- finish spray paint by Rust-Oleum. I thought a little texture might dress up their black door. After a trip to Garden Ridge during one their 50% off sales, I set to work. I just picked up fall colors and make sure to include different textures. I like grasses in arrangements. Beloved is a hunter and I always make him save pheasant feathers from his yearly pheasant hunting trip.

I think it's a good size for this door and doesn' t block the light coming into the room. Yep, I think the front door could use painting too--kept my mouth shut. I'm working really hard at this "letting go and being a good mother in law" thing :)

The next door starts out with the basic cheap and on sale grapevine wreath. I am giving a baby shower next Sunday and this wreath will be on my front door to welcome guests. After the shower, I will give it to the mom-to-be for her own front door for after the little one arrives.

I made the ribbon and attached things from the dollar store with a hot glue gun. The ribbon and theme are continued in the foyer in a cloche I posted here. It's so nice when you have the luxury of knowing the sex of the anticipated bundle of joy!

Finally, My front door--again. Remember above I said sometimes we forget to look at our front door through the eyes of visitors? After all, we seldom use them ourselves. I am guilty of this in a big way! When we bought the house, the landscaping was good for the most part. However, shrubs grow while your're not paying attention.

Before I knew it, the entry looked like this! Overgrown and unattractive! These were extremely difficult to prune and hiding my front door. I thought they might have to stay because they would be so hard to remove. Beloved didn't think it would be a problem-----

He sent someone right out! (that is actually a tree being removed, but the same big yellow whatchamacallit removed the shrubs too). I love this man, but I did not marry him because he knew his way around a hardware store or heavy machinery :)--no problem, same result!

This weekend we finally planted two much smaller American boxwoods and trimmed the nandina--huge change! I really think most of us could improve the curb appeal of our houses simply by PRUNING. In this case, at least, I think less was definitely more!

I confesss--I bought this wreath (1/2 price) and just added the pheasant feathers :) I was a little tired! Thanks for "coming to my door". Click on the butterfly button and you'll be back on Susan's doorstep!

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