From Gross to Gorgeous!

Our previous home owner didn't do much to the house.  This house was stuck in the 70's ... and I mean stuck!  Once Derek and I moved in, we knew we wanted to update all the doors. It was something that we wanted to do in the semi, but never did, so when we got the house and saw that it too had the plain old doors and plastic handles, we knew it was something that needed to be changed.

I did a lot of searching those couple of months before we moved, looking at Home Depot flyer's and Rona flyer's. And it just so happened that before we actually moved, Home Depot had a sale on doors (6 panel) for $29. Ummmm yes I will take 6, thank you.  We were sooooo happy, and immediately drove there with my parents SUV to pick them up. They were the ones where you could just pop the other door off and then set this one in right away. The hinges needed to be chiseled out and screwed on, the handle needed to be drilled out ... all of this I knew my husband could handle. He did a great job, and it did take him some time.  But then it was my turn to find the hardware. I definitely wanted to stay away from the old plastic handles, and I am not keen on brass ... but I have always wanted the black handles. I love the way they look, and to me at least, say "hello I'm expensive" (even though the particular ones we got were anything but expensive.

Again we looked around, and I finally found some I liked at Rona.  They were a mere $12 each, so we picked up 4 privacy ones and 2 that had locks for the bathrooms.  Derek installed them once again, and I am in love with them! I love the way the look with the floors, and once I paint the doors a crisp white, I think they are really going to pop!  They also have a tinge of brown/brass look but its not the shiny brass, its deeper and it really accentuates the floor colouring.

There is also the business of the hallway wall ... I want to do something there so bad. I'm thinking black and white photos in different sized frames in a pattern or all symmetrical. I don't know, we will see what creative thing I can come up with! I will update with another picture as soon as I'm done painting them white.  I think they might be up next before painting of the main bathroom takes place. Thanks for looking!