Front door and sidelight makeover

[homeinmelbourne]

A freshly painted new door and mirror-tinted sidelight gave a tired entryway a contemporary look. 

• The project
• The materials
• Before and after
• How to paint like a professional
• More project inspiration for your home

The project

We wanted to replace our old front door and water-damaged sidelight and saw an opportunity to add some colour and character to the front-door area.

We replaced the old door with a new one from Corinthian Doors.

We couldn't decide whether to paint the new door grey or green, so we did both!

The inside of the door is painted in Dulux Battle Dress and the exterior side of the front door is painted in Dulux Shale Grey. The new front door didn't have glass panels like the old one, so we opted for a full-length sidelight. For privacy we applied a tinted mirror film on the sidelight so that during the day you can't see into the house.

The materials

The products we used were: 

• Front Door – Corinthian Doors from Bunnings

• Sidelite – Facebook Marketplace

• Paint – Dulux Battle Dress (green interior) and Shale Grey (light grey exterior)

• Door Hardware – Lane Gun Metal Oxford Touch Plus from Bunnings

• Mirror Tint Film – Pillar Mirror Tinted Window Film from Bunnings

• Door Seal – Raven Anodised Automatic Weather Door Seal from Bunnings

• Door Stop – Adoored Brushed Brass Magnetic Door Stop from Bunnings.

Before and after

How to paint like a professional

Experienced Bunnings Workshop contributor Rob (Peggers) has put together a great step-by-step guide to getting professional results with your painting projects.

Resident D.I.Y. expert EricL has also put together this handy guide: How to choose the right paint for the job.

More project inspiration for your home

Bunnings Workshop member Nham brightened up his home with a front door paint refresh.

Workshop member Riley created this MDF barn door with a diagonal pattern.

There's also plenty of inspiration in our collection of Barn door ideas for your home. 

Let us know if you need a hand with your project – we're here to help.

[BoeingFan]

@homeinmelbourne What a fantastic update, it looks great! Well done.

You've got me thinking now; I'm in a situation where my Mum made leadlight prior to her passing, so it's very important to me to display them in my home, and I sat and looked at your green door for a while wondering if the leadlight inserts you had in the old door would look at home in the new green door, or if they would detract from them. 

Thanks for the inspiration and well done.

Jason

[homeinmelbourne]

Hi Jason @BoeingFan,

Thank you so much. That sounds like a wonderful way to pay homage to your Mum's leadlight creation. I'm sure it will look great and be a lovely way to honour her memory in your home.