Teal Door Love

My list of projects has recently grown and I've actually given myself a timeline, scary! I'm having a small get together at our home in mid September (I'll post a little more about this soon) and there are three home improvement projects I would love to have done before then. The first project is to paint our front door. I've wanted to do this since the day we moved in, but it has taken me this long to decide on the color (hubby leaves the color choices up to me). I originally wanted to paint our door red, but in recent months have completely fallen in love with teal and aqua doors. I'm hoping to get this project done this weekend, wish me luck. Here are a few of my favorites teal doors, aren't they gorgeous!

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Redondo Beach Pier

On Saturday hubby took us brunch and after that we headed down to the Redondo Beach Pier for a stroll. I actually grew up in Redondo Beach, California and the pier was one of my favorite places to visit as a child, especially since they have an arcade. Although the pier has changed significantly in the last 20 years the Fun Factory (arcade) hasn't changed a bit and JD seemed to enjoy it just as much as I did, so many years ago!

JD's Robot Room Feature

Yesterday I received another wonderful email from Carrie of Apartment Therapy letting me know that now JD's big boy robot room was being featured on Ohdeedoh! I was thrilled about the feature, but even more thrilled about the emails I've received requesting more information on our decor purchases and re-purposing projects. Thanks for the feature Apartment Therapy!

Our New Porch Railing

In January I posted about how excited I was that we were getting an estimate on some much needed porch railing for our new home. Well, lets just say that the estimate they gave us was beyond ridiculous (over $1000) and made hubby seriously consider the whole DIY approach to home remodeling. A couple weeks ago hubby finally did it, he went out and bought the porch railing kit (under $350 from Lowes) and his dad came over and helped him install it.

I really love our new porch railing and the fact that hubby is becoming my very own Bob Vila! Since one home improvement project always leads to another, now I think it's time to repaint the porch, buy a new door and add some decor!

To see our porch before the railing click here.