I have a confession to make, and it’s one about my front door. You know when there is one thing, just one that really lets down the outside of your house, it’s my poor and very sad front door. From a distance, and with one eye closed it looks OK, passable even, but look a little closer…well let me explain.
My front door is a little like me and has a good and bad side when it come to being photographed, and some angles are better than others. Here is its good side. I’ve tried to dress it with flowers, as I would myself in an attempt to show it at its best : 
Sometimes, however you need to look at the problems head on. 
The peeling paint, reminds me of the wrinkles that I seem to be collecting. Maybe I should be kinder, and think of them as laughter lines of all the great friends and family who have visited. 
We have repainted it many colours, but its age keeps popping through. I confess I have exactly the same problem with my hair!
The leaded panel, that we carefully have to fold back, each time the pesky paper boy unpicks it, reminds me of the make-up I meticulously apply each morning, trying to turn back time. 
One day I triumphantly googled how to clean the brass letterbox, when we had run out of brass cleaner, and it turned up ‘ketchup’ as a result, only for me to realise that like spanx, it just made the problem a whole lot worse in the end. 
My old front door need care and attention, it no longer closes with ease (you really should hear my old knees when I stand up, or walk down the stairs) and the draft that blows underneath, needs sorting before winter takes hold *ahem* I shall make no comment on the similarity to me there! Well it’s time to take drastic action, replace the original with the new, and a composite door, which I am sure is the answer to my prayers. It would be more robust and environmentally friendly, life lessons I could learn from. So I leave my confession here, on my trusty blog and hope that my cries are heard.
I am entering this into the Yale Door (http://www.yaledoor.co.uk/) competition to try and win myself a new composite front door.
Beautiful post, we could do with a new front door too.
It’s one of those things that really make such a difference, but you always put off isn’t it?
I am sorry I got distracted by the bit about hair – have you tried no poo? I’m hoping that once I give that up age wont matter.
Sorry I digress – great post and best of luck in winning a new door.
I haven’t, oh to have lock like Lulastic, it definitely tempts me, but *whispers* my grey would look even worse. I am sure!
It’s ok there’s a bit in her book about colouring 🙂
Oh I know what you mean about trying to dress it up! I keep trying to do the same with ours. And the bit of door frame on the bottom is battered and no amount of cleaning will make it look better.
Fingers crossed you win and get to pick the door of your dreams!
Exactly, sometime no amount of repairing will help! Thank you 🙂
I think a front door can make a statement but it very often gets forgotten. Great post and good luck in the competition x
Thank you Donna, if I get a new one, I think it will make such a difference!
I’m annoyed with our front door – it’s wooden and has a funny circular shape to the top of it. I am annoyed because it would cost thousands to replace and also, because I kind of like the circular aspect. I just don’t like the sanding and re glossing every few years. I don’t even do it – Lovely Bloke does it. But he moans so much that it’s put me off it as well. Good look – the door you’re hoping to win looks lovely!
I think that’s why a composite door would be perfect for us, as the sun beats down on the part of the house, and so we wouldn’t need to repainted any more. Huzzah!
Ooh your new door ideas look lovely! I am partial to a door with stained glass in though – our current door is nasty, but as we rent there is not a lot I can do about it!
We live in a newish house, so I have to careful about the *age* I give it. My Mum and Dad live in a period home, with a gorgeous stained glass in the the door, I agree they look beautiful.
Good luck! I’ve always thought your front door looked ok – love the comparisons!
Honestly Jen, its really awful, its a desperate and honest plea!
Noooo keep your old front door, it’s lovely. I love the stained glass in the middle. It’s got character x
Its not really old though, its a mock old door, put in by the builders Carolin, when the house was built about 15 years ago. I want something more secure that won’t let the drafts in, or need repainting every year. I NEED a new door! 😀
Well, I haven’t seen your door, but I have seen YOU and I think you’re being way too harsh. You’re gorgeous!
Great post though. x
Mmmh that reminds me.. our front door needs a new coat of paint….
Love duck egg blue as a colour for a front door, it always looks so warm and inviting! Your paper boy picks at your lead panelling? What a little bugger!!x
I know, what a little bugger!
We need a new front door. At the moment we have an old wooden one which lets through so many drafts and desperately needs the glass replacing in it to give us some privacy too. It’s been “high” on our list of things to do since we moved in over 5 years ago though!
That’s exactly what I’d like too, lots of light but privacy too!
Argh, we painted our front door about two weeks before it went on the market and we were GUTTED we didn’t do it earlier as it made such a massive difference to the look of our house!
Ohhhhh nooooo I LOVE old fashioned doors, they have so much character. Although I love the one you chose too!
It’s not an old door though Alice, it about 17 yrs old, so just a poor quality one I’m afraid, thT why I’d love one the Yale ones, so secure and great quality!
We have a tin of paint for our door, I reckon it’ll be waiting for a good few months yet before we manage to open it.
I saw this a lovely old wooden like we have in our second loo that was lilac with some red poppies growing beside it.I think if I was to able to change ours (HA won’t allow it) it would be something like dark purple or pillar box red.Good luck on your entry Amanda!
haha you’re hilarious! The ketchup / Spanx thing made me laugh the most!
I really hope you get your new door Amanda… fingers crossed!
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I didn’t win Nadine 🙁 but thank you, I really enjoyed writing this x