Along with the curb appeal of the front of your home, your front door makes a statement to all who see it or enter through it. Your front door should be the focal point of your home as well as having a welcoming appeal.

This is extremely important if you are staging your home to put on the market for sale, you want potential buyers to feel comfortable and like they are "coming home". It's also important for you as the homeowner, making not only you but any guests you might receive feel that safe and comfortable feeling.

How do you achieve the desired effect? You do it through choosing just the right color. As you make your color choices, keep in mind that although it's your front door, it is part of the surrounding neighborhood. You want your door to be a focal point, but not stick out like a sore thumb.

Creating your door as the "focal point":

• Your door should compliment the other colors on the outside of your house. They don't have to be exact matches, that can be boring.
• If you have a dark house exterior, a light colored front door is a great contrast.
• Brick homes look good with black doors.
• Red is one of the most popular door colors and traditionally means welcome.
• Other favorite colors are white, blue, green or brown.
• Least favorite colors are pink, yellow and orange.

If you are having a difficult time choosing that perfect color, look through magazines or online for color combinations that you like, or go for a drive to find what you are looking for.

Once you have made the choice and you're ready to create your home's outside focal point, give me a call.

I will bring my state-of-the-art door painting shop right to your site and complete your project on time, on budget and with the highest quality. I keep all of the dust and debris contained in my shop and you get a beautiful new door.

**originally published 4/5/11

Whether you're getting ready to sell your home or you are planning to stay in it and upgrade it's outside appearance, you are working on its curb appeal.

Curb appeal involves everything from the front of the house to the street and everything in between. It involves looking at the front of your home through new eyes.

When you look at something every day, you get used to its flaws and before long you don't even really "see" them. You need to take a fresh look if you are going to make any improvements.

But where do you begin?

Try this little activity and see what others see:

1. The next time you are driving back home, stop and park a couple of houses away and down the street just a little. Be sure you have a good view of your home. Pull out a pen & paper and be ready to take notes.
2. What is the first thing that strikes you?
   1. Are the bushes overgrown so much that you can't see the house?
   2. Is the drive or walkway in disrepair?
   3. Does the front door look inviting?
   4. Can you even see it?
3. Don't be too rough on your house, it must have good features too. Pick them out and decide if there is a way to improve upon them.
4. How does your house compare with the rest of the neighborhood?

Now you have something to analyze. You can make a plan and you can make improvements.

Where it all begins...

Your front  door is key to good curb appeal. If it's dingy, weathered, hidden or just plain uninviting, this is a great place to start. The front door is where it all begins.

If you're ready to put your home on the market, you want potential buyers to feel like they are coming home through an inviting front door.

If you're upgrading your home's appearance for yourself, you want that same feeling. Additionally you want your front door to be welcoming to your guests.

Maybe your front door needs to be replaced or maybe it just needs to be refinished.

Whatever the case may be...

Speedy Door Painting can help be part of the solution.

I will bring my state-of-the-art door painting shop right to your site and complete your project on time, on budget and with the highest quality. I keep all of the dust and debris contained in my shop and you get a beautiful new door. Give me a call so we can get started.

**originally published 4/2/11

Are your doors or even your cabinets in need of revitalization?

Are they worn, used and abused?

Is this really a job you want to tackle?

Do you have the time even if you wanted to?

Do you want to clean up the mess afterwards?

Well You're In Luck!

I can eliminate all of that for you. I will bring my mobile spray painting shop to you, I will:

• Take your doors down
• Prep them
• Put a quality finish on them
• Dry them
• Return them to their proper place

Give me a Call or Email me to schedule your next door painting job.

425-615-6003