Antique French Doors and a New Favorite White Paint

Hello!

I hope you are all enjoying your week...

I wanted to share a few images of two antique french doors we refinished this spring...

I talked my husband into sanding these doors before the

Better Homes and Gardens team came for a visit in April...

They had so many layers of paint...I was having a hard time getting through the layers....

I have three of these antique french doors...

Each door has a side that I don't like...

Thad sanded one side of each door.

I wasn't planning on leaving any of the doors natural, however I ended up loving how

this particular door turned out....

It made my husband happy that I loved it natural as well...

I debated on brushing an oil on the door to make the wood tone a little richer...

but decided to just keep it natural.

The other door I painted my new favorite shade of white....

Farrow & Ball's Estate Emulsion in Strong White

I have always wanted to try this paint and got lucky when I found it at Maison Reve on clearance.

I don't normally paint with a flat paint, I usually use semi gloss,

however Yasmine said I would be happy with the finish...and I do love the finish : )

(I snapped these pictures of the door before I applied a second coat of paint, I was just taking pictures to see if I even liked the two doors together... try to ignore the red string hanging from the door, I had previously had a wreath hanging from the string.)

I recently added another coat of paint and left it alone,

I don't ever distress my furniture after I apply a final coat of paint.

One of the main reasons is....

I do a terrible job of distressing furniture, it always ends up looking like I really did distress it.

I have five kids and animals running through the house,

in about a months time things will become naturally distressed : )

I also think having a mix of paint finishes helps keep my home looking fresh...

Baca Juga

Each door can still be used with it's original finish....

I used the other side of the door with the natural finish during Christmas time.....

The other side of the door I painted white looks like this....

I had posted here about decorating for fall with french farmhouse finds last year using the other side of the door....

For right now

I really just wanted to freshen this area up with doors that had clean surfaces...

I know I will later want to use the sides with chipping paint, so it is fun to be able to change the feeling in the room by just flipping the door around.