Screen Door Make Over
by
Missy Burch
6 Materials
1 Hour
Medium
We just had to replace our glass screen door with a new sheet of plexi. Our landscaper accidentally hit it with a rock, while using the weedeater & it shattered the entire thing. Luckily my husband opened the door after it shattered, but the crash & aftermath has been quite the mess. We're still finding glass in the tracks & it's in our flower beds. But the landscaper wouldn't replace the whole door- just the glass. He was hit pretty hard by Hurricane Harvey & is just now moving back into his home. I unfortunately had to touch up the door paint, where shards of glass chipped into it.
Here is the new plexi door.
Since we didn't replace- I painted the rusted/not so pretty stuff with Art Minds outdoor paint, in black.
The door handle was originally brass & horribly corroded. The air quality is terrible here- chemical plants & coastal air. That mix left this thing disgusting. I was ashamed to post a before pic. So here is it after a long time of meticulous sanding & painting with Art Minds outdoor paint, in black. You can see Oreo had to help out.
Here is our color for the main part of the door.
Waverly acrylic paint in sky.
I'm using 3 different stencils- these 2 for accents, since the main one didn't cover the entire door perfectly.
This Waverly stencil is the main one.
Here is how it looks from the inside- top half of the door.
Here is the bottom half, from inside.
Here is the finished product- much better! now I have some privacy, some light blocked out, but we can still see through just fine. I had everything on hand- so it didn't cost me a dime!
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I love this. Very clever! Definitely extra privacy....and so pretty!
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Thank you
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We had to replace our screen door after a bear came knocking and tore out the screen porti
on. Bought one from Loews,now it looks like a prison door,but the beats won't be able to come knocking looking for a handout anymore.-
that's crazy- at least we don't have to worry about that around here!
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I would like to replace my glass door with plexiglass . Any information on where to buy the plexiglass. We have small dogs that jump on the glass and I fear it will shatter and cut them.
Do you think this could be done on my real screen door?
Hi Missy, love the updated look. Could you go over steps for stencil application please?
Did you do one stencil and have to let dry before doing the next one? Guessing the door was laying flat and the paint was applied on the iinterior side of door for protection from elements? Is there any way to add a sealer over paint to keep paint from chipping?
Thanks for posting, the door is lovely!