Painting Doors, Sheds, Stones, and Darla's Raised Bed

I follow a page on FB called

Painting Proverbs

Usually, the doors are cute.....this even

even for me is TOO MUCH!

Here a few of her doors~

Some cute ones...

BUT...that one!

WOW!

Before I moved my son

said, "now mom, you 

are moving into a new home, 

but promise me that you will

not be painting the doors, 

or stepping stones!!"

WHAT?

No, I did not make that promise...

haha

I painted the front door

with my door saying~~

Of course, this is a big 

saying from The 

Wizard of Oz, plus

it was on my door in Old Hickory,

I put it on my childhood home and

again here.

Yep, the shed has been done

also.

Just to recap the past,

front door on my childhood 

home and yes, I 

painted over it when I moved.

I also painted over it 

before I moved from 

my home of 28 yrs.

The back door at my 

childhood home got some

paint also.

But then when I found 

the FB page from above, I 

took the back door a tad

further with the paint.

 Cory mentioned that I painted

my stepping stones, 

I DID!

haha

However, I did not 

seal them so they 

really did not hold up that

long. Guessing that the 

color is pretty much gone now.

Each stone was shaped to look

like bricks (done in the mold), so

each brick got its own color

and, there was 21 stones. 

Dakota and I were

busy beavers. This was the 

summer I retired.

When I had the storage area

on the back of my deck closed

in (it was so awkward

that is served no 

use), I painted where 

the door had been cause 

it did not match well. 

I did not lose the space however,

the back of the storage area, backed

up to my pantry in the kitchen so 

I had a door put in pantry to acessed

the storage unit space. So much 

better use of space.

In my home for 28 yrs., I painted

the shed there also.

I had a neighbor two doors up

whose driveway and backyard

was up on a hill and looked down

on my backyard come and 

tell me how much she 

LOVED the shed and 

stepping stones. 

That pleased me!

I knew then that others

got a smile from my work

and although I did it for me, 

they benefitted also. 

Darla~ thanks for the comment, 

"You just ooze talent. :D

 I want to install raised garden beds out back 

but my husband doesn't want me to use

 concrete blocks and that's the easiest

 thing I could manage on the cheap".

As far as a concrete black 

raised bed, go for it, 

CAUSE 

you know concrete

blocks AKA brick 

-o- blocks can be painted.

They are painted all the time

at the bottom of homes!

Spray paint will work also

but you will need to seal them

if you do that. Outdoor home paint

would change the look 

altogether. 

Ops....hubs, sorry!

Pam