easy door makeover

The door to our backyard made me freakin CRAZY bothered me for quite a while now.

It still had the large wooden mini blinds up from the previous owners, and the plastic pieces which were supposed to hold it to the door had long been broken off.

Anytime the door opened and shut the blinds would slam all over the place and scratch up the door and gouge the wall. 

Grrrr...

Then Izzy decided it would be great fun to pull the blinds all the way back from the door and watch them slam and make noise.

Grrrr...

Oh, and our dog can get a little demanding when he's not let out whenever he wants, and thus we have HUGE dog scratch marks all. over. the door.

Grrrr...

So between the blinds a slammin and the 80 pound dog a scratchin you get left with one ugly door.

And, there finally comes a time when the Old English bottle starts to laugh at you for even attempting to cover it up.

So, I finally ripped off the blinds and decided to do something about it.

Of course I was too excited to get them down before taking a picture so this is the best before with blinds I can do for you.

Not wanting to shell out big money for a fancy new door with the blinds hidden between the glass I instead hit up the home improvement store and picked up some privacy film for $20.  And, filled in holes and scratches before slapping on some primer and leftover paint from my front door.

The film is a pretty easy application, but for a larger project like this I recommend having another person around to hold it in place while you pull the backing off.

Oh, and don't let your dog come in or out while you're putting it up or you'll end up with dog hair in between the film and glass.  Yep, not thrilled about that one.

But, I am thrilled about my refreshed and blindless (probably made that word up) door!

A little before and after action, but imagine the before with blinds :)

Much better.

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