Electric fireplace

The location of the proposed fireplace all taped up to see it.

It has been good to start working with painters tape to get a feel for the scale of our future remodel.  We want to add some walls, add some openings in existing walls and open up the kitchen area to the great room.  This is for a future fireplace that will be electric with lights and water vapor—it actually will look quite real and be better for the planet than a gas fireplace or wood fireplace.

Front DoorI

Our front door has always been white with a frosted glass and prism insert.  It seemed less than young and hip, although worked beautifully with Christmas decorations.  I finally got around to painting it last weekend and I am really liking it.

Before painting

Cautiously just painting the outside of the door itself

I saw right away that the sidelight would also need to be red

This is two coats Behr Paint (with primer)  I didn't like the white bar separating the reds but I didn't want it red so I picked a neutral dark taupe.

Three coats and it looks pretty good.  I should have straightened the mat for the photo.  The next question is whether or not to change out the stained glass for something with color.