The Rosedale has an awesome front door. In fact, along with the stairs, the door is probably my favorite part of this house. Its trim is made up of several separate pieces layered on top of each other, so unlike a Houseworks door, it’s super easy to use multiple paint colors without making a big mess.

I’m using Glidden’s Sandy Feet and Antique Purple (same colors I used for the window trim and shutters, respectively), along with a dark blue named Blue Gray Slate. Below you can see which pieces are painted which colors (along with the huge pile of brackets on deck to be painted…)

As I was painting these, I realized the top of the door has some trim I’d neglected to punch out. (That’s what happens when you don’t follow the instructions!) These are referred to as the “door stoop” pieces, and they sandwich the piece that sticks out of the house. Had I realized this sooner, I wouldn’t have done such a careful job painting the top of the part that sticks out of the house!

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I have a love / hate relationship with windows. I hate them because there are so many trim pieces to prep… but I love them because once they’re up, the house starts to really look finished. Something about dressing up those gaping holes turns the house from a mere shell into a house.

I started with the exterior window trim and sills, along with the trim that goes on top of the bay windows. I neglected to take a picture of them after painting, but here are the pieces I started out with. Like the fascia, I’m painting these with Glidden Sandy Feet.

The shutters and window cap pieces are painted with Antique Purple, also Glidden. I like the Glidden paint because the samples are pre-mixed (no need to wait at the paint counter), and they use symbols to identify colors that will theoretically look good together.

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