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Raising Our Wild Things

Southern Living - Red Wine Sippin' - Wife - Mom of 3 - Jesus Follower- Mompreneur

January 27, 2013

Garage Door Makeover

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We are slowly but surely trying to renovate our new home we purchased back in November. Weekends that we are actually in town (which is not very often) are really the only time we have to knock out a project or two since we both work full-time. This weekend we were in town but we kept our nephews (ages 3 and 1.5) for the weekend so our only time to knock out a project was during nap time. 

We had an hour and half so we decided to tackle the garage door. Here’s the before. BORING!

So I made some tea and supervised as my wonderful husband fancified our garage door. An hour later we had the finished product: 

I am pleased. The best part? It only cost $10. We purchased the below kit at Home Depot for around ten bucks and then you just install it by screwing on the various metals. Instant curb appeal! Here’s a picture of what the kit you can purchase at Home Depot looks like:

For only an hour of time and for only $10 I am pleased. Only problem is now I want to replace the lanterns on either side of the garage. I swear working on the house is a domino effect!

Posted In: DIY · Tagged: new home

Comments

  1. Anne says

    January 28, 2013 at 12:01 pm

    Very clever!

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  2. Pary Moppins says

    January 28, 2013 at 3:10 pm

    Looks great! Found you through Bloggy Moms.

    Reply
  3. Married Filing Jointly says

    January 28, 2013 at 3:11 pm

    Thanks Anne!

    Reply
  4. Jenna LaFevor says

    January 29, 2013 at 1:07 am

    Had no clue you could buy these kits at Home Depot! Totally getting these!! Yay!! Thanks so much for sharing! New follower!

    Jenna @ http://rainonatinroof.com

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  5. MarriedFilingJointly says

    January 29, 2013 at 1:11 am

    Jenna, you should def go buy one! It's way worth the money! So glad to have you following along! I am a huge fan of your blog! Your one of my top 5 blogs I follow! Thanks for stopping by and glad to have you following! 🙂

    ~Chelsea @ Married Filing Jointly

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  6. Sherry Calamia says

    January 29, 2013 at 7:47 pm

    I have passed by them in Home Depot, never thought of putting them on a garage door! It looks amazing, such a geat transformation in such a short time! Thanks for stopping by my blog. I am your new follower!

    Reply
  7. anne says

    January 29, 2013 at 7:47 pm

    I am so glad to know that have these at Home Depot. Thanks for the info!

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  8. Married Filing Jointly says

    January 29, 2013 at 7:48 pm

    You're so welcome! ~Chelsea

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  9. Married Filing Jointly says

    January 29, 2013 at 7:49 pm

    So glad to have you following along! And thank you! I am very pleased with the result. 🙂

    ~Chelsea

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  10. Jessica @ A Humble Creation says

    January 30, 2013 at 12:11 pm

    Looks great! Our garage door needs a makeover, so I'm keeping this in mind. And you're definitely right about the domino effect when it comes to home improvement…never ending!
    Thanks for linking up at A Humble Creation!

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  11. Kathryn Ferguson Griffin says

    February 4, 2013 at 1:06 am

    Looks so great! Thank you for sharing this at the Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. Hope to see your prettiness again on Monday. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse

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  12. Kathy Moody says

    February 4, 2013 at 1:06 am

    Your garage door looks great! Actually it's amazing how such small pieces can make such a huge difference. Great job. Thank you so much for sharing with us at A Bouquet of Talent. I hope you have an awesome weekend. 🙂

    Kathy

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  13. Sharon @ Elizabeth & Co. says

    February 4, 2013 at 9:33 pm

    An easy and inexpensive update that really makes a huge difference!

    Reply
  14. Carpet says

    February 26, 2013 at 12:09 am

    Very interesting information!Perfect just what I was searching for!I like this site very much, Its a really nice position to read and find information.

    Reply
  15. Embellished Living says

    March 25, 2013 at 1:12 pm

    Looks great! Big bang for your buck, and a small time commitment. My kind of DIY project!

    Reply
  16. Anonymous says

    June 20, 2013 at 11:11 am

    Great presentation of Wooden garage doors. I am really impressed by this post.

    Reply
  17. Unknown says

    June 17, 2014 at 12:59 pm

    I wonder if they rust. How have they held up? Looks beautiful BTW

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  18. Unknown says

    June 17, 2014 at 12:59 pm

    I wonder if they rust. How have they held up? Looks beautiful BTW

    Reply
  19. Unknown says

    June 17, 2014 at 12:59 pm

    I wonder if they rust? How have they held up? It looks beautiful BTW.

    Reply
  20. Chelsea @ Married Filing Jointly says

    June 17, 2014 at 1:03 pm

    It really did have a huge bang for your buck!

    Reply
  21. Chelsea @ Married Filing Jointly says

    June 17, 2014 at 1:03 pm

    They do not rust. They still look great. 🙂

    Reply
  22. Anonymous says

    August 21, 2014 at 1:27 pm

    I'd love to know what state you live in where they only charge $10.00! Our Home Depot in Idaho charges $39.95 for one of these and to do my garage doors, it would cost me $80.00!!!

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  23. Chelsea @ Married Filing Jointly says

    August 21, 2014 at 1:48 pm

    I live in Georgia. They are $9.95 here. Maybe you could get them online?

    Reply
  24. Wood Garage Door San Diego says

    October 27, 2015 at 11:30 pm

    I'm always amazed at how simple additions or changes can have the biggest effect. thanks for sharing with us happy to see like this.

    Reply
  25. Linda says

    July 8, 2016 at 3:13 pm

    Thanks for sharing. I didn't know these were available. I've been wanting to do this to our garage door. VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!!

    Reply
  26. Anonymous says

    March 20, 2018 at 3:06 pm

    these can be used on sectional doors too? I mean the handle doesn't stick out where it would get stuck rolling up?

    Reply

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