Jijjy's Maison Front Door Make Over

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Home Makeovers

From London Streets to my Front Door

One walk through London, seeing all the beautiful doors, and I came home ready to paint my own door. Keeping aside the inspiration, I learnt that your front door is the one things that defines who and what kind of people or person lives in that house.

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Seeing all those beautiful London doors made me realise my own front door was a tard boring. Sitting in the train looking remembering the pretty streets and the pretty doors made me think ..... nope, I can do better. So I decided to give my front door a make over! Here is how it looked before.
Before and After Door Makeover
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As I sat there thinking what colour should I go for, all I could think about was yellow flowers in summer with pinks and reds. Despite me being a pink girly and I have seen pink doors in my area. If London taught me anything, its that a door should have personality. After reaching out to door companies, an appointment was made, where they came over we talked style and colours. With my taste for vintage I chose the traditional styles I saw in London, I felt a strong push to go for a yellow, warm summer yellow. An image of gold handles and letter box popped in my head, making me imagine how cottagey yet glam it will look. The engineers and the door installers came 3 months later and I had my door plus back windows done.

Mood Board

From London Streets to my Front Door
Photo by Jijjy's Maison Front door Mood Board
What about the flowers? Yes I popped into my nearest Garden Centre to see what they had. I envisaged beautiful hanging plants for now since I could not find floral wall plants at this time. Because of the time of the year I was so lucky to find a few more left over and on sale. It was meant to be. Those hanging plants are more popular than plant based burgers, literally flying off the shelves.

Visit to the Garden Centre

From London Streets to my Front Door
Photo by Jijjy's Maison - Hanging Flowers Hanging Plants
From London Streets to my Front Door
Photo by Jijjy's Maison - Garden Centre visit
From London Streets to my Front Door
Photo by Jijjy's Maison - Garden Centre visit
Since front and back garden makeover is also eminent, I decided to just complete the whole look with some lovely front door garden pots with pretty flowers and a Fern and Fable Coir door mat as the cherry on top. Not fogetting the compost for the pots to plant the flowers. I was looking for the best deals in that period, which means I visited atleast 2 garden centres
From London Streets to my Front Door
Photo by Jijjy's Maison - Plant Pots for the door
From London Streets to my Front Door
Photo by Jijjy's Maison - Plant Pots can also be used to enhance the drive way
From London Streets to my Front Door
Photo by Jijjy's Maison - Fern and Fable Coir Door Mats
Happy that I got all that I need, I decided to try out amazon for deals on compost and I found the Multipurpose Compost. Having a Prime Account really helps because my compost was delivered the next day.
From London Streets to my Front Door
Photo by Jijjy's Maison - Amazon Multipurpose Compost
This was a labour of love which I really enjoyed and I am happy with the transformation. What did you love about the make over ? Leave me a comment down below .

Here is the finished look

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From London Streets to my Front Door
Photo by Jijjy's Maison - Amazon Multipurpose Compost
I feel its giving cottage-meets-city, I am so excited. Share with me what you love about the door or what you could do different on the comments section below. I would love to hear from you. You can also watch the whole preparation on my YouTube Channels at Jijjy's Maison. Note I'll be documenting the whole process of my Home Makeovers. Look out for this.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why are London Doors famous?
They are famous for being quint, charming, beautiful and make the street look high end
What is curb appeal?
It is when the street has well manicured front doors and gardens creating a feel of style and opulence.
How does having a nice door and flowers help your home?
This increases the curb appeal on your street, increasing the value because more people want to live in an area that looks lovely. This means there will be more demand for properties in that area and consequently increasing the curb appeal.

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