Brown

So after a great deal of research, I decided on a new color for the doors.

Brown.

Ewww, she said. Brown, like something that comes out of our bodies, like mud, like dirt, like disgusting. But I picked a nice brown (Behr "Espresso Bean"), something cool and regal enough to take down the brilliant yellow and deep green that most of the door-facing rooms have.

Here is the original light blue - a sky blue, perhaps robins egg. It was OK, but made the overall scheme feel like something out of Dr. Seuss.

So, I wanted to do this right. I didn't go to the trouble of sanding, because the doors were actually in pretty good shape. However, I did remove them from their hinges - not always an easy task considering both I and the previous owner had painted over them.

I laid them out in my living room, using chairs as sawhorses, with plenty of plastic laid down.

Laid out for painting.

Here is a before and after, of the cubby closet.

And now, the bathoom and hallway closets.

At a distance, the front door.

So, I'm happy with these colors. I need to touch up certain spots, and I want to replace the fixtures - that has been the plan anyway, so I didn't worry about splashing pain on them. Having taken them off to paint, I now have confidence in being able to replace them.