Add a Punch of Color to a Porch – DIY Screen Door
How to add a punch of color to a porch.
We gave our back porch an entirely new look last year. A beautiful new look, if I do say so myself.
The before photos are really worth checking out, you can view them here: My Back Porch has a Fresh New Look.
We absolutely LOVE they way it turned out.
The only thing we thought was missing was a punch of brightness. So we decided to do just that.
We added a fun bright color by building a screen door that we then painted in my favorite paint color: BEHR MARQUEE™ Exterior Satin Enamel in Pistachio!
DIY Screen Door
Isn’t the screen door pretty? I LOVE IT!
We actually built it last fall, but we just got around to installing it a couple of weeks ago.
Building a screen door is actually really fun!
It’s quick and you get to build it just the way you want. It’s really a gratifying project.
We are planning on building another one for the front of the house!
By the way, I will be sharing the step by step tutorial on Building a Screen Door soon!
I took a bunch of photos of the entire process, I just need to work on the tutorial for you.
Update: I posted the link to how to build a screen door at the end of this post.
Ready to see more photos of my back porch?
I hope so, I’m ready to show it off!
What do you think? It’s really pretty right?
What do you think of the color? Pistachio is the same color we used on our swing set.
I love Pistachio so much, that I even included it the Barn Quilt Door I made.
We’ve been spending so much more time on our porch ever since we updated it. We just LOVE IT!
By the way, I have GREAT NEWS to share with you!
My friends at BEHR have asked me to join the BEHR DIY Expert program again this year. I’m so excited!
I absolutely love BEHR! So that means you’ll be seeing a lot of paint projects around here, just like my small entryway makeover! YAY!
P.S. You can meet the 2015 BEHR DIY Experts on BEHR’s Blog: Colorfully BEHR.
UPDATE: Here’s the How to Build a Screen Door tutorial! Enjoy! :)
Have yourself a COLORFUL day!
P.S. I’ll be linking to these Parties.
Disclosure: A big THANK YOU to BEHR for sponsoring this post. As always, all opinions in this post are 100% my own.
I love how your door turned out! I love that green color!
Paige
I am in love, love, love with your screen door! I have the same color as an accent wall in my living room. In our house lime green is practically a neutral.
Love this! We just painted our front door a teal blue and I love the burst of color. We’re going to do our back door soon, definitely going to keep this color in mind!
LOVE the Pistachio! It’s a great pop of colour, and works so well with the grey siding and white trim. We’ll be building a cedar shake house in the next couple of years, and I’ve already decided that the doors will be bright green. Your green door reaffirms that decision :-)
Wow, bravo on that beautiful door! I really love your porch!
That color is gorgeous! I want a screen door on our car port so bad. My husband isn’t much handy when it comes to things unless he has a tutorial. I can’t wait for your tutorial! Maybe I can get one built and installed this fall! That would be terrific!
This totally made my day. I am wanting a door for my backporch. This would be perfect!
WOWZA! I absolutely love your screen door! I never really cared for screened doors in the past, but now I’ve changed my mind! Love the bright color too!
This is beautiful! It’s hard to believe what a small pop of color can do for the outside of a house. I’ve always been a firm believer in colorful doors. Just glad to see I’m not the only one out there!
Your post is so timely as we desperately need a new screen door. I just love the simplicity of the door and the color is fabulous. What a beautiful porch.
What a fun color on the screen door! What gets me is you guys made the door! Great job and what a wonderful porch!
Nancy
wildoakdesigns.blogspot.com
Oh man, I LOVE it! The lines, the pop of color–everything about your screen door is perfect.
LOVE Everything! Love the color! Love the accessories! Want to sit on the porch and relax! ;-)
I absolutely love this! Pinned and tweeted. Thank you so much for bringing such a masterpiece to our party. I hope to see you tomorrow at 7 pm. We can’t wait to party with you! Lou Lou Girls
I absolutely love this. I love how vibrant your front porch looks!
It looks amazing! I love the colour of the paint, and all the plants.
Love this screen door that pop of color is perfect next to the neutral. Excellent!
Love everything… Even the “pistachio” hydrangea matches!! Have you any ideas on making a sliding screen door for kitchen-garage entry?