A Bold Front Stoop Makeover

23 December

Recently I showed you the dining bench we made for my daughter's dining room from a curbside dresser but that's not all we've been working on at her house.


We also completed a bold makeover of her front door.


A Bold Front Stoop Makeover

I was planning to do this front makeover next spring when it was a little warmer but we decided to tackle it sooner for a couple of reasons.


My daughter is part of an influencer program where she gets free products in exchange for online reviews. Usually, she receives things like makeup, lotion, shampoo, etc. but recently she's moved up in the program and has received bigger things to review. So far she's gotten a new kitchen faucet, ceiling fan, and a porch light. 


She only has about 30 days to submit her review when she receives something so we had to change out the porch light sooner rather than later and you can't just have a pretty new porch light with a janky-looking front door 😂


Here is our inspiration for her front door area. She loved the giant house numbers and the pink door.


A Bold Front Stoop Makeover
Source: Photo via Pinterest


I'm calling ours a front stoop. Typically a stoop doesn't have a roof over it but a true porch has room for chairs. Our house has a roof over the door, but the steps are barely big enough to turn around, so in my opinion, it qualifies as a stoop! 



Here is what it looked like before: the door was dark red or maroon, and neither I nor my daughter liked it. Over the summer we created the brick flower beds on either side of the door. The neighbors across the street are remodeling and have a giant pile of these bricks in the yard. We asked if we could have some and they were more than willing to part with them!


A Bold Front Stoop Makeover


I forgot to take a picture of the old porch light before I took it down but it was this kind... just older and dirtier!


A Bold Front Stoop Makeover


And this was the situation when I started taking it down 😨 YUCK!


A Bold Front Stoop Makeover


While I was working on the light, my daughter started painting the door.


A Bold Front Stoop Makeover


We chose a pretty pink called Enamored by Behr.


A Bold Front Stoop Makeover


And here is her new porch light: a Globe Electric LED Outdoor Wall Sconce in matte black.


A Bold Front Stoop Makeover


We painted the trim around the door too.


A Bold Front Stoop Makeover

I'm sure the large house numbers in the inspiration photo are metal, but we used wooden ones and painted them to achieve the same look. We used these 17" large wooden numbers.


A Bold Front Stoop Makeover

I'm not too worried about them being outside. They are under the roof and we gave them a couple of coats of polyurethane to help protect them.


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To attach them, I just screwed them into the siding.


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Here is what it looks like when it starts to get dark.


A Bold Front Stoop Makeover

A Bold Front Stoop Makeover

Everything was looking so cute but those front steps were just not doing it for us so we decided to stencil them.


The stenciling project happened over two weekends because first I scrubbed the concrete steps with soap and water and since it's getting cold outside, it didn't dry in time to do them on the same day.


So, the next weekend, we used a portion of a large stencil that I already had and black porch & floor paint.


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We painted the fronts of the steps solid black. We used some Porch & Floor paint that I had leftover from our basement floor in the color Dark Secret.


A Bold Front Stoop Makeover


When we put her doormat back, it covered almost the entire step and our cute paint job, so we put it out in front of the steps and it's still covered by the roof!


A Bold Front Stoop Makeover


Then we needed to make one more trip for supplies... at Goodwill! We picked up some cute Christmas things to decorate her front stoop since it's almost Christmas.


We picked up a metal Christmas tree yard stake and this cute wooden snowman that someone made.


A Bold Front Stoop Makeover


And a red pom-pom wreath and lighted bow that we married together and hung on the door.


A Bold Front Stoop Makeover

A Bold Front Stoop Makeover

A Bold Front Stoop Makeover

My daughter is beyond pleased with her new front stoop 😊


A Bold Front Stoop Makeover


Next summer it should look really pretty with plants and flowers in the flower beds.


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  1. I love how this turned out, twice as nice as the inspiration piece. The upgraded porch light is the perfect complement to the new paint color and stenciled steps. Wow :)

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    1. Aww, thank you so much! I love the light too.

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  2. It turned out really pretty..good job!!

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  3. Wow, what a charming upgrade!

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    1. Thank you Gina! It's an improvement for sure!

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  4. It’s so pretty! I love it! I love the pink. Hugs,

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    1. Thank you! It looked a little more bubble gum than we were expecting but I like it.

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  5. SO many great ideas for your viewers to try! Thank you!!! Now I want to stencil my front porch....!!! Happy Holidays!

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  6. I was skeptical about a pink door but it turned out beautifully! I was having visions of hot pink and I'm not a fan. It's very pretty and i love the huge numbers! Stenciling the step was the perfect finishing touch! Great job!

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    1. Thank you. I think it turned out nice too but the numbers are my favorite part.

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  7. Very charming and welcoming.

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  8. The two of you have been making quite a difference in this little house.Sometimes it only takes a bit of elbow grease and time to give a fresh look to our surroundings. An older house near my home is getting a makeover and she's starting to be able to hold her head up once again.

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    1. That's how I view things. When I see an old, broken down house (or anything for that matter), I see what it could be with just a little elbow grease!

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