Nice Hardware

So after I painstakingly (we are talking at least three coats) painted the doors from their original wood color. I'm not normally against wood, but this was not the same shade as either the hardwood floors or the molding. It also make the house feel a bit dated. I know you can't tell it from the photos, but the doors also had a little bit of an old person smell to them (like the carpets we removed and the walls we repainted). One last look at them:

We had thought about replacing the doors as I was shocked at how little doors costed (<25 dollars each) compared to what I thought they would cost (at least 100). But we thought it was worth trying to paint them first because this is even cheaper and easier. And now the white color:

I think painting them turned out just fine. But now that they are all spiffy and new looking, we noticed that the old brass hardware was in need of an upgrade. Brass has its time and place (lion door knockers), but that time and place was not the interior doors. Chris picked out some really nice brushed silver ones and has since replaced all of the finished interior doors:

This has certainly helped to make the place look more modern and it is a pretty cheap fix. Beyond the clean look, the new door knobs also work much better than the old ones and were definitely worth it.