What a difference a door makes

So we've finally made a start on our Spring diy to-do list and sorted out the spare room. After we got the wall taken down up there (SIX months ago!!) the room was useable, but not so nice to hang out in. There were big holes in the ceiling and wall where the partition wall had been that needed to be re-plastered and the whole thing needed a coat of paint to freshen it up. It had also, in the grand tradition of rooms that are 'spare', become a bit of a dumping ground for all our crap things that had no official home. We've since had the walls plastered and painted, which looks great, but the thing that has made SUCH a difference is painting the doors.

There are three doors in our spare room, so there's quite a bit going on. One leads to Arlo's room because you have to go through the spare room to get to his, the other is a cupboard and then there's the door you use to get into it in the first place (obvs). Previously all three of these doors had been bog standard, unvarnished yellow-y pine. Pretty gross. So we've had them all painted white to match the room, and it's such a transformation!

The above is the door that leads to Arlo's room, before and after. I hadn't realised before how much a dark door can suck the light out of the room - now that all the doors and woodwork are white like the walls, the whole place seems lovely and light and airy. *grabs paintbrush and manically starts painting all doors in sight*

I bought the letters on the door for Arlo the first time I ventured out of the house for a walk to the shops after he was born - I fell in love with them. Turns out they feature three of his favourite animals ever that spell out his name (Alligator, Rabbit, Lion. He's not sure about Owls). I've been waiting to put them up on his bedroom door ever since he had a bedroom. It's taken a while but it was worth the wait.


ps. more pics of the finished spare room to follow too, it's just not actually quite finished yet. Bear with.