Comments on: The Red Coats http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/04/the-red-coats/ The Story Of Two Young People Falling In Love With Their First House Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:13:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: YoungHouseLove http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/04/the-red-coats/comment-page-1/#comment-136251 YoungHouseLove Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:27:59 +0000 http://thisyounghouse.com/?p=888#comment-136251 Thanks for the primer tip! So glad to hear it did the trick in your laundry room. xo, s

Thanks for the primer tip! So glad to hear it did the trick in your laundry room.

xo,
s

]]> By: linda http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/04/the-red-coats/comment-page-1/#comment-136245 linda Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:17:26 +0000 http://thisyounghouse.com/?p=888#comment-136245 your door looks fabulous! (pun intended!) as far as primer for valspar's fabulous red... they actually recommend primer tinted grey (G2).... we just did our laundry room in fabulous red, using the recommended primer and it came out beautifully in just two coats! we did our front door in classic red... it called for G1 as the shade of tintable primer! (anyone using valspar.... if a primer is recommended... which one is right there on the back of the color swatch!) LOVE your blog!!!!!! your door looks fabulous! (pun intended!) as far as primer for valspar’s fabulous red… they actually recommend primer tinted grey (G2)…. we just did our laundry room in fabulous red, using the recommended primer and it came out beautifully in just two coats!

we did our front door in classic red… it called for G1 as the shade of tintable primer!

(anyone using valspar…. if a primer is recommended… which one is right there on the back of the color swatch!)

LOVE your blog!!!!!!

]]> By: YoungHouseLove http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/04/the-red-coats/comment-page-1/#comment-119821 YoungHouseLove Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:59:38 +0000 http://thisyounghouse.com/?p=888#comment-119821 Good question! We actually didn't pull it all the way closed the first night (just about 99% closed, and we used the chain to keep it secure overnight while it dried. We live in a super safe neighborhood though so that might not be an option for everyone, in which case we'd say: wake up early and paint your door so it has the most daytime drying time possible before you shut it at night! Hope it helps. xo, s

Good question! We actually didn’t pull it all the way closed the first night (just about 99% closed, and we used the chain to keep it secure overnight while it dried. We live in a super safe neighborhood though so that might not be an option for everyone, in which case we’d say: wake up early and paint your door so it has the most daytime drying time possible before you shut it at night! Hope it helps.

xo,
s

]]> By: sheley http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/04/the-red-coats/comment-page-1/#comment-119805 sheley Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:32:54 +0000 http://thisyounghouse.com/?p=888#comment-119805 I am excited about painting over my really awful purply-burgandy front door. I was anticipating having to remove the door to paint it, but it sounds like you did it in place. Were you able to close it at night? I am excited about painting over my really awful purply-burgandy front door. I was anticipating having to remove the door to paint it, but it sounds like you did it in place. Were you able to close it at night?

]]> By: owen http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/04/the-red-coats/comment-page-1/#comment-116110 owen Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:18:06 +0000 http://thisyounghouse.com/?p=888#comment-116110 thanks. I have this kind of red thing going on in my house. Each of the first floor rooms has some red in it. I will have to decide if this thing is something I want to look at inside the house too. I like the way the tile in the bathroom came out. I'm toying with the idea of redoing ours. Again thanks. thanks. I have this kind of red thing going on in my house. Each of the first floor rooms has some red in it. I will have to decide if this thing is something I want to look at inside the house too. I like the way the tile in the bathroom came out. I’m toying with the idea of redoing ours. Again thanks.

]]> By: YoungHouseLove http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/04/the-red-coats/comment-page-1/#comment-115980 YoungHouseLove Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:38:23 +0000 http://thisyounghouse.com/?p=888#comment-115980 Hey Owen, We painted the other side of the door white so it blends right in with the rest of our home's interior doors. This way when it's open (it hinges into the living room) we get a splash of red but when it's closed the look is less punchy and more serene. Hope it helps! xo, s

Hey Owen,

We painted the other side of the door white so it blends right in with the rest of our home’s interior doors. This way when it’s open (it hinges into the living room) we get a splash of red but when it’s closed the look is less punchy and more serene. Hope it helps!

xo,
s

]]> By: owen http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/04/the-red-coats/comment-page-1/#comment-115967 owen Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:39:49 +0000 http://thisyounghouse.com/?p=888#comment-115967 hey I know this sound dumb but do you paint the inside also? hey I know this sound dumb but do you paint the inside also?

]]> By: Kathy http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/04/the-red-coats/comment-page-1/#comment-104266 Kathy Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:54:11 +0000 http://thisyounghouse.com/?p=888#comment-104266 I love your red door. I painted our blah brown wood door a couple of years ago, and I'm so glad the paint store girl encouraged me to get the tinted primer. But for 24 hours we had an ugly pink door (while the primer coat was drying) and our neighbors across the street looked at me like "what?! Are we going to have to look at that pink door every day now?" I think they were relieved to see it red the next day. I love your red door. I painted our blah brown wood door a couple of years ago, and I’m so glad the paint store girl encouraged me to get the tinted primer. But for 24 hours we had an ugly pink door (while the primer coat was drying) and our neighbors across the street looked at me like “what?! Are we going to have to look at that pink door every day now?” I think they were relieved to see it red the next day.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/04/the-red-coats/comment-page-1/#comment-85031 Lisa Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:46:28 +0000 http://thisyounghouse.com/?p=888#comment-85031 Just wanted you to know I stumbled on your blog by accident and LOVE IT!!! The front of your house is almost an exact replica of our house. We are now using your exterior colors as our inspiration!!!! Thanks for all the great ideas! Just wanted you to know I stumbled on your blog by accident and LOVE IT!!! The front of your house is almost an exact replica of our house. We are now using your exterior colors as our inspiration!!!! Thanks for all the great ideas!

]]> By: YoungHouseLove http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/04/the-red-coats/comment-page-1/#comment-77292 YoungHouseLove Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:13:39 +0000 http://thisyounghouse.com/?p=888#comment-77292 Aw thanks Michelle! I'm so glad the red that we chose worked for your house too. Isn't it amazing what some paint on the front door can do to spruce up the entire exterior?! xo, s

Aw thanks Michelle! I’m so glad the red that we chose worked for your house too. Isn’t it amazing what some paint on the front door can do to spruce up the entire exterior?!

xo,
s

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