Knock Knock Who's There??

This weekend has been a busy one!!  It started on Friday.  We had a new front door installed.  Why you ask?  Well we have one side light that if someone comes up to our front door, you can look straight through our house.  That is NOT safe!  Since I'm home with LL alone all week, we figured we should put some safety features in place.  Also our door frame was started to get water damage at the bottom on the frame which was probably from the hurricanes a few years back.  I decided to document the process.  Here is our original door.  Little Lion was enjoying the view because it's the last time he was able to look out onto the street.  


The Lowe's installer came bright and early. He was nice and thorough in telling me what was going on. He even called me when it was time to take a new blog picture :) The first step was to take out the door.

Then he installed the new sidelight. We went for an etched glass design. Not only is it beautiful, but harder for people to look into our house.

The door has matching etching in the middle. We also put in a fiberglass frame, so those hurricanes (which we are due for) won't damage the door.


We are overall happy with the whole process and the door! It isn't finished yet. We have to wait for the code inspectors to check it out and then paint the door. We have enlisted my dad to paint while we are gone to Paris. When they come to watch Leo we really make them work :) Here are before and after pictures.