Thursday, July 9, 2009

Quick and Easy Screen Door Repair

Sneak peek.


The kids picked flowers from the neighbours fence , it is bursting with flowers right now , and then they painted this little sign while I was painting the porch floor , how cute are they ???

*the two tone is staying , the husband likes it as do many of you , and I don't hate it , so it stays
Here was the problem , "dog" is my real problem , and the accidental tearing of my screens , both on the back and front doors , do your dogs do this too ?, they don't mean to do it, since they don't seem to be able to tell the difference between glass strength and screen strength , ah that is just dogs .
So after replacing the screen already a couple of weeks ago I decided it was time for wood , wood is much more durable .



Here is what I have ended up with , beadboard bottom , that should last a lot longer than the screen , do you know I paid $20 for this screen door , not bad huh , I think it is 4 years now , I always remove it in the fall when the weather turns cold , keeps it looking good longer.




This is the inside view is a bit more rustic.





Meet the culprit , it is just his youthful exuberance , there was no harm meant .










What do you think ?



See the two tone thing , that was not supposed to be there, I thought I had picked up the right can from the dark basement , guess not , I found the right can , I will re-paint it .
















A little white paint for the inside.










All it too was 1 pkg of pine beadboard , I attached it with my staple gun and long staples , that made the job very quick , you can't see them after it is painted or not much .











Painting green , and waiting way to long to move this project along , LATEX is king .










Notice the torn screen bottom left .











Shabby , no chic.













15 comments:

Tonya said...

What a GREAT idea! I love it, and it definately gives the door some character!

lil mama said...

Looks great! Love the idea!

TRICIA @boutellefamilyzoo said...

It looks fantastic! I ADORE screen doors, but sometimes the rips are a real pain in the hiney. This is a great solution.
*Tricia

Debbie Harris said...

We purchased pet screening. It was expensive, but my dogs have never been able to rip it. It was totally worth it.

Kathi said...

Great idea! I love screen doors too.
My little daschund could jump over this one though... the wood would have to be higher for him!

Angie said...

Great solution!! I don't think you should repaint- I LOVE the two tone look!! By the way- paid tribute to you on my tiny blog ;) "borrowed" a couple of ideas- stop by and check them out!!

Katrina Chambers said...

Too very clever. Good idea!

Kurstin said...

wonderful idea!! way cute too! i really like the two tone! =) i think u should keep it!

Michelle@Fromhousetohome said...

That is a great idea. We have a little culprit doing the same thing to our screen door. We have the same one on the back door. He keeps pawing at it and I know it's going to tear. I wonder if ours would hold up with the wood on the bottom, it's a bit flimsy and my husband just had to add some screws from the sides. I'm going to keep this idea in mind though, thanks!
~Michelle

Angie said...

Oh Chris- I'm sorry I got you confused with Centsational- you both have such FANTASTIC Ideas and I got so excited when I saw this screen door transformation I had a minor brain freeze!!! I'm "borrowing" parts of your dinning area right now- I'll post once i'm done! ;)

Angie said...

P.S. I've already "borrowed" your chalk board rules- LOVE THEM!! ;)

Tracy @ comfortandluxury said...

That's the best looking, most welcoming flower bucket I've ever seen!
(oh, and that screen door's pretty great too!)

Marie said...

Lovely screen door project! I actually prefer it two-tone, and wouldn't re-paint it.
Thanks for sharing.

Angie said...

Love the look. I have found the 'pet proof' screening doesn't exactly work as intended and that stuff is very expensive. I took a different approach and put a liner of small welded hardware cloth inside my screen door.

Carol Ann said...

great solution, love the look...

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Looking forward to hearing from you soon,
Chris Kauffman