Scenes from the Weekend + Our New Watermelon Red Door (!)

This past weekend almost killed me. I don't mean to sound dramatic--and it was an amazingly fun weekend for the most part--but I did end up having a nervous breakdown on Sunday night due to total + complete exhaustion, a serious case of decision fatigue, and a large bill received via email at 6pm. Sigh. 

But before that--great weekend! I taught a 2-hour workshop Friday night, a yoga class Saturday morning, a 4-hour Branding Workshop Saturday afternoon, a yoga class Sunday morning, and then we worked on the house ALL DAY yesterday. 

Too much for one weekend? Yep, I think so ;) 

However, despite the breakdown-inducing number of activities that we [I] packed into the weekend, we got some exciting stuff done on the house! Namely, we finally painted our front door, which has been on our list since before we even found our house. 

Backstory: Ben and I have been dreaming about having a bold, eye-catching front door since back in the day when we were still renters; We always talked about how "one day" we would have a house with a bright red door... 

When we found our new house, one of the things that we disliked the most about it was the front door. We hated the oval stained glass cutout (no judgment, just not our style!) and were determined that one of our first projects would be replacing the front door. 

Little did we know at the time, that's a HUGE project, it's expensive, and our front door was just put in before we bought the house. Plus, it's a very nice front door. Thus, we decided that as much as we want a different style door eventually, we need to just work with what we have for now. So we painted the door red. And I think it helped, don't you? 

You can view some pics of the process below...

{And please ignore our HORRIBLE front yard and landscaping--we can only do so much this first summer, so landscaping and growing new grass has been put on the back-burner for now...}

Above: Deciding on a color was *very* hard. I was so nervous!!

Below: Sayde oversees the painting process. This pic was taken right before she literally jumped into the tray of primer (covering her feet) and then ran into the living room, tracking white paint onto the floor and rug. It was quite the scene. 

Below: When we first started painting it looked a little orange and we freaked out! But 2 coats and some drying time later, and we loved the color. 

What do you think? Pretty crazy, right!?! We're obsessed. Oh, and here are the two tutorials we followed, if you're interested in doing something similar:

• How to Paint a Front Door (in 5 Steps!) 
• How to Paint Your Front Door

Next up? Very small project, but a long time coming--we hung some curtains in our downstairs bathroom!

Lastly, here are a few snaps from the Branding Essentials for Small Biz Owners + Solopreneurs workshop that I co-presented with Kate Sheehan of Telltale Media on Saturday! If you're interested in attending our next one, it's scheduled for September 12th and you can sign up here.  

Below, goody bag prep:

PHEW. And now hello, Monday morning! Here's to hoping this week is a little less insane... ;) 

Oh, and if you enjoyed seeing our house before + afters, check out our kitchen + living/dining room, and our bathroom transformations.