Before: Original door 2
years ago.

As you can see, the original door had been previously replaced.

Birds loved to nest at the top of the pillars and make lovely messes for me to clean up weekly. The siding was quite dirty, the lawn was quite dead and the front step had many cracks and chips. I needed to add some curb appeal to this area and since it is almost summer, the timing was perfect.

Step 1 (2 day project). Fix the bird problem. Although I love hearing the birds chirping throughout the day, I don’t like cleaning up after them and worrying if they will dive bomb me when I walk into my front entrance.

Before: Front entrance before curb appeal makeover.

Step 2 (2 day project). Clean the siding. I used a power washer, a mop and some elbow grease and cleaned away.

Step 3 (4-7 day project depending on timing and weather). Patch the cracks and dints in the front step. After everything was patched up, I sanded them down with a power sander. Then I finished off the front step off with Rustoleum’s 3 Part Stone Finishing System Don’t let the 3 part system fool you, it’s actually a 5 step process when you do 2 coats of rocks and 2 coats of sealer. You also need to take into account the drying time inbetween steps. For the last step you need 24 hours of good weather.