Painted Pantry Doors (and Joss & Main Rug)

Happy Monday friends!  Moving slow here (and that's typical of Mondays in this house).  Got some good morning snuggles in with my son before getting him to school in the nick of time - he's usually up before me, but today my little sleepyhead slept in.  We got our first "cool front" on Saturday and there's nothing Houstonian's enjoy more than the first day when temps dip into the 70s after a long hot, humid summer.  It was perfect because we had a Saturday early morning PK4 playdate in the park, and everyone had a great time talking while enjoying their coffee and donuts/kolaches while the kids played on the playground.  Good times! 

Back at home, I finished painting the mudroom doors, and specifically, the double doors that lead to the pantry.  (The large door goes to my single car garage). I wanted to use the paint samples I had left over from when I was choosing our dining room color, so I've got three different colors, in similar shades, on our mudroom doors.  

Here's how our mudroom looked with just the garage door painted Sherwin Williams Comfort Grey. And you can probably see that the actual color looks more blue than on the swatch.  

I painted the pantry doors on the hinges like I did with the garage door, starting with the outer doors.  Go here for the tutorial.  The only difference is that I rolled the foam roller on the inner edge of the doors in the outer color.

I had to mark on the lid which paint went where so I'd remember when refilling the paint pan. 

Between coats, I wrapped my paintbrush in plastic wrap and put it in the fridge to keep the paint from drying on the brush.  Have y'all heard of this tip?  Works great! 

The Slow Green looks the most green of the three paint colors. 

But I really like the pale shade of Fleeting Green on the inner door. 

Large door- Sherwin Williams Comfort Grey (3 coats)

Inside Pantry Door- Sherwin Williams Fleeting Green (2 coats)

Outside Pantry Door- Sherwin Williams Slow Green (2 coats)

Our current rug is in indoor/outdoor rug from Target, but I want something with more color.  A rug I was considering from Joss & Main arrived, but it's not exactly what I wanted, and it's too big, so I'm returning it.  

I used to be wary of returning a rug because it seemed like a pain to have to wrap it back up, but now, I just remember to cut the original wrap in one long slice (careful not to cut the rug!), so I can use that same wrapping if I need to return it.  That Duct Tape roll is great for helping keep the re-rolled rug tight, and then closing back up the package. 

Be careful to read the return policy on an item at Joss & Main, some things you can get a full refund on, others items you can only get a merchandise credit.  Go to "My Orders" and click "Click here to return items from this order" to start your return.  Then, just follow the prompts.  In this case for my rug, I could return it for merchandise credit with a free return shipping label, or pay $22 for shipping and get a full refund.  I chose the credit to save the $22.  

Have a great day!