Front door - detail

October 13, 2011
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Since crackling the black paint over a black basecoat worked so well, I decided to do the same thing for the exterior of the front door - crackled red over red. I then used a paint wash of Barn Red by Apple Barrel, Black Cherry by Folk Art and black to darken up the door inside and out, adding an extra coat of this wash on the exterior. Nice, old dirty paint! The door plates and knobs came from The Dolls House Emporium and were originally shiny brass. (Shakes head in disgust that nearly all fancy dollhouse hardware is shiny brass.) I sprayed it with flat black paint and aged it a bit with Bittersweet Chocolate by Americana. Of course, the door plates had nail holes but no nails. I used some tiny brass brads and painted them to match. The problem is, this hardware will require a lifetime of touching up, but it looks so much better than shiny brass.