At the front

We're working on lots of stuff at the front part of the house, literally. We recently put up a new mailbox, which you might not think is a big deal but if you'd seen the old mailbox, you'd be very excited for us. I didn't take a before picture. I'm not YoungHouseLove, people. But here's the new one.

It may be a weeeeee bit unlevel, but so are the holes already drilled into the house to mount it. I guess the old mailbox wasn't level either, but I never noticed because I was so distracted by the rust and the fist-sized spiders that jumped out at me every time I psyched myself up to get the mail. We decided we can live with it for now. It was that or drill another hole into the house, and I felt like that could have been risky.

We also just ordered a new front door which should be here in a couple weeks. I never really thought about what goes into ordering a front door or its installation, but there are actually a lot of details to ponder. Things like wood vs. fiberglass, hinges and kick plates, and windows and side windows, and stuff. I guess installing a door on an older house is a bit tricky because measurements are different nowadays, too. Or something. So, you gotta know your stuff. And that's why we have a contractor helping A install it. Because there's not a lot of wiggle room when it comes to installing a front door. And you really can't go without one for too long.

Here's what we have now, which is old and beat up, not to mention hard to lock and unlock.

We ordered something similar, with windows across the top and down the side, and it'll be primed for us to paint - the fun part! I found a bunch of colors I like on Pinterest, like

but I keep coming back to the idea of plain, old black. Or "classic black", as I tell A. Considering the color of the house - brick painted beige - there aren't too many colors that would look okay

What do you think? Well, no matter what we pick, any door that doesn't look like this will drastically improve the front of the house.