We bought this little house in Mexico last spring, it was known as "casa fea", which means ugly house. You can see why in the picture. We have done the back yard with a pool and laundry room, and this season we are working on the front of the house.
I have many ideas to fix up the lack of symmetry, add a garden, put faux arches on the cement walls, front porch ad nauseum. The problem I cant get my head around is how to make the front door look a little friendlier. It is metal, in vertical strips and we need to keep it for security. Wood doesnt survive well in the climate, or it would have been replaced already! I have thought about faux finishes, maybe a wood look as it already has the board look due to the metal strips. Then over the faux finish maybe some scrolly iron. Any ideas greatly appreciated. By the way we are both pretty handy when it comes to do it yourself type projects.
Thanks for your help!