Nintendo Controller Door

So D and I had this random door left in the shed by the previous owner of our house....

We got a great idea!

Yes! We are going to paint the door just like the control! Exactly what you would have done? I know.

I had recently gotten down the original Nintendo out of the attic so that I could kick D's ass in some Dr. Mario.

Off to Lowe's we went with the Nintendo controller in hand to get the EXACT colors needed in paint.

Step 1 - Paint door base color of remote.

Step 2 - Measure the door and the remote to find the ratio so that we can have the exact dimensions. (what nerds) Then tape off all the areas.

Step 3 - Paint the dark gray center first.

Step 4 - After dark gray has dried. Cover dark gray with newspaper and paint the black.

 This is what it looked like after it dried and we took all the tape off.

So we are down to letters and buttons. No big deal right? OMG what a pita

Step fail - We tried making stencils and painting on the letters

and that looked awful so we scrubbed it off before the paint dried.

Step 5 - Print words and buttons on paper in the correct color. Cut them out and mod podge those suckers on!

Step 6 - Clear coat. 

As you can see there are extra holes in the corners that have appeared that is because who can stop there!!

To be continued....