Unexpected Garage Door Makeover

On our house to-do list, we had planned, eventually, to replace the garage door. It was old, creaky, the color was all wrong, and it was just generally ugly. Well, though it was on our list to replace, we hadn't planned to do it as quickly as we had it done.

Back in October of last year, Shon and I were sitting in our family room (which is right next to the garage) watching tv, and all of a sudden we heard an EXTREMELY loud noise. We ran to the door to the garage to see what was going on only to find the  mounting hardware ripped completely out of the ceiling and dangling barely above Shon's Honda Accord. Upon closer inspection, we discovered that one of the previous owners of our house had the mounting hardware pop out of the ceiling as well and simply did a poor patching job. Hence, our super fun discovery.

(Drawing courtesy of: http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/improvement/outdoor-projects/garage-door-opener-how-it-works)

We bought a garage door from Home Depot, and had it installed by their installers as well. The quality of the door is perfectly fine, but I can honestly say I do not recommend using their installing service. It took them about 2 months longer to get the job done than they told us they'd come out and they left the job site dirty and with screws all over the ground. Thank goodness I found them so we didn't puncture any of our tires when we were finally able to use our garage again.

Despite the poor installation service, we are very happy with the way it turned out. It's got a bit of the craftsman style we like, and it doesn't creak like the old one!