Swoon Style and Home: Dead as a Door...bell.

Happy happy Friday! Happy Friday. Fri-dayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

I have a quick update/tutorial/before and after to share today. I recently replaced my doorbell. And it was easy. As in it took maybe five minutes.

When I moved in, the doorbell looked like this:

It was broken and ugly. It worked, but I repeat: it was broken and ugly. I had never replaced a doorbell before, but figured two things: (1) it could not be that hard [it wasn't] and (2) the electricity running to the doorbell had to be a tiny amount so risk of shock must be low [correct]. I decided to risk it and try to replace it.

I went to my local hardware store to find a replacement doorbell. They had a bunch of kinds, including several glow in the dark buttons, but I did not like how fake the metal finish was. I ended up with this standard white (of course I did). It was $4.50.

I took the old doorbell off and paid attention to how it worked. So easy. There are two metal ends and they simply hook around the two screws inside the doorbell.