What color would you paint/stain my front door? Please help!
Attached are two photos of our front door. The brick is complete and my GC is already asking me for paint colors and what to do with the front door. I have discovered over the past few months of posting and lurking, there are a few of you here who like this kind of thing.
The door and sidelites are fiberglass so both can be stained or painted as we wish. Front porch fixtures will be black. Should the door be stained entirely? Just the main door and paint sidelites? Painted? If you would like to make suggestions I welcome them. We are in a crunch and I am pretty clueless in this category. Thanks.
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