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Paint interior of my front door?

12 years ago

A spinoff of my search to find a nice (neutral?) paint for my foyer...

We have mid toned wood trim in our colonial, and it is staying for now (DH really wants to keep it; I'm trying to live with it for a few months as we've only been here since February). Exterior of door is red, interior is just white and it looks a bit unfinished to me. I have wood doors throughout the house, but the interior of the front door is just white, and then trimmed with medium wood molding. I like black interior doors, I think white trim and wood doors can look good, and white with white is fine...but I have the dreaded "framed picture" look going on with the front door.

I have blue slate in the foyer, running into the kitchen.

RIght now to the right and left of the entry in the foyer are the DR and study, both painted BM Subtle.

Should I paint the interior of the door? It also has the panels with sidelights (glass is only half of the panel).

When I have the door open during the day, the red (of the exterior part of the front door) looks interesting with the blue slate.

WOuld you paint it? I assume I should try to get rid of the "picture frame" effect...the wood is staying for now. It is the only door where trim surrounding it does not match the color of the door, so the only one in the house with the "frame" thing going on.

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colorwheel
12 years ago
No matter what color you paint your front door on the inside, you're still going to have the picture frame effect, and probably even more so if you paint the inside of the door a black or a red.

But it's a personal choice. If it were me, I'd try to get rid of the wood frame around the door.
rmkitchen
12 years ago
Guess what? I literally just finished painting our interior doors glossy black. Granted, our trim is painted cream, but I hear you about loving a black door!

It all started because when we moved in four years ago we had the front door painted glossy black: it also has the two sidelights with just the top half glass, the bottom half is a raised panel. I had loved the black front door so decided to bring it in throughout the house and sister, am I glad I did! Love it.

But that's me and that's with painted cream trim.

Go ahead and paint the door. You may love it. You may hate it, but it's only paint so can easily be rectified.

Pictures!
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catkin
12 years ago
Ooooohhh rmkitchen, got pics?

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