I grew up in one of those old brownstones that have the double front doors with the tall pain of glass and love them. I regret that they really aren't used any longer, although I saw a new build in a town I am often in, a "McMansion" kind of town, but these people had those doors put in, when they were making their custom choices. Their doors are so beautiful. I drive by that house when I'm in that neighborhood to look at those doors.

But I always get you and aktillery mixed up. Is your house contemporary?

Double doors are also great for moving furniture in and out.

Tib- aktillery just did a gorg kitchen reveal...I'm not her. We've been dealing with a kitchen insurance claim for over 2 years and have completely overhauled our 1996 honey oak/pink carpet/pink tile house. I think our house would lean more comtemporary.

I also added a pic of the view from the outside. In my housecoat. In - 41 c with the windchill.

Now I want doors like that!

Now I'm like, can I do 8 ft doors or would it look stupid? Plus then the transom would be small. And I'd have to get a new light.

I'm not crazy about the type of door I have now. It's fine, steel door with glass. But can I do like a med dark fiberglass with glass inserts? Or wouldn't match?

Tib- I'm always out in my housecoat. My folks live across the street so the neighbours already know we're crazy.

my dream home has double front door entry!

I think it is unanimous - you have to do it. However, if your DH asks us, we will deny culpability - it was all your idea. My DH was so thrilled when I went back to work and stopped coming up with all these "wonderful" ideas.

Daisy...my dh wants a GRAND entrance. So I think he'll be on board!

It was my idea, you guys just enable:) and help me see if my ideas are crazy or reasonable. Glad to see this is one of the reasonable ones!

Now...paramount, jeldwyn. Just another thing to add to the list!

I suspect there is a huge conspiracy between GW/Houzz and the home improvement/design industry, Daisychain.

akl, not only reasonable in terms of aesthetics but also in terms of practicality. Just wait 'til you have to move something big in there or out. You'll love having those double doors.

I put in full glass double doors when we remodeled in 2008 so there would be an entry for moving large furniture or appliances in and out. I love the flood of light into the foyer, but I do miss opening a single door to let air in through a screen door in summer. Guess I could still do double screens.

Jeldwen is made in Oregon and I know their windows have issues. I would post in the remodel forum, or better yet, building a home since they've discussed the pros and cons of double doors in past threads.

i absolutely would put in a double door similar to what tibbrix posted and i think 8' with a smaller and matching transom will look great!! (it won't be cheap tho, but will be so worth it!)

I have considered the same change on our house. I decided what I was picturind wouldn't be an inprovement on the exterior, but now I am wondering whether I need to consider more door options.

I just got a new Simpson fir door with 3/4 light, just one. It's solid like a rock. I considered getting mahogany to stain (it wasn't *that* much extra), but I decided it would be more maintenance than I wanted. It's a fantastic door. The one Tib showed is a gem. With a transom (which you have room for) it would be devastatingly gorgeous.

I'm convinced that a front door can make all the difference. It's not one of those things like overspending in your kitchen. I've seen fantastic doors on the most humble abodes and it really gave them verve.

One other thing. My old door was steel and I considered getting fiberglass for my new one. Because of the clear glass (I HAD TO HAVE CLEAR) and the view into my LR, I needed to affix some window treatment at night. It's not advised to drill holes in fiberglass (then what about patching them), so I decided solid wood was for me.

Doors aren't cheap, but neither is the labor to install. It takes some finesse.

Finally! I've been trying to post this forever. Love love love this. Now that I look at it, the glass squares are similar to our existing door! Lots of light, can frost the glass...I do like having our door open as we have a storm door with a bit of a screen.

I'll show DH. Maybe when things have calmed down :) who am I kidding...I'll show him later, he'll say, ya, that's nice. And nothing will get done. Until I call up some people.

Wow, that is just gorgeous! Now I want one. Do you think double doors opening directly into my living room will have the same effect? !!

Gramarows...you never know!

Hmmm, I have a standard 36" door with one side light I wonder if they make narrow double doors? I could do away with the single sidelight and just have doors.

AKL, that is a beautiful entry that you just posted!

Glad to see I've sparked discussion and planted ideas in other's minds:)

I haven't seen double doors being used for several years, but have seen wider doors becoming more popular, probably with moving kept in mind. I can't recall seeing even one set in my neighborhood(subdivision),and it's been around since 2001. When we moved to CA back in 1984 they were on every other house. I like French doors w/panes used as front doors.

I completely agree and I was thinking that higher doors would look good as well. I don't know if higher automatically means wider.

Right now your front entrance is narrow column, narrow window, narrow door, narrow window and narrow column. Putting in a double door would help to expand the door wall and take some of that visual narrowness away.

I have always liked these doors:

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More traditional:

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BTW, I was kidding, but when I reread my response above, seemed like I was being serious. I sure love the elegance of the double doors, though, in the appropriate spaces!

I missed the pics in your post above. Those look better for your house than my suggestions. I think it's a great idea and you should do it!

Akl....love, love those double doors you posted too! Go for it:)!!

So DH also loves the doors. Will have to figure out logistics and pretend to see how opening the one door will be. And how they are in our cold winters. And see who can do a great job. And look at 6'8" doors vs 8 ft. with a smaller transom. And it's -41 C. Have I mentioned that? Maybe get a cold weather discount :)

And blfenton, totally see how the vertical narrowness would be decreased with 2 doors!

Lots to think about. Thanks all!

Um, might want to wait 'til spring for this project. Not sure you want a big hole in a wall when it's zero out! Heating the neighborhood seems like a very kind and neighborly thing to do, but also very expensive, esp. when you're considering an expensive project as well!

Tib- Apparently -41 Celcius is - 41.8 F. Cold. Yes, we'll wait. Nothing happens quickly around here! Except our son's bathroom. And that turned out to be a disaster that is being redone!

We have had double doors in only one previous home. Loved the look and the ease of moving furniture in and out. These doors faced north, the only issue we had, now this is going back to the 1990's is the stream of cold air coming in between the two doors, we even had frost buildup at times.

Our door faces west. We also have the overhang. But I will speak to some door people and see what they say!

Why not go whole hog and build an entryway with two sets of double doors, a la the brownstones. Those small entryways are really great, and the two sets of doors will keep prevent any cold air from getting into the house. It looks from your pic like you have room to do one.

How about I just rip the front of the house off and build a wrap around porch? Let's settle down tib! J/k! Love the idea! Unfortunately, will not happen:(

Ooooo, wrap-around porch! Great idea!

Lol. Fine. I thought you were loaded, with an infinite flow of funds, like I have. I guess not. Can we still speak?

Just to help visualize:

A wood or wood-look door looks great on your house, and with a matching transom would be even better.

Here are 8' doors (approximately; I just guessed). Maybe they look off because of the adjacent standard sized closet door?

Here are mine with the sunlight streaming in. I confess to a childlike love of the sparkles and prisms, even though the style isn't right for my house. Small delights in the dead of winter. I can imagine my grandbaby enjoying them too.

Love it in the mockups!

Awm03- wow. Gorgeous! Thank you for the mock ups! This is not helping the pocketbook! So nice to see the wood look. I love it. I have a big ol' white garage door and all the trim is white. How do I get around that?

And tib- yes, we can still speak:) despite you trying to get me to spend more $$ ;)

Didn't you also try to get me to buy a 1k hubbington forge light??

Hmmm, let's check that out. Can you post a photo of your whole house? We could try some mock ups to see how it all looks. Think of this: lots of people paint their doors bright colors to make them pop. Their door color doesn't match anything else, yet people have no qualms about that. So maybe a wood door wouldn't look off with a white garage door. And here in colonial country, I can think of many homes with wood doors and white garages.

Or i could do the outside white and the interior a darker med stain??

Thanks awm03!

I like it. Wood tones harmonize well with your peach brick.

It's not peach, more a sandy. Pink was popular 1995 house colour here, so I'm glad it's lighter and more sandy.

But that looks awesome!! Even though the wood is darker it still seems open.

Thank you!!

Is this more like your brick color?

No, more sandy, but I totally get the look. I'm looking on my phone too.

Thank you so much, looks so awesome.

The first house pic you did is more the colour than the second. I could live with that!

Oh I love the wood look. You know what it does - it shows people where your front entrance is and guides them to it. It's where your eye goes. It high-lights the front entrance instead of the garage and shows off the columns and the stairs and the peaked roof and then the door.

My dh is duly impressed!

it will look great!!! love the wood tone- the darker color will help it stand out!