White sidelights vs fiberglass wood stained
ok, this is how I painted the door back in Spring 2014.
We are now ready to replace the whole door, sidelights rotted framing and all.
Want to have a fiberglass door installed that looks like wood. Will probably go with a door that has a circle top so it matches the rest of the 1st floor.
Do you think I should stick with the white sidelights on the outside?
I'm also thinking to have the fiberglass wood look on the inside for the foyer, and keep the sidelights the white, same white I am using for inside the house for all the trim.
Here are some options I created, and some I found on Houzz.
We have to order the door in May because we were told prices for all doors are going up 25% :-O considering the price of doors and sidelights, that would be approximately another $1,000 +
That is the style door I want to purchase, but possibly not the wood look sidelights, wanted painted instead.
Here are some doors I saw that sidelights are white, same as inside the house.
What do you think? My wood color would be more of a Walnut, and not as dark, or even the color of my photo I posted above.
I wish I could go with the top arched glass sunburst, but I think the cost might be a few thousand more than I want to spend right now. Might just stick with the sunburst we already have installed by the builder
Or both door and sidelight in the wood fiberglass?
Although the below photo looks like real wood.
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