new front door color help!

4 years ago

Hi! Below is my renovated home in hardy plank khaki brown wih white azek trim and black roof. I’d like to paint my front door something besides black. Ideas please! I’m also interested in some shutters (black) to make the front look more interesting. Help pls!

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Rawketgrl

4 years ago

last modified: 4 years ago

Consider painting your garage doors the same color as your siding.

I like teal or turquoise with tan:

Navy would look very classic:

Red is also a nice choice with tan

It is hard to tell from the picture if you have a patio/terrace in front of the lone window between the garage doors and the front door or not. If you do add a black bench with pillows that are the same color as the front door. If you do not have a terrace there, consider adding one with some plants in pots for more color and fun. No to shutters, the house already has a lot going on.

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emmarene9
4 years ago
If you are bold then choose red.

If you are more conservative then an ashy brown or grayed blue. The house reads tan so almost any color. I wouldn't use yellow though.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
4 years ago
Barely any of the windows can handle shutters in the right size IMO a black door will have a nice classic look and it should have been ordered in a black factory finish.Then add some colr to your landscaping especially in that grass patch in front of the window by the garage door
decoenthusiaste
4 years ago
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Don't ruin it with shutters! I would go with glossy black for the door. Change that grassy circle left of the entry to a garden where you can add lots of color, including a dwarf ornamental tree planted so that it fills in the visual of that bit of empty wall between the door and the small window. Get a professional landscaper involved if you're not creative with plants/gardening. Can't see porch lighting; do you have?
groveraxle
4 years ago
Skip the shutters. You don't have room for them. Do paint the garage to match the siding. Here are a few door colors: robin's egg blue, olive green, rust.

I would also do something other than those gumdrop-shaped bushes on the right.
groveraxle
4 years ago
While you're painting your garage doors, paint your downspouts to match your siding.

You've got a bush under the far right window that will soon occlude it entirely. You might consider replacing that as well.
chloebud
4 years ago
Agree with no shutters, paint garage doors and downspouts to match siding, and glossy black door.
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Beth H. :
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
i like grover's last picture w/the darker orange door, and the beautiful orange flowers. (calla lillies maybe?Kangeroo paws? ) I think the warmer tone look great against the taupe and black.

or Gold Rush

this one is a little more persimmon color

landscaping will be the icing on the cake. you need some plantings under the windows on both sides. or do container plants.

something like this would look beautiful
groveraxle
4 years ago
I actually think the green door looks best. It just looks like it belongs.
calidesign
4 years ago
The brighter colors cheapen the look of the house to me. I would paint the door a deep Burgundy or eggplant color. Then landscape the whole quarter circle between the house and the walkway with colorful plants, or a small Japanese maple.