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Modern blue hue (not garish) for front door with white exterior?

5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago

The plan all along was to replace our 20 year old white double front doors with natural wood doors. But a new round of budget realities has hit, so we are going to paint the original doors for now.

Naturally the paint crew started this week, so I need to make a front door color decision ASAP.

Our single story ranch house has Midcentury Modern bones, but we're leaning more modern. The exterior will be white stucco with white trim. Low slung roof is dark grey. Inside, Chantilly Lace on walls and ceilings. Lots of natural wood (floors, cabinets, furniture).

I love blue, but I'd like something that isn't traditional but also doesn't scream Midcentury Modern. As much as I love aqua, my DH worries it'll be too garish. Most of our flooring is light French oak, but we are doing graphite grey tile in three bathrooms. So maybe a slightly blue-grey or grey-blue? Our windows are aluminum clad (silver).

The other thought is to just paint the doors a medium brown to match the natural wood doors that will eventually replace them. Or, throw caution to the wind and go with lemon yellow!

If it matters, our neighborhood is pretty eclectic, traditional to modern. All suggestions appreciated! Thanks.

p.s. having trouble uploading image of the original house before demo. Hope this finally works!



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