Opinion needed on Exterior front door color ..White or Teal to pop?
I am sprucing up my mom's Levitt ranch (Long Island, NY) for sale. The house is vinyl cedar siding in the natural cedar color from the 90s. The roof is a very light grey and the trim and garage door is dark brown mostly. Some of the window trim is white as well. I would like to spruce up the main, front door which is half covered by a cream color storm door. The main door is currently white and I was thinking of painting it a dusty teal color. Not too bright....So only about a third of the color will actually show with the current screen door. The R.E. agent suggested awhile back to keep it white since most people like white doors. However, my reading tells me otherwise, to bring in a pop of color. Since the door is kind of dated but still in good condition; I thought a nice fresh color like teal
might be a good idea. (I am also going to update the storm door knob and bottom brass piece to freshen it up.) Any feedback on this dilemma would be much appreciated before the painter comes. I stuck on some sample color swatches of the color I like BM Hazy Blue.
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoI am going to disagree with the door color. It is true that your current storm door blocks your front door color and makes that entry appear very much like a utility door rather than a front door entry. I would do one of two things: either remove the storm door entirely so you can see a newly painted front door or replace the current storm door with a storm door that allows you to see the entire front door. There are all kinds of accent colors that would work for the front door, but I would stay away from that dusty teal color. Go for a warm accent color. Try red. Or even a navy/dark blue.
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I agree entirely with the landscaping suggestions. Right now you are blocking the front and not in a good way. Give your landscaping some life. If you go with the red, see if you can have a couple of potted flowers with red in front of the line of bushes to the right of the front door to liven up the entry. If you can't get red for some reason, try a flower/plant that has some color.Sandra Gordon DeCarle thanked Denita
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