KSWL, I am using FnB lime white on the interior trim (except for the ceiling). I will try that just for comparison, I hope it wont look like a near miss. Here is the Hampshire Grey test: We need to get new garage doors anyway, which will be a whole nother post someday. Kitchy, I don't think it read as a whole. But I would not do ALL exterior doors in HG. We have a oddly pourous house. We have a double front door and then a front to back hallway with a back door (that is the one I might paint HG, but it has very little wood so I'm not sure, to wit:) But if we did all exterior doors... there are double french doors all the way around the pool building, and another set to the greenhouse. There are double french doors from the DR to the back patio. Then there is a single french door to the side, one to the garage, one from the LR to an interior courtyard, from the LR to back patio, from the side to the mudroom, from a powder room that connects to the pool, and I think I still forgot some. Oh yes graage doors on our little "barn" and on our garage. The only ones in the running are the back door to the center entry hall, and barn and garage doors. You can't see the stonehouse from the main house, except maybe from the pool when the leaves are bare. Even then not really. And the only place you see it when you are walking the far side of the pond (below, the stonehouse is all the way to the left, where the ladder is)..

Robo, that's hilarious. And how did the screen hold up? Not sold on a purple door in my future. I now look at every front door of every house I pass, which means I drive down some neighborhood streets like a little old lady who wears nothing but purple. :) The older neighborhoods with the cute cottages and bungalows are just a treasure trove of fantastic doors. I want black hardware. Is that so wrong?

Well, a friend of mine used a beautiful, white wrought iron security door for her back hallway area, to secure the dogs when she's not home. It was a wonderful idea for air flow. I always liked that door. On the other hand, I don't think chicken wire or netting would look really nice for an interior door... do you have an image of what you envision? What are you trying to accomplish?

Thank you krattigernm! Your input on the garage door confirms the choice we made to paint it and the trim around it the same color as the house. Could you weigh in on this alternate door color? it's a little lighter/brighter than the copper mountain, which feels too dark once we put a sample up. The front of the house is in the shade all the time pretty much, which makes a difference I think. We didn't sample the Yam color.....trying to avoid purchasing another quart of paint...... copper mountain sample copper mountain sample Lighter than copper mountain