Front door different color than sidelights
We are doing a small prettying up of our front porch which includes moving that light to center of door. We were planning on painting door and sidelights a deep blackish green. But I saw this picture and am now thinking of painting the sidelights white and door the deep dark
color. Thoughts?
pictures are my porch and my inspiration
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jck910
3 years ago
PROBeth H. :
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoyour second pic has a lot of ornate trim for the white portion. do you plan on doing something like that?
if not, yours will prob look like this
some other examples (you could try and just do it white. if you don't like it, repaint
or, just trying painting the door frame/trim white
If you want to jazz up the front entry, do something like this
get a larger pendant light,
and think about doing something w/the porch floor. maybe brick, tile, a porch paint.
lighten up the ceiling on the porch.
maybe doing a bench w/storage.large potted plants, etc.
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3 years ago- PRO
Beth H. :
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agohave you thought about doing something w/the porch floor? you have the space to do a nice brick floor. (or even a black slate tile)
take away the plant stand and try a taller plant, or hang some ferns or something else like shown in the other pic. bring in larger pots w/plants.The door is only a small portion of the equation.
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