Annie, I know we cannot do that style. But I do love it - love the double doors & curve! They go perfectly with your home! We will consider wood. The house is in Florida, about 5 miles from the ocean. The house faces south, so I am not concerned about the sun beating on the doors. We went to the door lumberyard yesterday, & they seemed to think a wood door would work fine at our location & would not need maintenance too often, as long as it was painted/stained & sealed properly. DH is really struggling with glass & privacy. I don't want a frosted glass & he wants some glass but total privacy. The house will be set pretty far back on the lot, so I am not worried about privacy too much. I am one that could walk naked down the street with no issues, but he wouldn't walk around the house in boxers if there was non-privacy glass in the front. I played in PS again. Any thoughts on any of these door styles? The first one has some curves in the moulding, so that could introduce the cove ceiling element from the foyer. My favorite is #2, but that offers the least amount of privacy for DH. #3 might be a compromise for DH. #4 is too Craftsmen, but that is what he was originally drawn to. I don't think it looks right with our French/English style. This post was edited by wishiwasinoz on Thu, Sep 26, 13 at 5:28

dino, pretty door. It will dress up your hallway very nicely and will fit with your traditional/transitional decor just fine. I think it will add a little sparkle to your somewhat plain facade. It isn't like some doors that are so ornate & Victorian that they look out of place on a colonial-esque home. Yours is a nice choice. Hope you enjoy.

Not the kind of door I was expecting. An awful lot of glass for a front door that will double as a soccer goal. Personally, I would most often choose a hardwood for a front door, but in the case of this door, I think the mix of materials, especially the mahogany, might not work as well. Actually I think VGF would look great with this door. I grew up hating fir, but for this application it might be a perfect match with this design. My friend just did an architect's large office in all VGF (vertical grain fir). A large firm, therefore a large office with several office suites and boardroom. Similar design feel as your door. You would have to seal and finish it very well and keep it up with a softwood, but that goes with what ever species you choose. You must have a contemporary home because the door, especially as a front door, looks almost commercial, like a doctor, lawyer, architect office. Any other questions, just ask. My personal preference for a front door of a more classical type would be one of the mahogany species, although it can get pretty expensive, but it can finish up beautifully. After all it is common in custom furniture and for yacht cabinetry when teak is not used. Richard

We got the quote for the unfinished door in ash with Heavy Water glass, and it is around $3,000 including tax. DB thinks that is high, and so I made a cardboard cutout of the door to see how it will look. I wasn't crazy about it last night, but during the day it looks great. I also noticed that we have essentially no interesting view through the glass until we go right up to the door, and if we are that close, we can open the door to see the view, if we want. Therefore, I am thinking of going for a more obscure glass, possibly frosted, even though that is the most common. I went out to the sidewalk by the street, and no one can really see inside the house, unless they come up to the entryway, and so privacy is not that much of an issue, but I don't want people at the door to be able to see in. I'll post pictures later of how the cardboard model looks. I noticed also that our door is not a standard size, as it is 35" wide instead of 36", and this is why the door escutcheon did not fit properly on our current door. We can have the new door made to size, since all of their doors are custom anyway. I've decided against messing with the glass and want to buy what I want to keep. I found an outlet in Northridge that has large inventory, and so we will go there one week-end to look at actual doors instead of just catalogs. Their prices are a fraction of what I have been quoted so far. I just foundEto Doors, which has a similar door for a fraction of the cost. They have a creepy looking warehouse SSE of downtown L.A., but they are open on Sunday, and so I guess they are worth visiting. It's not a bad part of town - just a bit industrial and somewhat rundown looking.