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Paint Porches & Decks Design Dilemma

Need color ideas for front door

last year

I want to paint my front door. It's forest green now with a black security screen door. Any ideas for door colors and should I paint the security screen the same color? I love tropical plants and have a very lush back yard. I'd like the entry to have the same feeling.

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decoenthusiaste

last year

IMO, the porch looks low and dark because that's where the roof line is lowest. I think putting rock veneer there will make it look even more cave-like. I also don't think it will enhance your tropical plantings and the feeling you're going for in the landscape. You might have the rough stucco under the porch knocked back to a smoother surface before painting.

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houssaon
last year
You could pick a color of one of your favorite flowers. Go bright! Here are some my picks from Benjamin Moore.
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Aimee M.
Original Author
last year
Thanks! I really like the Straford Blue and the Thunderbird. Very pretty
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Judy Dunn
last year
Love the bright green with your landscaping. There is a Benjamin Moore Green called Spring Green. Take a look.
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Lyn Nielson
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Sherwin Williams Tradewinds.
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decoenthusiaste
last year
May sound strange to you, but have you considered painting the walls under the porch white to match the window trim. That would brighten things a lot and make your fresh door/storm color really pop!
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cat_ky
last year
I would usually pick the Surf Blue, because it is such a beautiful color, but, on your house, I really think the green Corn Stalk would look absolutely perfect.
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housegal200
last year
A light blue that matches the sky! I like the idea of lightening that alcove. Take the paint color of the rest of the stucco then lighten it by about two-thirds with white paint. Or find that paint on a paint strip then go many times lighter.
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Aimee M.
Original Author
last year
@decoenthusiaste I hadn't thought of that, but it's a very rough stucco so I'm not sure how that would look. I have thought about doing a brick or rock veneer on the wall that the front door is on someday.

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