We're finishing up some renovation work on our house. It's a chalet-style cedar home and we're adding a proper entryway and screened in porch. The entryway is approximately 7 feet wide and leads to another door before entering the house. This will be unheated space, and more like a buffer zone to the cold Vermont winter. The problem is in choosing the style and configuration of the door. We've gone back and forth on something with sidelites, but are now on the 'no' side since the entryway is sized a little too small. After trim is accounted for, there will only be a few inches of siding between sidelites and trim. We're leaning towards a from Simpson to get a little light in there. Suggestions? Thoughts? I'm a little clueless as to what style door will look best. The material for the new construction is cedar. Here's some photos of the house and entryway. The door will be at the halfway point under the gable at the position of the temporary supports. Thanks in advance.

I think slate or a porcelain tile would be what you need. what you'd want to do is somehow feather it into the wood tile so it doesn't look so choppy. these are porcelain and come in a variety of colors. you could bring in a few planks of your real wood and feather them in and around the entry area to obtain this type of look or try a black or gray or cream porcelain hex tile. Again, you'd cut your wood to receive the ends of the hex where they transition. the entire bathroom would be the hex, you'd only to this where it meets the wood. or,,,a basic porcelain, 12x24,,,(tilebar.com) or a black slate.

None of the above those edison bulbs will make everything have a yellow cast to it. If you insist on those then at least replace the bulbs with LEDs in 3500-5000K range to provide decent lighting in those areas.I would like to get some idea of your spaces and your style beofre suggesting anything. IMO lighting should light the are where you put it so lights that light the ceiling really are not very functional in hallways so that would eliminate the last one for sure

I think white ones would be good in the kitchen the wood might be good but it might feel more heavy I did like the wood ones in the living room the white would be okay if it even had some other color in it like let's say it had some other wood colors that would be good but it can be plain white or an off-white