I am getting ready to paint my front door! The door has been stained and varnished by the builder 17 years ago, but the varnish has gradually succumbed to the elements. I think paint makes more sense and should weather better.
The old varnish has been sanded off, so now comes the hardest part… what color should I pick? I ruled out greens and yellows, so the choice is now down to red or blue hues. The house is light bluish grey with white trim. I know I can always rely on my CC friends for their helpful advice instead of going through endless paint chips at HD, Lowes, and Benjamin Moore.
Help me pick paint for my front door. Thanks in advance!
If your house is already bluish hue, I’d go with a red that would ‘pop’! There’s just something like about red front doors that pop. I think it works well with almost every color of house. I don’t know if I’d say the same for blue, but it depends on what you want. When we finally got a red door, I could always tell people, if you don’t see the house numbers, look for the red front door (well, and we were at the end of a cul-de-sac).
I’m laughing because I was envious that you sanded your door today - I need to do that!
Here is my opinion. I have cape cod two story home. White siding and lots of windows in the front. I painted our front door barn red years ago. I get a MILLION compliments on it! It’s a big old door (actually a dutch door) - it really pops on the outside! All wreaths seem to look great on it!
BB, would you say that your house is more light blue or light grey upon looking at it? And do you mean barn red, bright red or more of a cranberry/maroon???
My final word before hitting the sack…just be careful that the blue w/white trim and red door don’t end up looking too “red, white and blue” - flaggish - if that is not a look you would want .
I’m going to go with blue as well. You don’t see much red here in SoCal and I agree with @abasket that blue is a slightly more contemporary look. I’m somewhat biased as my In laws owned a house on Cape Cod and it seemed as if every door was red! Some of the reds were really too bright so if you decide to go that way I would definitely experiment with different shades. A red door will stand out but it doesn’t need to scream, “look at me!”
I like the shade in abasket’s post #2 or even a slightly darker shade.
You are looking at my two favorite door colors. We had a dark red front door for years and I loved it. We just very recently painted the whole house and it was time for a change. My house is now a light greenish gray with an off-white trim, and I went with this blue for the door: http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/marineblue . I absolutely love it and have actually noticed several people taking pictures of the new colors.
