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Contemplating front door color ideas to ensure your home makes the right impression? From timeless favorites to more contemporary shades, there’s a wealth of hues to consider.

Complementing the facade of the house is important, but so, too, is the note the color will strike, be it cheerful and welcoming or more formal and classic. The principles of Feng Shui might also influence color selection of your front door ideas and the maintenance needs of a particular choice will likely come into play, too.

Here, we’ve gathered a host of beautiful front door colors both classic and contemporary in their effect for inspiration and asked the experts to share their advice as well.

Front door color ideas

The best front door color ideas can refresh the exterior of a home, catching the eye from the street for all the right reasons, and might even increase a home’s value.

Bear in mind that your front door design will affect which front door paint ideas suit, as well as the period of your home and the color of paintwork visible from the street and your front porch ideas.  It's also worth noting the front door colors to avoid (and why) before deciding on a hue that gives off the wrong first impression. 

1. Go for natural tones with blues and greens

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Allow nature to be a guide and put front door color ideas in shades of blue or green at the top of your list of preferences. Either will blend beautifully with foliage alongside the front door or in nearby borders for a harmonious look.

Muted shades like this blue or nature-inspired greens are a perfect partner to traditional homes, too, ensuring the front door is attention-grabbing but sympathetic to the architecture.

2. Refresh in a day with white

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Painting the front door is one of the speediest ways to boost a home’s curb appeal. ‘It’s a one day project that can make a world of difference to the appearance of your home,’ says Matthew Brown, Sadolin and Sandtex technical consultant.

‘As the first thing people see when visiting your home, the color and look of your front door really should be a considered choice. Taking note of the style of the door, along with the trim and siding that frames it can change the whole look of the exterior.’

For a smart but subtle entrance, follow this home’s lead with the door painted to match the façade. Bear in mind that cleaning a front door is a more regular task the lighter the front door paint color.

3. Follow color principles

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The traditional practice of Feng Shui could assist in selecting a front door color. ‘For Feng Shui front door colors, the front door plays a major role in welcoming positive energy into the house,’ says practitioner Eddie Tee of Fengshuied!  

‘When we are going for more striking colors, there is a concept of colors that can be applied to choosing one based on the sector where the front door is located within the property or the direction it is facing. This can be generally broken down to the guide below:

‘This concept is centered around avoiding an energy clash with the nature of energy entering via a specific direction. However, it should be noted that in modern times where the shape of houses are getting more creative, this concept is no longer as widely practised as decades ago.

A more straightforward way of choosing? ‘It can also be said that in Chinese culture, red front doors are generally considered as auspicious,’ says Eddie. ‘They bring good luck and abundance.’

4. Let color bloom with floral-inspired shades

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For a truly cohesive front yard or for cottage front door ideas, choose a front door color that picks up one of the hues from among the planting’s palette. For this home, it’s a delicate lavender shade that will echo the wisteria that grows around it once it’s in bloom. 

Likewise, flowers in hot shades can be combined with a front door color ideas in red or orange, and borders of sunny blooms with a yellow door.

5. Highlight a door’s detail with front door paint colors

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There’s no rule that says you have to paint a paneled front door in a single color, and if you want to emphasize its detail, there’s nothing better than choosing a selection of hues for the task.

The keys to success? Pick harmonious colors to use on the different elements of the design, and repeat shades from windows and siding, too, to pull the look together and make a striking impression from the street.

6. Smarten up with black

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For classic good looks, black is a winning choice for a front door color. ‘A glossy black front door is always in style,’ says certified color expert and certified interior decorator Pattie Kelly of Inspired Home Interiors . Black can be a natural partner to more traditional style homes, and it’s a shade that will pop, making the front door a focal point. 

But if a bolder hue is your instinct, don’t be afraid. ‘A colorful front door is a fantastic way to make a statement and add some punch to your front porch,’ Pattie continues. ‘The most important thing is to choose a color that you love so you smile every time you come home.’

7. Finish a double door

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Double front doors are an imposing feature in their own right, so a quieter finish can be the perfect choice for a home with one of these. A white like this is a timeless choice, and although the paint finish will need to be renewed over time due to the effects of sun and weather, it won’t go out of style. 

When selecting any color for a front door, be aware that if you live in a community with a homeowners’ association (HOA), there may be rules on front door finishes. ‘Double check with your HOA in case some colors aren’t permitted,’ says Pattie Kelly.

8. Go for gray for a contemporary front door color

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For a front door color that stands out from an exterior in white, beige, or cream, consider gray. It’s a more contemporary choice than black or navy, but is equally handsome, and eminently suitable for a classic paneled door design.

A gray door can also prove easier to keep clean than black and navy as mid to lighter tones won’t make any dust or dirt that adheres to the door’s surface as obvious.

9. Choose a front door color with staying power

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Whichever hue is selected from among the range of front door color ideas, it’s important to bear maintenance in mind. ‘You do want to think about how much sun the door gets, so west and south facing doors can fade quickly due to the amount of direct sunlight,’ says interior designer and color expert Jennifer Guerin, owner of JG Color Studios .

‘Stay within naturally pigmented hues that won’t fade as fast as the more synthetic bold tones that will need constant touch up. Using a high quality paint, such as Fine Paints of Europe gloss, which has longer staying power, or Benjamin Moore’s Grand Entrance, also known for its protective quality that lasts for years even with high sun volume.’

10. Select a different color for the front door's interior

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Don’t forget that the color you pick for the exterior of your front door doesn’t have to be repeated on the interior side. You may want to pick a more light-reflective shade for inside, especially if the door is solid, features stained glass, or has minimal glazing, as this will help brighten up an entranceway short on daylight.

A different color for the interior can also link the door to the rest of the hall decor or a shade from the palette picked throughout the home. 

What are popular front door colors 2022?

It’s black that’s set to be the most popular front door color of 2022 with blue and green also favored. Some 56 per cent of experts surveyed for the Fixr paint and color trends 2022 report agreed that black will be the most popular front door color choice in 2022. 

‘A black front door will pair well with almost all home exterior color shades and add extra contrast especially against white or light colored siding,’ says Stefania Filizola, Fixr’s design editor. ‘You can also add depth to your home by matching your black door with a variety of siding shades such as tan, red, blue and green.

‘Other popular front door colors for 2022 include royal blue and two green hues, hunter green and sage green,’ she continues.

What color door increases home value?

Keep it classic to maximize home value. ‘Finishes that are neutral in color can increase home value simply by the way they attract a larger audience,’ says Yoselin Castro, senior interior designer at Mackenzie Collier Interiors . ‘Homes painted in colors like black or white make it easier for people to see themselves in the space and personalize it with their own style, as it’s almost like working with a blank canvas. This is true with front door colors too – while it may only cost you a few hundred dollars to change the color of your door if you’re trying to sell a home, it’s better to keep it safe and opt for neutral exterior paint colors.’

Sarah is a freelance journalist and editor. Previously executive editor of Ideal Home, she’s specialized in interiors, property and gardens for over 20 years, and covers interior design, house design, gardens, and cleaning and organizing a home for H&G. She’s written for websites, including Houzz, Channel 4’s flagship website, 4Homes, and Future’s T3; national newspapers, including The Guardian; and magazines including Future’s Country Homes & Interiors, Homebuilding & Renovating, Period Living, and Style at Home, as well as House Beautiful, Good Homes, Grand Designs, Homes & Antiques, LandLove and The English Home among others. It’s no big surprise that she likes to put what she writes about into practice, and is a serial house renovator. 

74 Best Front Door Paint Colors

Ray Booth

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The Front Door Inspo: Dark Steel Blue

Ray Booth reverses the typical black and white look with white trim and dark siding, giving this home a modern edge. The extra-wide blue door (e013-60 from Fine Paints of Europe) adds a splash of interest and contrast without being too bold of a statement.

Studio 33

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The Front Door Color: Dark Steel Gray

Make It Yours: Sherwin Williams Refuge.

Eric Piasecki

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Front Door Inspo: Umbria Red

For their Millbrook, New York, country house, Peter Pennoyer and Katie Ridder used a punchy shade of red that pops against bright white.

Lara Robby/Studio D

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Paint Color: Umbria Red

Make it yours: Benjamin Moore Umbria Red 1316

Annie Schlechter

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The Front Door Inspo: Sage

Philip Thomas chose a pale sage green color to adorn all the exterior trims of this cedar home. The specific shade perfectly reflects the foundation plantings. and landscape design.

NC

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The Paint Color: Pastel Sage

Make it yours: Valspar Sparkling Sage.

Eric Piasecki

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Front Door Inspo: Light Gray-Green

A creamy neutral changes with the light for an always flattering facade at this home designed by Gil Schafer. Here, it appears to have pale sage undertones, perfect for a space with green accents and a historic feel.

House Beautiful

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Paint Color: Old White

Make it yours: Farrow & Ball Old White No. 4

Stephen Kent Johnson

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Front Door Inspo: Yellow Gold

A gray monochromatic color scheme, shown here on this charming seaside cottage designed by Juan Carretero, offers a soothing welcome to family and friends. The color contrasts beautifully with the lawn and hydrangeas. But a fun surprise greets you at the front door: Sunny yellow paint! Sherwin Williams Quilt Gold covers both the interior and exterior of the front door.

Lara Robby

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The Front Door Color: Golden Wheat

Make It Yours: Benjamin Moore St. Elmo's Fire

Read McKendree

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Front Door Inspo: Turquoise

Bella Mancini enlivened this front door as well as the screen door frame with a bold shade of turquoise, Benjamin Moore's Santa Clara. This color feels right at home with the cedar shake and hydrangeas, but also sets the tone for what's ahead inside, design-wise.

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Paint Color: Santa Clara

Make it yours: Benjamin Moore Santa Clara 753

Emily Followill

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Front Door Inspo: Light Blue

Instead of painting the front doors, designer Meredith McBrearty colored the dramatic shutters flanking them. The soft shade of blue, Winter Lake by Benjamin Moore, is used throughout the inside of the home, too.

Benjamin Moore

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The Color: Winter Lake

Make it yours: Benjamin Moore Winter Lake 2129-50

KARYN R. MILLET

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Front Door: Cheerful Orange

Designer John Wooden and landscape architect Molly Wood gave this entrance a dutch door covered in a cheerful orange paint to create a seamless flow from the outdoors to the indoors.

House Beautiful

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Paint Color: Charlotte's Locks

For a similar shade, try Farrow & Ball's Charlotte's Locks. "It's a little different—not quite orange, and not quite red. More of a persimmon. It feels warm and inviting when you come in from the cold," says designer John Barman.

Make it yours: Farrow & Ball Charlotte's Locks

Brigette Romanek Studio

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Front Door: Off-White

Use a soft off-white with a touch of gray for a cozy shabby bungalow like Romanek Design Studio did for this Southern California home.

Lara Robby/Studio D

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Paint Color: Dove Wing

Make it yours: Benjamin Moore Dove Wing OC-18

ANNIE SCHLECHTER

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Front Door Inspo: Bright Blue

Gary McBournie turned to nature to inspire the color of his front door in Nantucket: "When I did this house thirty miles out at sea, it seemed only natural to include a blue or two in the palette. And, when used against drifts of blooming hydrangea, the effect is magical!”

Lara Robby/Studio D

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Paint Color: New York State of Mind

Make it yours: Benjamin Moore New York State of Mind 805

Amy Neunsinger

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Front Door: Devonshire Green

Designer Lindsay Reid's Mediterranean-inspired Los Angeles bungalow welcomes visitors with a muted green door.

Lara Robby/Studio D

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Paint Color: Devonshire Green

Make it yours: Benjamin Moore Devonshire Green 1489

TONY SOLURI

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Front Door: Yellowcake

"This chartreuse color provides a contemporary counterpoint to this 1940s natural cedar shake cottage in Michiana Shores," says designer Steve Kadlec.

Lara Robby/Studio D

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Paint Color: Yellowcake

Make it yours: Farrow & Ball Yellowcake No. 279

WERNER STRAUBE

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Front Door: Pitch Black

Accentuate the graphic aesthetic of steel frame windows by painting shutters and the front door a deep pitch black. As you can see in this home designed by Corey Damen Jenkins, black details, like on the front door, will sharpen and ground a bright white home.

Lara Robby

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Paint Color: Pitch Black

Make it yours: Farrow & Ball Pitch Black No.256

CONROY TANZER

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Front Door: Eggplant

A purple front door adds curb appeal to this house by Fergus Garber Young Architects.

Lara Robby/Studio D

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Paint Color: Eggplant

Make it yours: Benjamin Moore Eggplant 1379

Victoria Pearson

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Front Door: Off Black

A black door helps modernize the whitewashed brick exterior of this California Cape Cod designed by Parrish Chilcoat and Joe Lucas.

Lara Robby/Studio D

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Paint Color: Off Black

Make it yours: Farrow & Ball Off Black No. 57

The color of the entrance doors and the design of the entrance to the house.

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Andrey Dachnik September 23, 2016

Why is the appearance of the entrance to the house so important in architecture and life?

The appearance, aesthetics, design and architectural solution of the entrance to the house, the color and texture of the entrance doors are of great importance for creating the atmosphere of a home. Entrance doors serve as a gateway between two worlds - the intimate world of the home and the outside world of everyday life. Passing through the entrance doorway, a person seems to be reborn: from his domestic role of a child, spouse or parent, he turns into one of the public social roles. Returning home, and passing through the door, a person discards social roles, again turning into himself. The entrance to the house is a transition point, a portal where it is possible to leave fatigue, sadness, vanity, disappointment, a broken heart and dive into the world of comfort, good rest and unconditional love. Going out into the world, in the doorway you can put on ambitions, ideas, energy and grandiose plans. The entrance to the house, the front door is perhaps one of the most important symbols of the house.

Since ancient times, there have been magical rituals associated with the burial of dead ancestors, children and sacrificial animals under the entrance threshold of the house (You can read more about this in the book "Bath. Essays on ethnography"). The entrance to the house and the entrance threshold became the most important magical amulet of the inhabitants of the house. The stone at the threshold possessed magical powers that could scare away the forces of evil and drive a bad person away from the house, and the threshold was a magical line of transition from one state to another. It is no coincidence that a huge number of magical witchcraft rituals are associated precisely with the threshold.

For the first time in history, images of entrance doors appear in paintings inside Egyptian tombs. The ancient Romans used sliding doors and folding doors of two or three elements. The Roman god Janus became the god of doors and doorways. Not surprisingly, the two-faced Janus was also the god of time, transitions, beginning and end - in a word, with everything connected with doors and entrances. All these symbolic meanings are preserved at the door today. An open door is a symbol of hospitality, while a closed door means a dead end and a limit. In order for the entrance to the house and the front door to fulfill their magical and ritual functions, they were decorated in a special way to evoke strong emotions in the person entering them. Inconspicuous, undecorated were only the doors to the outbuildings, which performed only a utilitarian role.

Modern flat undecorated doors of boring colors also do not fully fulfill their ritual and magical functions of purification, transition and reincarnation: after all, it is strong emotions that play the key role in these processes. Therefore, the doors to the temples were always decorated with special care. In Rus', to protect the entrance to the house in pagan times, guard Varangian runes were drawn on the entrance stone or carved on the jamb, a horseshoe was attached over the entrance (the open part upwards), charmed needles, nails were stuck over the doors, or hung an ax or knife. In Christian times, pagan symbols were replaced by the Crucifixion. In the houses of ancient Rome, doorposts were sprinkled with the blood of lambs, and believing Jews are still required to hang mezuzahs on the doorposts of their houses - cases with verses from the Torah written with a quill pen on parchment. At present, the religious and magical aspects of the design of the entrance to the house have receded into the background and the third plan, and the aesthetic side has come to the fore: after all, by the entrance to the house, others judge its inhabitants. Strong positive emotions at the entrance to the house of guests and family are now called upon to evoke bright colors, flowers, green spaces and other decorating techniques, the purpose of which is one - to soften the heart and soul of the person entering the house.

In the header photo: Flowers on the steps at the entrance to a house in Sigrutna, Sweden. © 2015 Text, photos - Andrey Dachnik.

In modern Russia, where in most cases external aesthetics plays a far from dominant role, the entrance to the house is usually more than laconic, and the vast majority of doors are painted in "practical" brown tones, as if there were no other colors in the world. Meanwhile, the colors of the brown gamut refer to the colors of the earth element and are a symbol of the end of the life cycle, just preceding the rebirth of life. In the East and in the Arab countries, brown is a symbol of disgust, decay, decay and death. Although in the European tradition, brown is associated with comfort, its psychological meaning remains the same - it is a yellow-red color of energy and development, mixed with black "grounded" and has lost its strength. Yes, this is the color of comfort and relaxation, but relaxation is at an end and the end of the life cycle. Brown color is the choice of the majority, "an elderly person from the crowd" already without ambitions and big plans for the future.
Do you still need a brown front door? Even if it does not match the color scheme of the house at all, as in the photo above?

Western European countries traditionally pay more attention to the choice of front door color. One of the common options for both urban and country houses are red doors. The roots of this custom date back to ancient Rome and the sprinkling of doors with the blood of sacrificial lambs. In ancient China, only high-ranking government officials were allowed to paint their front doors red. Therefore, until now in China, red front doors are associated with wealth, prosperity and position in society. The same line can be traced in European culture: in Scotland, it was allowed to paint the front doors red only to homeowners who paid off their mortgages in full. In feng shui, a red front door signifies a welcoming home. In North America, those houses were marked with red doors, the owners of which were glad to invite travelers to spend the night or stay.

White is a classic color for front doors, especially for cottage-style houses like the guest house in Iceland pictured. Throughout the history of mankind, white has been a symbol of purity, tranquility and virtue. In the Slavic amulet culture, white color serves as protection against evil spirits, evil thoughts and unkind views.

As a variant of red, purple (lilac) is quite popular for front doors. This color symbolizes energy and attracts new opportunities to the home. The purple color of the front door indicates the artistic talent of the homeowner and his faith in the future: in terms of personal life, career or health.

Throughout human history, blue has been the color of sky, water and abundance. Blue front doors create peace and tranquility in the house, predispose to confident prosperity. Blue is the color of a man's home, which glorifies life and appreciates a woman. If the house belongs to a young man or an unmarried man, that the door can be painted sky blue.

The yellow color of entrance doors, the color of the sun and gold, refreshes emotions, sets you in an active mood, stimulates curiosity, creativity, humor and fun. Yellow entrance doors are the choice of active and purposeful people of any age, who will certainly come not just with prosperity, but with wealth.

How about a green front door? Green is always a great choice to enter a home as it represents security, peace, compassion, growth, renewal and harmony.

Black front doors, although very popular in Europe, are not the best choice for entering a house. Black is the color of the absolute matter of the Earth, and hence the extinction, death, sadness, darkness of backwardness and crime. This is the color of the doors to the chapel, but not to a residential building. However, the black color allows you to absorb everything that enters it and remain invisible to those who wish it. However, the color of black cars says the same about their owners. Gray doors are slightly more optimistic black doors, the owners of which do not yet deeply desire to isolate themselves from the world.

A simple experiment with the color of the front door: see how the character of the house changes with different colors of the front door. Which color is right for you? By the way, in Europe, high-quality Benjamin Moore paints are often used to paint doors.

However, not only the color of the front door helps to evoke positive emotions when entering the house. The most important role in creating a certain mood is played by decoration and landscaping - these techniques are practically never used in Russia in an urban environment, and are used very discreetly in country houses. But in vain: even in a concrete environment there is room for design ideas, as, for example, at this entrance to an apartment building in Helsinki.

In Russia, excuses are often heard "they say, our climate is not the one to decorate everything with flowers. " In Norway, too, "the wrong climate", which, however, does not prevent the inhabitants of this northern country from making their life beautiful.

In Finland, which is close in terms of climatic conditions to the Leningrad region, they also do not look for excuses, but decorate the world around them.

Entrance to a townhouse in Espoo, Finland: potted pansies, arborvitae, hostas and rhododendrons: all these species are familiar to our gardeners. Yes, in Russia pots of flowers are sometimes stolen... But you can't deprive yourself of everyday joy and beauty, all the while living with an eye on thieves or officials!

Surrounded by stone, concrete and intruders, if desired, you can find a design solution to decorate the entrance to your home, as in this private house in Udine, Italy.

Even the most boring and unpretentious facade and entrance to the house can be turned into a smart one with just a few flower pots, as the owner of this house in Porvoo, Finland did.

Small pots of flowers will always find their place at the entrance to an apartment building in an urban environment, such as this house in Verona, Italy.

However, in Amsterdam and in urban areas, you can arrange a small garden in pots and tubs in front of the entrance of your house. Provided, of course, that the city authorities are thinking about decorating the urban environment, and not about periodic "cleansing" of the territory under their jurisdiction with the help of uneducated foreign janitors with aesthetics and culture that differ from European standards. By the way, read how the streets are cleaned in the cities of Western Europe.

If desired, even the courtyard of the "house-well" can be turned into a masterpiece of gardening art, as was done in one of the apartment buildings in Amsterdam.

A narrow and rather dark passage to the entrance to the house can be transformed with white paint and many beautiful flowers.

The owner of this house has prepared a wall at the entrance to the house for creeping vines, which will transform the unpretentious facade into a corner of the Garden of Eden.

Even the simplest facade at the entrance to the house is transformed by vertical gardening. Sometimes they joke that creepers are a lifesaver for bad architects. The pictures show old stone houses in the village of arts and gastronomy Eze on the Cote d'Azur near Nice.

A combination of a potted garden and perennial vines at the entrance to a house in Amsterdam.

Plants in tubs decorating the entrance to the house can be removed for the winter in greenhouses, conservatories or simply transferred inside the house.

But even if you have no flowers at all before entering the house, then a careful selection of colors, textures and textures of materials will help make the most ordinary entrance to the house very attractive.

A winding rather than a straight staircase and a few pots of flowers can add charm to the entrance to such a deliberately unassuming house from the outside as the Boudoir of Queen Marie Antoinette in the Petit Trianon in Versailles.

The author of an article at the entrance to the Viking house in the Oslo Folk Museum, Norway, decorated with carvings that protect the inhabitants of the house and bestow health and love (spell knots) and attract prosperity to the family (solar symbols on the door of the house).



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How to choose the right color

Your front door says a lot about your home and even your personality. Why settle for the standard white door that was installed when your home was built? The door is an important element of your home's exterior, so it pays to be a little bold and creatively choose the color of your front door .

We all want our friends and relatives to feel welcome when entering our house or apartment. From the point of view of the first impression, the color of the front door is very important. Choosing a color for your front door can be a daunting task. In this article, we will try to help you solve what color to choose for the entrance door .

Often, when choosing a paint, we proceed from our own color preferences. “I love this shade of green so much, let me paint my front door with it!” This is fundamentally the wrong approach. Designers advise choosing colors that complement other tones present in the exterior of your home. Try to pick a color that matches the tone of the wood or brick that your home is built from. If your home's exterior has accent pieces (painted in a brighter or more saturated tone), such as blinds or, say, stucco, it might be a good idea to paint your front door an accent color.

When it comes to choosing the color of your front door, you need to consider materials, exterior colors, the style of your home and the surrounding landscape.

Attention!

When choosing paint for the front door, be prepared for the fact that natural sunlight can significantly change the tone of the paint and its shades will be different on the door and in the jar. Pre-paint the cardboard or plywood and attach it to the door to avoid unexpected changes in color tone.

An important aspect when choosing paint for the entrance door is the decision in favor of matte or glossy paint. You should not use glossy paint on old surfaces or in antique-styled interiors.

What color to paint the front door? Let's look at the various options.

Black front door.

Black is the classic color of the front door. A black front door almost always matches the design of modern homes. If you're choosing black for your front door, consider also similar shades such as deep blue or brown. Perhaps they will look even more interesting.

Successful combinations: brick, white, gray, dark gray.

Red front door.

Red is the most daring and passionate color in the world of fashion and design. By choosing red for your front door, you are opting for a strong aesthetic. The red front door looks great in autumn, combined with golden foliage, and in winter against the backdrop of white snow.

One of the most popular shades of red in design is coral. Coral is the perfect choice for homes with wide double doors and/or homes with Asian influences in the design.

Combinations: white, grey, dark brown, black, beige.

Red colors of entrance doors photo.

Green front door.

A green front door is not the most obvious alternative, but green should also be on the list of possibilities. When choosing green for your front door, you need to solve the accompanying challenge of choosing a shade that complements the design without blending in with the greenery around the house.

Pale mint front doors are a classic solution for homes with white walls.

Combinations: grey, brick, white, stone, beige, yellow.

Purple front door.

Purple front doors are becoming more and more popular today. Designers explain this by saying that purple is bright and bold enough to help bring personality to the design, moreover, many shades of purple harmonize perfectly with the greenery and flowers around the house, creating a sophisticated exterior color palette.

Combinations: gray, hot brown, dark blue, mint green, pink, straw.

Blue front door.

When choosing a blue color for the front door, one thing to keep in mind is that if the house is surrounded by abundant greenery, then light blue shades in the exterior will look gray on fine sunny days. To avoid this effect, opt for more juicy shades of blue.

Dark blue front door.

Navy blue plays with the light like no other shade, which can be a great design find when choosing the color of the front door. Dark blue can look almost black in the shade, but play rich deep hues in the sun.

Combinations: grey, white, stone

Yellow front door.

Yellow or gold front doors are appropriate for traditional homes. Yellow doors look especially good if there is a slight black accent in the exterior.

Yellow is often associated with happiness, energy and warmth, so yellow is great if you want to brighten up a gloomy exterior. Yellow goes well with warm wood tones. Yellow offers a good contrast to cool grays.

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