Small, old house. New door; need storm door idea

9 years ago

last modified: 9 years ago

This is a horrible photo taken at noon when the sun as its brightest on the house. We have put in new windows, and had the new front door installed.

Now I need ideas for the storm door type and color.

Should I go with white to tie in with all the white windows?

Could I go reddish brown to blend in with the door? The door, deck, and roof are much darker than they appear in this photo.

I do not want anything to obscure the leaded glass window.

I want to be able to remove at least part of the storm door and replace it with a screen panel so I can see and hear the birds and enjoy any breezes we may get.

What would be my best options for this door and deck?

The rock garden is one of two and will eventually be filled with perennials. This year they it's holding overflow tomatoes, kale, cabbage an Swiss Chard.

Excuse the bird feeder hooks and bird house waiting to go back to the garage. I seem to never notice the "clutter" until I take a photo.

I truly appreciate any suggestions you can make about a new storm door.

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Comments (4)

maries1120
9 years ago
We are door shopping and hearing rave reviews on Provia storm doors but currently have a Larson and have been happy with it.

The Provia door site lets you visualize a door and add a storm door you can even upload your pic. Or create a door similar and put a storm door on it. To see different colors. They have more color options than most.
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caroline94535
Original Author
9 years ago
Provia is one of my choices. In my area protection from the winters' cold, winds, and banking snow is the first concern. The only Provia dealer I can find is in Minneapolis, MN; that's about a 7 hour drive from me.

I tried sending an email to the company yesterday, and it was returned as "not a valid address". I am going to call them tomorrow.

I hoping they can make a storm door with the white outer frame, to match the windows, but have the cross piece for the removeable glass/screen parts painted in the dark brown so it won't appear as a white bar across my wood tone/textured steel door.

If not I'll see what they think about a dark brown storm door over my dark brown door. The door faces due east, and it very hot on the exterior until after noon. Once the sun moves over the house it cools off. The screen would be in the upper section from Spring until freezing weather.
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maries1120
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Maybe they could add white trim after installing the brown door? We got a quote on a Proviav storm door from the place that sells Waudena doors even though they aren't a Provia door dealer. Then I saw them at the place that sells ThermaTru doors. But also at the Provia dealer. Maybe some other places carry the Provia storm doors that aren't showing up in your search.

I'm in SE Wisconsin so have those same concerns.
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phoggie
9 years ago
Personally, I would use a white trim to match the window trim. Since the door is new, I doubt if you want to paint the door, but that is what I would do...in some pretty color what would make your door pop. If you want to stain the deck, you could match the stain color on your new door. As for storm doors, I have a full glass Pella storm door...and it has a full screen if you want to change it out.
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