My first thought was also orange, but I'm confused. It's a full-glass door, right? What are you painting?

It's hard to see the edge of the cardboard, but the window is smaller than that. About 6" of door all around the glass?

Sorry, you're not being clear. 6" of window all around the glass??? Glass is window. What is it you want to paint? The trim around the border of the glass?

Sorry, I corrected my typing mistake. It's 6" of DOOR around the glass.

Oh, now it's clear.

I think a good orange would look awesome. I love BM Tandoori

The wood around the door probably won't change much. It's well protected. Plus, we have some of this wood in our SHOWER at the new house, and it hasn't been affected by water.

Tibbrix, you don't think that orange would compete or blend with the wood?

It looks like a fun, spirited house, so you want a "pop" color, or more reserved? When saw the first photo, red seemed right. The natural wood tone around the door and porch ceiling gave me pause on that, although, you might still do it. I love orange, but find it too much the tone of the wood surrounding the door. Maybe something like Oaktown's green, or a red. A certain blue might be good. Are those columns going to stay white?

That's a good question. Honestly can't say.

I don't think orange because of the wood. I like Oaktowns picture but not sure of Chartreuse next to the wood.....could work. You could go to Michael's and get different colors of scrapbooking paper you think you might like (sold in single sheets) and narrow it down. Once you've picked a color you can narrow down the shade with paint chips, buy a few sample pots and try them poster board.

Oaktown, I responded before your photo got added. That one is actually saved to one of my idea books. I also LOVE this house, inside and out. I had wondered if the wood would make the green look off. But I guess this proves otherwise.

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Starsplitter, the columns are going to be stained to match the rest of the wood. They are currently wrapped in cardboard to protect them from tradesmen. (These are the second ones. I had pre-stained the first ones, and they got damaged before they even got installed.) Yes, a fun, spirited house is what I am going for.

since there will be so little door to paint, I honestly think I would stick with black. I love the chartreuse color that oaktown shows, but for a full length glass door, I don't think a bright color would be my choice...

I agree with busybee. I'd go either black of monochrome with the cedar with a slight contrast.

What about a red? Or possibly a fun light green? Orange may blend too much into the wood.

I could see repeating the window color on the door (and then maybe some chartreuse chairs for the front porch?)

yes! black on the door and add the color with chairs, cushions and pots/plants!! :)

The more I look at it, the more I think doing black on the most exterior trim of the door, then a different color - a cream?, or the chartreuse or Tandoori, on the interior trim of the door, would be really nice.

Oh, geez, I just read more carefully. If the door is mostly glass, I don't think I'd do a bright green surround. Also, the color will be factory painted, so a good finish with (a likely) warranty. I'd repeat the window trim. Then as Oaktown suggested, pump up the pop with fun chairs or something. You could always buy one of those insipid goose-duck banners or flags....KIDDING. I know that you won't. I could send you my chartreuse mops like false cypress that I'm not sure what to do with here.

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Doggone it, Oaktown! I like ALL of those door frame treatments. I think the green is refreshing and fun. Get over here and help me paint this place!

I think Oaktown's doors look good, even the ones that are mostly glass. Just goes to show how much impact the right color has in very small amounts.

I really like the chartreuse color doors that Oaktown posted. Even the glass ones.

I think there's too much blue-green in the house paint for the yellow-green of the chartreuse.

I'm seeing a brilliant, sunny yellow.

Yeah, driving around the neighborhood and looking at the glass doors, there's definitely enough door for the colour to matter. I'm strongly leaning towards green now.

There's no green in the house colour. It's definitely blue. A little grey, but definitely blue.

I second Aunt Jen's choice of bright yellow a touch on the orange side.

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Or, maybe have a door that changes color depending on the time of day :-)

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Loving the chartreuse/lime green. I have the same kind of door. It's 20 years old though, thinking of painting it. How will you paint it amberm?

with the door inset in the natural wood like it is, it just doesn't seem to me that a color would have the same impact as it maybe would with the dark siding around it... it would look most like the cedar lake home pic out of the pics above... certainly not bad, but I still think black would look sharpest and then color in other ways around it would give the most 'pop'!!

I think she needs an outer trim color to make the chartreuse work against the cedar rather than having it right up against the cedar.

Front doors!!! I'm telling you guys, once you start really looking at front doors, you just can't stop. It became my obsession when I was deciding on a new entry door and it's taken over my life. Every little street in town has a treasure or two to discover.

Your front door is so recessed and shadowed that I think the only reason it's easy to see now is because of the white wrapping. A bright color will help define where the entrance is. I love the chartreuse best, but the orange is great, too. While I like some of the black doors shown, they really are a prominent feature on those homes with no confusion as to where to look to enter.

Olychick, that's exactly what I'm thinking. A bright colour will attract your eye to the front door. A bright chair on the porch would be pretty, but it doesn't help you find the front door.

Tibbrix and busybee, the part that is currently black in the photo will stay black. Kind of like the white trim in the Cedar Lake photo.

AKL, my door is fibreglass, and the manufacturer says to use latex enamel. I'll take off the hardware, tape off the glass, and paint it with a foam brush. I'd use a roller if the area was bigger. The door at my current house is metal, so I used Tremclad on it. And then when it needed a touch up (it's been 13 years!) I used the Valspar version of Tremclad at Lowes because they were able to custom tint it. FYI, if yours is 20 years old and has a window in it, and isn't wood, it's probably got a plastic moulding holding the window in. It would have originally been white, but turns yellow. I didn't know until a couple of years ago you can paint that, too!

If the trim is staying black, I think you can go with any color! Great!

Thanks amberm! The moulding is wood- lucky me, and the door is steel. We don't have Lowe's here, but maybe rona or hd has something similar. Thanks!

I do like the orange too for your door but think it won't stand out with the wood behind it.

Love the bright green! Also like orange. Since the door will be very shaded, I think you'd need a really bright color to achieve what some of the doors above look like. I'd cut out cardboard in the shape and size of the door frame and try a few different paint colors to see how they look. I did some mockups, but the colors will change so much IRL.

The house will be great! I love that cutout porch in the upper left.

Oh yeah, for fun I added starsplitters chartreuse mops. :)

I immediately thought Chartreuse.

I like the orange.

The two mock ups are wonderful! Very different feeling to them both, but fantastic.

I like the orange in the mockup but it might just be that it coordinates so well with the orange poles in front. Either the green or orange would be lovely.

what type of landscaping are you doing in the front? have you thought about bringing in a pop of color with a long planter, or several planters?

what's happening in the recessed portion of the home, to the right of the door?

I'm hesitant to use landscaping for colour. We have winter 14 months a year it feels like. But the plan is to mulch it all for now, and slowly add plants. The majority being edible perennials. In order to keep it from being too flat, I am thinking of using stock tanks as raised beds. I'm open to painting them, but I kinda like the galvanized look.

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There will be a paved path from the sidewalk to the front door, with lavender, or some other plant repeated up both sides.

The recessed area to the right of the door is thread unto itself. It's there because of the shape of the lot, a curved corner. We couldn't build there, but we could cantilever over it. So the architect did. It gets NO water. Even in our worst rainstorms, that area is bone dry. I'm a "set it and forget it" kinda gardener, I can't be relied on to water anything living there. And DH would kill me if I tried to install some kind of automatic irrigation that close to the house. And it gets very little sun, maybe a bit, first thing in the morning? We can probably fill it in with pavers, but I have no idea what to do with it.

Amberm, that dry spot would be perfect for some type of funky colorful metal sculpture!

IMO, classic colors, Burgundy or Forrest green look the best. Colonial red or Sun Dried Tomato red - a darker red with a yellow cast instead of a blue cast, looks like Burgundy as well.