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Door Dilemma Continues....I know, I should just pick one already!

10 years ago

Anyone who has seen my recent (similar) post and poll question about my front door is probably rolling their eyes but this door is costing a small fortune so I want to make sure I'm getting it right! Here's what I know.....it is going to be a dark brown (basically as dark brown as you can get before hitting black) and the sidelights are going to be rain glass. I'm now down to two different types of doors:

1) Traditional 2 square panel door with NO planks within the panels

2) Traditional 2 square panel door WITH planks within the panels

3) More 'rustic' 2 panel door with top panel slightly rounded with planks within the panels

I'm thinking any of the 3 will probably be fine but for some reason I can't make a final decision. I have attached a picture of my house (again) and the three options I've listed (please ignore sidelights in pictures).

Comments (24)

  • 10 years ago
    I vote 2
    pirita77 thanked Danielle Black
  • 10 years ago
    I prefer #1.
    pirita77 thanked geo55
  • 10 years ago
    I love the first door with no planks. Simple but elegant.
    pirita77 thanked cramps36
  • 10 years ago

    Door number one.

    pirita77 thanked flopsycat1
  • 10 years ago
    Number 1
    pirita77 thanked Debp
  • PRO
    10 years ago

    Door number 1

    pirita77 thanked SmartHouse
  • PRO
    10 years ago

    I guess #1 but why not a set of really nice double doors with glass

    pirita77 thanked Patricia Colwell Consulting
  • 10 years ago

    I'm drawn to #1.

    pirita77 thanked Lisa G
  • 10 years ago
    I vote for double doors
    pirita77 thanked Jennifer Havin
  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    I vote for #1. I think it would complement the horizontal panels on your garage door and the square grids on your windows.

    pirita77 thanked User
  • 10 years ago

    Door #1

    pirita77 thanked frostedsleet
  • 10 years ago

    I would choose Door No. 1.

    pirita77 thanked sheilaskb
  • 10 years ago

    #1. I love it with those sidelites too. (can you do seeded glass instead of rain??)

    pirita77 thanked Beth H. :
  • PRO
    10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    I like 1

    pirita77 thanked BeverlyFLADeziner
  • 10 years ago

    I like number 1

    pirita77 thanked User
  • 10 years ago
    Number 1 is nice, however, having double doors are priceless! At my last house, I had them & they were great for moving furniture and other large items inside. We currently have a door that greatly resembles Number 2. I like it for the privacy aspect, but it makes the foyer rather dark.
    pirita77 thanked annied75
  • 10 years ago
    I think they're all beautiful, but I love the first one the most!
    pirita77 thanked loudon1
  • 10 years ago

    Thanks to everyone, this has been really helpful! I had placed an order on Friday for door#1 but was using the weekend to decided if it was too simple and perhaps I should go with one of the plank options. It seems like door #1 is the most popular choice here which helps me feel better about my decision.

    We want to move away from double doors, as we want a solid door (without glass in it) so to just replace the current solid double doors with new solid double doors is going to leave the foyer really dark.....hence the reason we're doing full sidelights.

    Beth, I'm going to look at some pictures of seeded glass, not sure what that looks like? As long as it is private, I'm willing to consider. I have until next Friday to pick my glass.

    Thanks again!

  • PRO
    10 years ago

    Definitely door number one...clean and simple!

    pirita77 thanked Annie Santulli Designs
  • 10 years ago
    I am glad you picked #1! Being less busy, with just a nice flat front to the panels makes the door more noticeable from the street. Your brick adds a lot of texture to the facade of your house, door #1 counteracts the texture. Just a beautiful door, beautiful home.
    pirita77 thanked Joy
  • 10 years ago

    Thank you, Joy! I have been second guessing myself a lot during the decision making process so you have no idea how much I appreciate your comment.

  • 10 years ago

    I'm just wondering if anyone might be able to help with one last question. If the front door is dark brown and the the threshold is going to be black (and our porch light is black - but that could be changed), what color hardware would you use for the door? I think a contrast like satin nickel would 'pop' but maybe it's safer to go with a dark bronze or black? All of our interior doors are oil rubbed bronze but we were hoping to avoid using that for our front door because our current one isn't wearing well. If we don't use a bronze finish for the front door, that would mean the door hardware won't match the interior doors (not sure if that is a design no-no?)

  • PRO
    10 years ago

    I would use black or the oiled bronze and you can have black on the outside and oiled bronze on the inside from some vendors.

    pirita77 thanked BeverlyFLADeziner
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