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Screen door color

13 years ago
We recently painted our front door yellow (Farrow & Ball Dayroom Yellow). Our current screen door is hunter green and matches the shutters on the house.

Now we need to make a decision on the screen door. Should we:

1) Leave it green
2) Remove it and add a brass kick plate to the bottom
3) Paint it white
4) Paint it yellow

Comments (18)

  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 13 years ago
    Removing it would be my first answer, but.. might leave the yellow door looking lonely and pale in all that white. So if you're not going to paint the shutters or a green casing, leave it.

    But then again the yellow would be wonderful if you'd paint the shutters and the screen (or door frame) a warm caramel/copper-brown color.
  • 13 years ago
    I've recolored your picture; tan shutters and door frame, yellow screen door or none at all, yellow window frames. I like it. Hope you do too.
  • 13 years ago
    I would paint it white and also paint the shutters white. Then I'd replace the outside lights with something that stands out more from a distance and add a door knocker that coordinates with the lights. Perhaps oil rubbed bronze? I can't see the door handles, but perhaps add a more distinctive door handle in oil rubbed bronze as well. I think your landscaping is wonderful, including the pots!
  • 13 years ago
    Keep the look clean. Paint the screen white.
  • 13 years ago
    n247080 Thanks for recoloring the door. That really helps to visiualize the change.

    I took the photo before the paint dried. We did change the hardware (house numbers, door handle, deadbolt and knocker to black). Now they really stand out.
  • 13 years ago
    Rinqreation, what you're calling the door frame is actually the screen/storm door.
  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 13 years ago
    I LOVE your yellow door--it's a perfect shade. I'm sorry to suggest more than you asked for, but I would paint the storm/screen door charcoal gray and would change your shutters to that color as well. The gray would look fabulous against your yellow door and would blend better than the green with your stone and roof colors. I actually really like the contrast that the current door provides, I'm just not a fan of the hunter green in this context.
  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 13 years ago
    Hi Diana, feeny, I'm not sure how to map "charcoal gray" to SW, so here's an attempt at a gray -- Sherwin-Williams SW 6278 Cloak Gray --
  • 13 years ago
    I would remove the screen door and replace with a Phantom screen door (disappearing screen), paint the shutters Charcoal gray as feeny suggested. No kick plate. Paint your pots on the porch terra cotta.
  • 13 years ago
    Staining your concrete porch and walkway a light gray would look great too!
  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 13 years ago
    Hi Diana, here are some "fun" colors -- you can always reject them :) --
    SW 6510 Loyal Blue --
  • 13 years ago
    Hi Diana, here's 2839 Roycroft Copper Red --
  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 13 years ago
    Hi Diana, since you listed white, here's an off-white -- SW 0053 Porcelain --
  • 13 years ago
    last modified: 13 years ago
    Hi Diana, you also listed yellow. Unfortunately I could not find a yellow or orange that looked nice on this monitor. Here are some samples --
    SW 6902 Decisive Yellow. SW 6891 Mandarin.
    SW 6903 Cheerful. SW 6911 Confident Yellow. --
  • 13 years ago
    Out of all the recolor options...I would say the most appealing is still the original from Rinq.
  • 13 years ago
    Wow, Ed! Thanks for the inspiration!
  • 13 years ago
    Diana Sherfey, I saw the difference and was really referring to the door frame, not the screen door, please check the recolor I posted, thanks.