Front door color

8 years ago

We live lakefront so I went with rustic, rough, red cedar trim around all doors and windows.

Now, I need to choose a paint color for the exterior steel doors. The front door gets intense afternoon sunlight/heat so I am not sure whether to paint it an almond color to match the almond belly band on the siding, a darker khaki color that matches the fascia, soffits, garage doors, gutters, and windows, or a blue that matches the siding.

I am leaning toward the blue or almond.

The door behind the scaffolding is the door going into the garage. The door on the right you can barely see is my front door.

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This is a back door coming out of our bedroom. It will be changed to a steel door because of the glass.

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The front door.

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So, almond color or the blue color? Almond would fade less but the blue would blend in better.

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks.

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Yayagal
8 years ago
Navy blue
Peke thanked Yayagal
ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
8 years ago
The brown color around the windows and doors and on part of the siding detracts from the charm of this house. Is there some reason why they're not painted white? I agree with navy blue for the entry door. It needs some sort of prominence since it's small for a main entry door.
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Peke
Original Author
8 years ago
Are you referring to the red cedar wood trim? Wouldn't navy blue just add one more color to the mix? Navy blue would be a pretty color, but it would fade very easily because of the full sun. We were stuck with the khaki garage doors, gutters, and windows so we wanted the gutters to blend in with the fascia boards, not stand out.

The majority of the house is blue with very little of the almond trim. The almond was used to break up a tall wall of siding between the 1st and 2nd floors.

White looked horrible with the khaki garage, windows, and gutters so we went with the almond. We only had a few choices of prepainted LP Smart Siding to choose from.

This is a country lake home not a city home. We wanted a more rustic look. They will not be painted. I am just looking for a door paint color. Thanks.