I had one of those doors on my mid century house and I swear I painted it the same green (it was faded wood when I purchased with pink shutters!)

I like the green with the siding color. Are you looking at doing plain slab doors in fiberglass or something with glass? Natural wood doors would be beautiful with your house too...

I’m thinking of a door like this (imagine double door with two side lights). I like this wood look, but not sure it has the pop of the green door.

Were you trying to attach photos?

...and pink shutters with the green door? 😳

Not able to see the attached photo?

If you are not going to do anything else, I suggest a natural wood door. But I would strongly urge you consider painting your house with several different shades or colors of paint, to emphasize it’s architectural lines and boxes, which are now lost because all the defining lines are blurred into one mass of charcoal. I would suggest glass and aluminum garage doors as well, and when all is done, putting blacktop on your driveway.

Beth's wood entry, and repeated for fence is option, if your lawn/ landscaping could use it. A feature like that could bring wood material out from the house, with added light to shine on new address plaque, etc...

Option with or without your new doors:

When walking on the pathway one crosses several thresholds along the exterior that separate and create intimate garden spaces. Steel, concrete, and wood come together in this intricate walkway system comprised of slatted screen fences, a guiding pergola overhead, and a hard-scaped pathway.

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Whether you decide on a bright color or wood, having light pour is always a nice option and suggest some form of window inclusion

Have you considered painting the window and garage trim dark

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Do I see sunlight directly hitting your door? Not sure about your climate, but that could be high maintenance.

Wow, thanks, lots to think about. We’re fairly new to the house and are trying to bring out the best in it. The area surrounding the door is stone tile. Not the best picture of the house. It’s a fairly wooded lot, so lots of tree shadows.

Don’t do Beth’s add-wood-slats idea. The wood contrast with black is good, but adding any form of these slats is likely to get a remuddle.

This is a lovely mid-century home with a unique style. No need to change it up too much. The best idea on this thread is S Wiz’s idea - the modern wood door that respects the MCM home.

Oh I just realized that S Wiz IS the OP! You’re on point then already!!

what material are the existing doors made pf?

have you considered painting the interior porch area a shade similar to the stone tile?

Do you know if the stone tile is original to the house or did a later owner remodel and add it?

AB , well gosh thanks. did you see the part where it's tiled? if that is original, it wasn't meant to go with an all black house.

S Wiz, is that tiled front original? Do you have a closer picture of it? when you said tiled, it sounded like some random tile job. you sure it isn't concrete of some type?

I know the doors are original, and if you can strip off the paint, you'll have solid wood doors.

Personally, I think the wood looks better than the tile that is currently there. but that's just my opinion. I love the black, but it needs the wood to compliment it.

here's wood doors and black address numbers on a white background. yawn.

you don't think this looks better than the white tile? ok.

this also looks muddled?

landscaping will be huge in the rest of the curb appeal.

I do think these would be nice, no sidelights

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I wouldnt rip out the tile if it was part of the original desig. If so, it would be interesting to see a better photo and closer up

Here’s a closer photo of the door and surround.

And the door was originally red and the house was originally a light gray

I mention feature for front yard to stir ideas, and could impact door choice. You aren't going to run out and copy an exact photo, but if it helps in your thought and dream process, that's good... to me a ranch/ rambler could use front yard interest, like Beth showed. In very wooded and rural Idk...

Everdebz, we have some landscaping out front but I’m open to, and appreciate any suggestions. I’ll get a little further back picture later today to capture it. We’re in the Midwest,so it’s late winter/early spring here and landscaping is not very green or prominent right now. I usually have a chair set on the porch but put it away for the winter

Interesting photo and history! Personally I would want to work with the original tiles. The framing around the door looks new, Including the sidelights. Or are they original too?

you said you like the door itself. Do you know what material it is? Would you prefer to keep it?

The door is wood. Both the door and trim have been painted within the last 5 years, so looks pretty fresh. The door lets in a lot of cold air and doesn’t close properly despite our attempts to fix it. Replacing this door will be expensive due to size, so if I could keep it, I would.

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looks like you have a terrazzo surround on the front door area. I'd call in a terrazzo or marble restoration expert and have him clean and polish those for you. they'll look great.

Strip the door down to natural wood if you wanted a wood door.

Or, if you're tired of the green, I'd paint it black. I'd still implement some wood accents somewhere around the house. maybe a slat bench, wood address plaque, wood planter, etc

Always hard for me to know how easy or affordable it is for somebody else to find a trustworthy local pro to come look at the door and advise, or maybe you’ve already done that. Most people don’t replace a door because it lets in cold air. They find a way to fix it — but on the other hand, a lot of people don’t care what the door ends up looking like, including some handypeople for hire, so that’s why you need the right kind of honest pro to tell you what’s possible in your budget, one who appreciates you want it to look polished and nice when finished (and who isn’t determined to sell you a new door even if this one is fixable).

I think a turquoise would be great w your MCM look. Definitely like the style w horizontal windows too.

Ital mover, thank you for the advice, there is a small split in the door, so I was assuming it couldn’t be fixed, but I will try to find a restoration expert. Wouldn’t hurt to at least see if the door can be saved. Beth H, I also like the idea of putting in some wood accents, but keep the integrity of the house. Thanks