If your door is beautiful in its own right, then no. But if it’s just an ugly old door, then yes I would join in.

I have an ugly old steel door and painted it black when we redid our porch. What a difference! I’ve gotten compliments from passersby, neighbors, even my landscaper. I originally had a nice blueish purple but I have to admit the black really sets everything off.

If my house were less bland this baby would have been a bright color.

If I had an old solid wood door that was in good shape or that could be cleaned up well, I probably wouldn't paint it. My house was about 10-12 years old when we bought it and the door had been weathered by the sun (even under the porch). We had so many projects -- faded, outdated pink and green floral wallpaper in nearly every room (the living room and the panelled study excepted), paint throughout, carpet to get rid of (dingy pink carpet with a once white border in the MBR, once white everywhere else), tile that had to go and a kitchen to plan to redo -- all with little ones in school and activities. I took the easy route on that door and painted it. dark blue against the white brick and never looked back. We want to replace the door now -- may do double doors instead of the single with sidelights, and that would likely be wood -- or painted black, depending one what we can find. But a new or 10 yr old door is different from a 100 yr old door. For better or worse.

I love black front doors.

If I had a nice wood door I wouldn't paint it. My front door is similar to Robo's but it's wood and painted white to match my trim. Last fall I painted the screen door orange and I'm only just now not regretting it. :)

I probably would. It can always go back. A more attractive/cohesive look to a town really does attract business. It's not the be-all-end-all of course, but it is helpful.

I was just thinking this in lovely SMdA, of all places. I told DH it needed (even) more vegetation. I said if i were mayor, I'd give everyone a 1% rebate on property taxes if they have window boxes with flowers. (then I'd slowly raise property taxes in the next few years LOL).

I wouldn’t keep my door unpainted just because it’s old. If a pretty color would add to the overall appearance of the house I’d paint it.

I assume we're talking about really nice wood doors, where the wood itself is beautiful. My wood door is fir and meant to be painted.

If they are plain old doors, I’d say paint but leave anything older and charming alone, such as an oak door. I really don’t get the appeal,of,those two, but they seem to be popular. I find her especially annoying.

I'm a fan of the show and I'd like to believe Erin would not want to paint historic wood doors. They're both fans of beautiful wood and seem to always strive to preserve the quality elements original to a house.