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Help! Need a new front door color.

5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago

Getting ready to put a rental house on the market and we are trying to improve curb appeal. Currently, the house has a gray, green hardie plank siding with a bright yellow door. I have never liked the yellow and would like to paint it a warm, chocolate brown. Husband wants to keep the yellow. Trim is all white. Any ideas appreciated.


Comments (15)

  • 5 years ago

    Red or blue. See if you can find a pretty, small rug or welcome mat that has some nice colors that go with the house and go from there.

  • 5 years ago

    In the current market you could paint it multicolored with zigzags if you wanted to. However warm chocolate brown would simply fade into a dark door. Except for the bottom portion where the sun shines on it the impression would be something dark.

  • 5 years ago
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    If it was my house I would do a deep burnt orange on the door but for re-sale, Sherwin Williams Urbane Bronze would be a good brown with undertones of green. It won't look flat but has some life. Stay away from any browns with purple under tones, they will clash.

  • 5 years ago

    Its a bit dark with the shadows, but, I definitely do not like the yellow door on your house. The entry needs a bit of brightening up, and something looks a bit off balance to me. I think a white door, would help keep it lighter, and also would balance the front of the house. Definitely need a bit of interest in that area for curb appeal. Big pots of flowers, maybe some hanging baskets with colorful flowers. Whatever those green bushes are to the left of the porch, are not doing the house any favors. A bit of landscaping would definitely up the curb appeal.

  • 5 years ago

    White, red or blue (I’m not trying to be patriotic but any of these three colors will be bright and attractive)

  • 5 years ago

    I would leave the door as is and tell your new tenant if they don’t care for it you’ll consider their preference. I don’t think chocolate brown would be my choice.

  • 5 years ago

    Neither. Red, green, or blue would be my picks.

  • 5 years ago

    Not sure if you're marketing to renters or trying to sell what has been a rental of yours. If renting it out I'd leave it as is - the yellow gives a modern vibe. If selling, I think I'd paint it more traditionally, but still cute like this. I might even pick more of a color leaning toward salmon pink.



    https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/g559/colorful-doors/?slide=12

  • 5 years ago

    If it's a rental, leave it as is. Just know that you will need to paint it another color when you go to sell. If you have to paint it, paint it black. It won't show dirt or wear. Remember, it's a rental, not your home. Renters won't appreciate your efforts or taste.

  • 5 years ago

    Neither. Paint it either a deep red or a blue.

  • 5 years ago

    Hey — I’m a renter! I appreciate my Italian landlord’s taste in many things. When I was a renter in the US I also appreciated landlords who had taste.


    What a ridiculously snobby comment.

  • 5 years ago

    ital mover ever think that not all landlords have the same taste as you do??? Having been a renter for years some of the things I saw landlords do I just had to ask why,

  • 5 years ago

    Red doors are a classic with green siding!

  • 5 years ago
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    @maifleur03 The put down was not to the taste of landords. It was to the supposed inferiority of renters. Read the post I was responding to.

    I know a lot of non-Americans who have visited the US suburbs and I have never heard them come home raving about the impressive good taste of American property owners. There is nothing about being a property owner that makes for better taste than being a renter, for heaven’s sake. It’s not renters who lack imagination about decorating their homes or worry so much about conforming.

  • 5 years ago
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    Ital mover reread what you were commenting about. Perhaps you care about the decor but the the OP is selling the property. If I was a renter again the color of the door would be one of the last things that I would be concerned about. This is not a high end rental so having a door that works and can be secured is more important than the color of the door to most people no matter who is renting unless you are in the hundreds of thousands rent classification.