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Painting the front door...

brii — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 15:32:26 GMT

I've been toying with the idea of painting my front door. I have a brick house with a dark brown roof and tan trim. Currently the door is dark brown.

I'm leaning toward a dark blue/green color - Benjamin Moore Newburg Green is a possibility. I'm wondering if I have to paint the garage door to match the front door. It's a tan color that matches all the trim on the house.

Personally, I don't think I have to paint the garage door.

Thoughts?

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bluejeansluvr — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 15:51:06 GMT

Don't paint your garage door. The man that owns a painting company, that painted our stucco told me not to paint garage doors. It peels, especially if you have extreme temps (very hot, very cold weather). So, we just painted our side garage entry door to match the stucco and left the garage door alone.

I think that your dark blue or green front door idea is great. I think that would be very pretty with your brick/brown/tan color scheme.

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bluejeansluvr — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 15:52:41 GMT

Gorgeous!

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brii — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 15:56:46 GMT

That's it, amp. Thanks!

The garage door is already painted, and it really needs to be re-painted. It's showing signs of wear - not peeling though.

I want the front door to really stand out; if I paint the garage the same color, it won't have the same impact.

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fthunt — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 15:58:18 GMT

Could be too many colors going on at the same time - how about painting front door - tan - to match your trim?

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bluejeansluvr — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 16:01:16 GMT

Oh alright, I see! Then if it's already painted, you could get someone that will know how to either paint over or strip it off and put a new color on it, maybe even the original color. That's good if it's not peeling.

If you have your garage door the same color as the front door, it won't be as much of a color pop for your front door, that's true.

I love love love that BM newburg green, what a pretty color!

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brii — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 16:03:14 GMT

On 4/27/2014 fthunt said:
Could be too many colors going on at the same time - how about painting front door - tan - to match your trim?

If I did that, the front door would just disappear. I have a long walkway and then a front porch - so the door really sits far back from the street. The front porch is about 12 X 15.

I need a wow factor - LOL

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redtabby — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 16:03:16 GMT

Personally I like front doors painted a different color than the trim and that newburg green color looks really nice. It would be a nice punch against the brick. Our house is yellow and our door is red. After we painted the door red several of our neighbors also painted their doors red. I would leave the garage door tan to keep the front door the focal point.

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brii — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 16:04:09 GMT

On 4/27/2014 imaclotheshog said:
Oh alright, I see! Then if it's already painted, you could get someone that will know how to either paint over or strip it off and put a new color on it, maybe even the original color. That's good if it's not peeling.

If you have your garage door the same color as the front door, it won't be as much of a color pop for your front door, that's true.

I love love love that BM newburg green, what a pretty color!

It just needs to freshened up with the same color.

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brii — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 16:05:21 GMT

On 4/27/2014 redtabby said: Personally I like front doors painted a different color than the trim and that newburg green color looks really nice. It would be a nice punch against the brick. Our house is yellow and our door is red. After we painted the door red several of our neighbors also painted their doors red.

That sounds gorgeous, redtabby.

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DREAMON — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 16:05:54 GMT

I like the color and think it will look great. I too want to paint my front door. We live on the water and have a white house trimmed in a bit of gray. I am going for a blue shade ...it is currently white and I think we need some color on this house. I am looking at your selected shade and think that might work for me too. I like the blue green combo.

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~moxie~ — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 16:08:49 GMT

I am going to paint my door red sometime this summer. All the accessories on my porch are red and I think it will tie in nicely.

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brii — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 16:09:52 GMT

On 4/27/2014 DREAMON said:
I like the color and think it will look great. I too want to paint my front door. We live on the water and have a white house trimmed in a bit of gray. I am going for a blue shade ...it is currently white and I think we need some color on this house. I am looking at your selected shade and think that might work for me too. I like the blue green combo.

Stratton Blue would look pretty with white.

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GCR18 — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 16:13:12 GMT

I'd paint the front door and leave the garage alone. The worst that could happen is you paint it again. In my last house, I painted the front door a cranberry color. Go for the pop.

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circles — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 16:15:15 GMT

I think you should paint it Red....

I live in an apartment complex where every unit is the same color.....I wanted red...so I had my friend paint it red and waited to see what they would say...and no one said anything....haha....and its still red....

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~moxie~ — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 16:20:25 GMT

I plan on painting my front door red this summer. All the accessories are red and I think it will look nicer painted red. It is currently black.

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Allegheny — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 16:21:27 GMT

I think the color you selected would look very nice and give a pop of color to your home. I'm see many homes where the front door does not match the garage door or the trim colors.

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brii — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 16:29:03 GMT

On 4/27/2014 circles said:
I think you should paint it Red....

I live in an apartment complex where every unit is the same color.....I wanted red...so I had my friend paint it red and waited to see what they would say...and no one said anything....haha....and its still red....

I do not care for red at all.

When I open my front door ( I have a screen door ), I need it to complement the colors that I have in the foyer and all throughout the rest of my home.

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Mary Bailey — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 17:18:14 GMT

DH painted our front door hammered copper a year or 2 ago, we get a lot of compliments. Our garage door has never matched the front door.

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AuntG — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 17:30:42 GMT

The color you selected is very pretty. As for the garage door, most of those I see are white or beige so I don't think many people match their front door to their garage door.