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[GCR18]

I love the idea of a purple front door. Not sure it would go with the exterior colors of my house though. My door is a dark green. When I bought the house, I swore it was black.

[Sweetbay magnolia]

On 8/8/2014 azterry! said:

Deep plum sounds beautiful--like an aubergine shade.

When designers post color selections every year, it is not to make everyone run to copy them. It is to give suggestions for colors that might not be considered otherwise. When a color becomes popular, you are able to find more examples of how they are used.

Absolutely right. Right on!

[hfpint]

On 8/8/2014 Butterfly12 said:

On 8/8/2014 Campion said:

On 8/8/2014 Hfpint said:

I've had a plum colored from door for the past 8 years now and love it! My Bethlehem Lights wreaths look great on the door during the Christmas season and during the remaining months, I will sometimes put the grapevine wreaths on the door but not always. The only issue I have with a dark door is that it's hard to tell if the door is open or closed.

My family looked at me strangely when I told them I wanted the front door painted a purple color and they thought I was going to go out and get something bright like I did with my laundry room - it's painted a very very bright yellow and is called Gone Bananas.

Oh, the house has red brick with black shutters so the plum looks great!

Love the idea of plum on a house. And the dark tan/purple mentioned here sounds really beautiful. Now, I'm tempted to repaint my front door.

However, I have a storm door and even though it's wearing out (I've repaired it how many times, myself--replaced the piston, and the bracket keeps loosening) I am loathe to take it off. It's a bit of a pain, but if someone comes to the door, I can see them and not open the storm and keep Ye Dogs from surging out of the house to meet and greet (they are gregarious and want to slurp up everyone.)

Do you remember the name of the plum paint?

Yes, it is Perfect Plum by Valspar. Here is a link to the swatch - hope it works!

http://www.valsparpaint.com/en/explore-colors/painter/color-selector.html?colors=1011-7

[bluejeansluvr]

It would make decorating for Mardi Gras much easier!

[sarpy]

I had our handyman paint ours bright blue. Love it.