What color would you paint my front door?

[whitterbugk]

The house is grey, the shutters are a rust color, if that makes any difference. I'm not a huge fan of yellow.

Specific colors would be great, but not required

[sailorgray]

Jun 15, 2012 10:40:29 GMT -5 whitterbugk said:

The house is grey, the shutters are a rust color, if that makes any difference. I'm not a huge fan of yellow.

Specific colors would be great, but not required

Normally, I would say red, but that may clash with your rust shutters. I would go with black.

[emoflamingo]

Black, charcoal gray. Maybe navy blue?

[kaylie]

Yellow.

[housegeek]

I'd repaint the shutters and the door a deep blue.

[downtoearth]

Are you taking off the white screen door or painting that also?

[minniebee]

Jun 15, 2012 11:09:29 GMT -5 housegeek said:

I'd repaint the shutters and the door a deep blue.

I like this suggestion.

The gray color of the house is a cool color, but the rust on the shutters is warm. I would paint the shutters and door a cool color.

Maybe Sherwin Williams 6503 Bosporus? Or SW 6510 Loyal Blue?

Find SW colors here: www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/

[peach]

Paint the shutters and the door black. Classic!

Or do the shutters black and the door in a fun color - a dark turquoise, red,etc.

[kellygordon]

I would leave the doors white. It matches with the garage door, with some trimming, windows etc. White can be elegant. The white was the first thing that caught my eye when i studied your house.

[whitterbugk]

I'm actually thinking about getting rid of the screen door.

I like the idea of blue. I'd probably buy paintable shutters and paint them the same color as the door.

[seriously]

My previous house was a similar shade of gray and our door was a deep blue. I loved that color on the door. It was valspar's Hampton Surf, which we color matched to some Sherwin Williams paint.

[housegeek]

Just for kicks, I did BM Evening Sky. It'll look a little different, but I'm really liking the blue!

[peach]

That looks pretty. We have a grey house with blue trim/doors and I hate it but it's like that 80's country blue color...and it makes our house look blue too.

I think the dark blue is really nice!

[aweilba]

Jun 15, 2012 17:05:36 GMT -5 housegeek said:

Just for kicks, I did BM Evening Sky. It'll look a little different, but I'm really liking the blue!

I like it!

[mayflowers22]

I like the black idea.