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14 Front Door Ideas For A Great First Impression

By outdoor On October 13th, 2015

When it comes to your designing your front door, don’t be afraid to make a statement.

They are, after all, the architectural feature that sets the tone for your entire home. This could mean hiring a professional door installation gaithersburg company, choosing a great paint color, unique shape or stunning architectural detail. Whether you’re a confirmed modernist or your aesthetic skews traditional, here are 14 front door ideas that will create a great first impression for your home.

Highlight Unique Architecture

Beautiful arched doors with frosted glass, intricate paneling and warm metal accents add European charm to this rustic country home. An oversized lantern highlights the arched ceiling, and has a modernizing effect on the warm wood.

House & Home October 2014

Maximize Natural Light

These mod doors are mostly glass, which work with the home’s contemporary architecture and flood its interior with natural light.

House & Home July 2015

Create A Contrast

Crisp white clapboard and rich black doors is a classic combo, but on this Colonial revival cottage in Quebec’s Eastern Townships the high-contrast palette feels bold and sophisticated.

House & Home May 2014

Choose A Sunny Shade

A canary yellow door hints at this mod Vancouver home’s unusual interior setup (the homeowners, their three adult children and their partners and kids all share 2,880 square feet). The palette is a sunny counterpoint to the home’s white stucco exterior.

House & Home March 2015

Go With High-Gloss Paint

Red brick and black trim is another classic combo, this time made modern with high-gloss paint, which lends a bit of shine to the trad façade. An ornate awning makes a high-impact statement.

House & Home January 2012

Highlight Historical Details

This lovely Edinburgh terrace house, the home of blogger Samantha Lawrie, her husband Chris and their two little girls, has an abundance of historical charm. The stunning front door is painted in Farrow & Ball’s Oval Room Blue (85), a heritage hue that adds a fun pop of color to the entry.

House & Home December 2014

Echo The Lines Of Your House

The front door at designer Nancy Riesco’s contemporary Vancouver home picks up on key architectural details: a warm wood façade, boxy lines and wide swaths of glass.

House & Home June 2013

Use Similar Hues For Different Elements

At this north Toronto semi, the same cool grey-blue tone appears on the front door, modern metal railings and underfoot in the patio’s large-scale stone tiles. This gives the entry a cohesive look and feel, and contrasts nicely with the home’s red brick and creamy white trim.

House & Home May 2014

Embrace Imperfections

The front door of this English-style home in Copenhagen recalls inner London architecture from the early 20^th century. Though it’s been meticulously maintained, there’s a lovely patina on the slim black doors, which only adds to the home’s historical charm.

House & Home August 2014

Go Monochromatic So The Architecture Can Shine

Cedar shakes and creamy white trim and doors play up the classic profile of this tiny saltbox, the guesthouse of a larger summer home in PEI.

House & Home July 2012

Expand Your Palette

While sticking to one hue for the trim and door is certainly the safer choice, designer Jeffrey Douglas painted the door of his Victorian a warm goldenrod and went with an inky blue for the trim, which gives the home modern, eclectic edge.

House & Home January 2013

Stick With Crisp, Classic White

Against the deep navy siding and shingles of this Muskoka summer home, a white door and trim feel exactly right. The combo is cool and classic, but the door’s clean lines and the repeating rectangles of the doorframe and posts are a modern touch.

House & Home June 2015