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10-02-2010 at 3:53 PM
habeebi
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What color would you paint my front door? PIP

My first thought is to paint it red, but do you have a better idea? Thanks for your feedback!
 
10-02-2010 at 3:58 PM
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10-02-2010 at 4:08 PM
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I LOVE a red front door.
 
10-02-2010 at 4:09 PM
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I was thinking green!

 

 

 
 
10-02-2010 at 4:10 PM
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I love bright red front doors.
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10-02-2010 at 4:13 PM
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I was going to suggest red before I even read what you wrote.  I love a red door! :)
 
10-02-2010 at 4:26 PM
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I would do plum.  Red is pretty standard.

 

 
 
10-02-2010 at 4:53 PM
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I love the blues and the plum pp posted. If you keep the color accent pots or want to use other things out front for color ( flower beds) I would go black or a dark gray.

But I think a brick walkway and a blue with gray door would look great!
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10-02-2010 at 5:00 PM
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I love the plum and the green.  I'm with Joy....the red is too common for me (even though red is probably my favorite color.)
 
10-02-2010 at 5:31 PM
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I like the green.

or yellow:

 

 

 
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10-02-2010 at 5:33 PM
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I was going to suggest yellow as well, I think it would look great with the gray, but purple is my favorite color so I went with that.  Stick out tongue
 
10-02-2010 at 5:36 PM
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I too would do purple!  I'd paint the pots black.  Because you have so much lawn, I think green would be too repetitive.  I actually think I'd paint the shutters black.  They seem like they'd pop more with the white window trim. 
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10-02-2010 at 5:39 PM
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It is hard to tell here, but the door is purple and the shutters are black.  I think this would look awesome on your house! Totally cute house btw!  

 
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10-02-2010 at 6:09 PM
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A dark yellow mustard color, like this:

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10-02-2010 at 6:31 PM
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socal_bride:

I like the green.

or yellow:

 

 

 

 

I must admit...the yellow is pretty cool...I never thought about yellow before...I will be back to post after photos once I decide..thank you for all your advice!

 
10-02-2010 at 7:29 PM
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I like all the colors but vote magenta! That would look awesome.
 
10-02-2010 at 8:06 PM
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I like the idea of yellow - but a paler tone of yellow to match the tone of your house. Or match your roof, maybe... a grey would be nice.

 

I look forward to seeing what you pick!

 
10-02-2010 at 8:47 PM
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I say a blue or purple.  I think that would be best with your shingles/
 
10-02-2010 at 10:27 PM
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Maybe I'm boring but I think black or a dark charcoal would look nice with the other white trim. That way you could really have some fun with your planter colors. They'd really pop. 
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03-24-2011 at 8:41 PM
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I know this is an old post, but I like the shade of gray on your house. We've been trying to pick a gray for ours and are having a difficult time. Do you know the color?
 
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