Our New Front Door

 

Finishing our front door has been one of a handful of items that still need to be completed on the new house. For the longest time, we thought we would stain the door to match the hardwood floors. Then, I had a change of heart. I worried that staining the door would be too much brown and too matchy, matchy with the hardwood floors. It also felt rather boring to pair a brown door with our neutral tan exterior colors. I thought about picking out a punchy, bright color but it really wasn't Aaron's thing. So, instead we chose a nice charcoal gray color. I love the way it turned out. The color is Knight's Armour by Olympic from Lowes. It provides just enough contrast to the siding color and it ties in well with the color of the roof.
 

 

 

The interior side of the door will be the same color. Unfortunately, when the painters came they only did one side. And, you wonder why our house is taking so long? One day of work; one side of a door painted. Really? I will stop there before I say what I'm really feeling. To get a sneak peak of what the color will look like on the inside, I opened the door and snapped a few pictures. I think it will be perfect.  It adds a little drama and sophistication to the space.
 

 

Enough about the inside, though, let's step back outside shall we?

 

I have some plans in the works for how to incorporate those bright colors that I'm craving. In building a house we didn't want to pick too many finishes that we might regret later once our tastes change. So, we kept everything very neutral. And, now the fun part will be going through every space and making them fun with color. Here's some inspiring pics that may find their where on to my to-do list.
 
This green picnic table is so adorable. For some reason I'm digging lime green, lately. We have some space to the right of the walkway that would be a prefect place for a little table.
 
 

 

Or, how about some brightly painted planters?

 

image via Design Milk

  

I also want to adorn the front door with a wreath of some sort. I love all of these for the Spring and Summer months.

 

      

                          

image via SAS Interiors

                   

                            

image via Indulgy

 

image via SAS Interiors



 

All of these bright colors would look amazing against our neutral palette. Plus, they have me dreaming of warmer days; which I hope will be here sooner than later.