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Painting the Front Door – Again

Painting the Front Door

Painting the front door is one of the easiest DIY projects you can do to give your curb appeal a boost. As you know, I’ve done this a few times here and here.

What I want to tell you is that I’ve always made the right color choices, but that’s not true. At all. What I am going to tell you is to test your paint colors first! I think I must have heard those words a million times. And even after hearing it over and over, I have to admit that I have had to repaint rooms, and doors, a few times over because the color was just not right. 

 

Celery Green Front Door Before (the first time)

Celery Green Front Door Before (the first time)

The most recent time was when I had to repaint the front doors. When we bought this house, one of the first, and easiest, tasks I undertook was painting the front door. It was one of the only things I could do while all the work was being done inside the house. The particular shade of celery green wasn’t really my favorite. Not to mention that it was pretty beat up and was in desperate need of some attention. Years of handprints and the general wear and tear of life had taken it’s toll.

The first color I tried was Sophisticated by Modern Masters. It’s their front door line of paints, and it’s so easy to use.

Modern Masters Front Door Paint.

Modern Masters Front Door Paint.

It literally goes on so easily, covers in one coat. I put two on just to be safe, but the green was covered in one.

Modern Masters Front Door Paint - Sophisticated - painting the front door

Modern Masters Front Door Paint – Sophisticated

The color was gorgeous, but I thought it didn’t go that well with the shade of brown on the house already. It didn’t pop like I thought it would, it just looked wrong. It doesn’t look too off in these pictures, but I promise that it just wasn’t right.

I lived with it for a few months, but it bugged me. My husband always thinks I’m a little crazy for being bothered by a paint color – “it’s clean, it’s protected from the elements – leave well enough alone“.  But it nagged at me.

One day, while trying to clean up the garage, I found a can of paint I had leftover from our old front door (previous house)  – Sherwin Williams in Black Bean. It’s a rich, deep brown with just a little hint of red. So, I tried it on the doors, and I could see immediately that it was a better match for the house.

 

Black Bean - Sherwin Williams on the left, Sophisticated by Modern Masters on the right.

Black Bean – Sherwin Williams on the left, Sophisticated by Modern Masters on the right.

I love this color on the house. It almost looks like a dark wood from the street. It’s so dark and rich looking. Love. Love. Love.

 

Black Bean Sherwin Williams Front door - painting the front door

Black Bean Sherwin Williams Front door

I still need to update the hardware and door knobs, and paint the plate behind the doorbell. Actually, we need to replace the doorbell completely since we disconnected it when we took down that wall in the kitchen – people are always trying to ring the doorbell and can’t understand why no one answers. Thank goodness we have dogs, they are the best kind of doorbells. 😛

Sherwin Williams Black Bean Front door color

The entry way now – Sherwin Williams Black Bean

In case you were curious, the inside of the doors started out a white washed light wood.

The front doors from the inside - Before.

The front doors from the inside – Before.

Even from that far away, you can see how dirty they looked! Uh.. gross! So, at the same time that I painted the outside the first time,  I painted the inside a nice glossy black.

inside front door black gloss

Inside of front door – glossy black

So. Much. Better.

I love black interior doors – it looks so darn classy!

So, that’s my latest example of the importance of picking the right color to begin with. At some point, I will take my own advice. Ha!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Eliesa

 

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Comments

  1. CONNIE PERWIEN says

    March 9, 2016 at 7:26 pm

    I have also painted all my interior doors shiny black. Left the side that goes into the rooms, white. Front door and back doors are painted shiny black. Definately adds class.

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  2. Jennifer Bogle says

    March 10, 2021 at 12:04 pm

    Love the brown color! I have a door just like yours (only a single) even with the oval window. I was thinking of replacing the door, but you have shown me how pretty my door is still- just needs some paint. The house is being painted as I type “Honed Soapstone” by SW (a pale olive/khaki) and the brown door will be gorgeous. The inside of my house is 10′ ceilings, but the foyer is rather small. While I like the idea of the backside to be black, just not sure it fits for my small foyer. Interior walls are SW Mindful Gray with brown wood-grain vinyl flooring. The brown door may look nice on the inside too! Thanks for the photos and, mostly, the paint color. So many posts do not include the name of the paint. I will also validate how you feel about paint color. My husband says we’ve lost square footage because of all the times I paint over a color I didn’t like. 🙂

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    • A Pinterest Addict says

      March 10, 2021 at 12:13 pm

      I LOVE mindful gray. Two of our houses have been painted in that very shade! And I think my husband would agree with your husband. Lol! Good luck with the paint color. I loved it on both houses I used it on.

      Reply

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