Help decide on the colour of our front door (ex council house)!

5 years ago

Hi Everyone -

What colour do people think we should paint our front door? I'm after a bit of inspiration to give the front of the house a bit of churb appeal!

We've just purchased an Ex Council House and are looking at jazz it up a bit. At some point, once we've saved up, we'll look to give the whole thing a bit of a face-lift.

Thanks

Emily

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Juliet Docherty
5 years ago
These are Vardo and Arsenic by Farrow and Ball. you could colour match them. both are saturated and would break through the darkness of the brick.
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honeypoppet
5 years ago
Done a bit of mocking up for you - agree with colourhappy that the greeny/bluey toned colours really work well. Howdens have a good visualiser if you want to play around yourself :)
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Daisy England
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I like the first colour.
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Emily
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5 years ago
Thank you all ever so much, I really like the look of Vardo - looks like it will compliment the brick well. Obviously all depends on what the other half thinks :)

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