Door Colour for 1970's red brick house
We are looking to change the front door and frame of our 1970's property. We'll also probably add a canopy porch over the doorway to make the house look less flat. We currently have a soft wood door in a mid oak colour with a UPVC white frame (1st two photos). We've been considering composite doors, but are finding it difficult to choose the colour and style. We think the colour of the current door compliments the property. But does a darker walnut colour (photo 3) look more contemporary? Or do we stick with the mid oak colour (photo 4) or go with something more classic (photo 5). We'd appreciate your thoughts.
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Comments (33)Just another opinion...I like the suggestion that others posted to remove the bush and if possible, to put entry door in it's place, to remove the post and replace it with a support beam and brackets, replace garage door, add low wall to separate your driveway from the neighbor's, plant a dwarf tree in the front yard along with some edging plants... But with so many possibilities to choose from, perhaps you could accomplish your desire to make your home stand out from the others inexpensively by...painting over the white part of the house, the downspout directly above the canopy and the garage door to match the lightest brick color. Choose the darkest brick color for all of the other trim and windows. Patch and seal the driveway to freshen it (until you know if you will be permitted to do anything more permanent), definitely taking out the bush and doing some low cost planting just to add some color. It takes time to settle on your needs, style, budget, etc. But it's worthwhile to spend a little cash and effort to get a bit of satisfaction that things are looking better!...See MoreHelp! How to modernise / increase curb appeal on my 1970s dormer house
Comments (16)Hi Stacy. I think weatherboarding will work for the look you're after. Would you paint it all one colour? My only worry was whether it would all be a bit one dimensional and whether the boarding would make the ground floor look lower ( I've drawn it out though and it doesn't seem to make any difference but that could be my lack of drawing skills!) I wonder if you could add a porch with weatherboard like this with either side of the front rendered and painted? The porch doesn't have to be as complex/expensive as this with the steps etc. I've had a similar size ŵall rendered and it was about £150 from memory so the cost would really be for the porch. Can you or your husband draw? It may be an idea to sketch out various options (with colour!) to see what you like then get quotes on the various options http://linleydevelopments.co.uk/portfolio/bungalow-to-a-chalet-style-conversion/#prettyPhoto[portfolio]/1/...See MoreWhat colour should I paint the outside walls of my 1970s house?
Comments (1)If you are looking for a green based grey I would recommend farrow and ball Old White. We are just having our house repainted this colour. I wanted grey but we are surrounded by greenery and the blue based greys looked light blue rather than grey. The green base to Old White works well with greenery. Its also a very classic colour and so is easy to live with (or at least I hope so!). I have been amazed at how different the different greys look when put next to one another. All look grey in isolation. Together you can very clearly see that some are green based, some blue based and some purple based....See More1960s / 1970s Extension dilemma - no bricks! render or clad?
Comments (3)Personally i'd say, if you're going to such lengths with a new garage, extension possibly the porch etc, which is a lot. I would render the whole front of the house and garage to tie the whole project together. However, you can't see much of the brick of the garage on the front, just the piers. Looking closely at them, I think the garage brick was slightly different to the main house and wonder if it was already an addition? Also, if you look at the bricks above the line of where the garage has come down, the top bricks are a different colour to the bottom. So 1, 2 & 3 are all different colour bricks. 1 and 2 are very similar, but to me there is a subtle difference as 1 doesn't contain any darker bricks and is very slightly brighter red....See MoreA B
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5 years agoI would say so, look closely at the brick you'll see some nice flecks of purples, reds, grey / purples. Our home is built from Heathers, we went for an F&B light green I'm not sure it was the right choice but the big white border didn't help. Think moorland / heather /peat and you can't go too far wrong
Jeeessss! need to paint that door again this summer!
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5 years agoThere is a fabulous colour from The Little Green company called adventurer which is a deep aubergine - thinking along the heather tones.
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5 years agoSo we took everyone's comments on board and have decided to go for the more traditional style of front door with leaded glass in the door and chrome furniture. We'll also put in some planting to soften the front. We're going to have a composite door but this does restrict our colour choice. So which do you think works best? White, slate or light grey? The first 2 photos are our existing door.
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