Help for Victorian front door
Dan
5 years ago
This is our new front door with grey undercoat. Excuse the state of the walls which desperately need painted. I don’t want to paint the door grey (going to paint the whole house a light grey) but struggling on what colour to paint the door. Door furniture ordered and it’s antique brass. I like the second pic but not having any luck matching it.
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Jonathan
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Alix W
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Sonia
5 years agoI love a colourful front door. Mine is bright blue (F&B Cooks Blue). The navy one below is F&B Stiffkey Blue.
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Juliet Docherty
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoFor me it has to be orange. It goes with grey and is gutsy enough to stand up to the black and white.
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoI prefer the grey it is now to anything else, or black as mentioned above, as it will look great with white and the entrance tiles.
Blue - maybe try Stiffkey blue, but any blue will need to have a grey tone to it as would a green.
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