Transform Your Entryway with HomeTriangle: Front Door Makeovers

Your front door is literally the first thing anyone sees when they visit your home. Many homeowners are so taken with decorating their home that they completely forget about the main door! So your home ends up saying a lot about your travels and tastes, but the very door to it, is the same as the home next door. Time for a change we say!

Color

Most front doors are polished wood with no personality and the generic house number, add your favorite color, and suddenly the same door has great personality, yours! Tiffany blue or grass green, let color bring your front door to life.

This front door has it all! A knocker, letter slit, knob and number in gleaming brass, striking contrast in color to the exterior wall, hanging plant baskets to add a splash of color and a practical light fixture 

Fixtures

A good lock is certainly a mandatory need on the front door, but an antique knocker, a personalized number or a unusually situated door handle are interesting details to consider for the main door.

Glass Inserts

If you are someone who loves sun-kissed mornings, placing glass inserts on your front door will make your mornings really good. Try placing glass inserts of different shapes, spherical or rectangle, ones with designs, and frozen glass according to the style of your front door.

Lanterns and Lights

Placing lanterns and lights on the doors is functional and aesthetic at the same time. Outdoor wall lights come in different designs, so choose a decorative one that matches your front door's style.

Contrast The Area Outside The Door

If you have perennial yellow flowers growing in containers on either side of the door, or the exterior of your home is exposed red brick, color your door to contrast the brick or pick a color to bring out the color of the flowers. A bottle green door against brick or china blue door in contrast to yellow flowers are wonderful combinations.

Extend Entryway Decor To The Door

You have a beautiful entry foyer done up in a nautical theme, don't stop at the door! Painting the door blue will include it in the nautical theme while people step in, giving continuity to your decor.

Add Accents For Interest

An interesting or quirky doormat can add playfulness, and bring a smile to your face. A hanging light can be both useful and decorative. Think of unusual ways to make your front door your front door.

Practical Inclusions

A pretty front door is a definite plus but other than a lock some other practical needs can be addressed as part of the door. A letter slit will make sure your mail gets into your home safely, while a small receptacle for newspapers or for the milkman will ensure dry papers in the rain and that the neighborhood cat doesn't get a morning treat!