BEFORE – This is what the front door of the COCOCOZY Design House looked like before we decided to give it a front door make over. (above)
At first I thought I might paint the old wood front door the same color as the exterior trim of the house. The house trim is Blacktop by Benjamin Moore…which is a soft black with some green undertones.
My mentor on this project my friend and acclaimed Los Angeles real estate developer is SFJ of bettershelter. When I first told him about essentially painting the front door black, he gently nudged me in the direction of color. Arghhhhh…I knew he was right. I told him my fear that adding a third color to the exterior with a front door in another color other than black or white. I thought “color” might compete with the cement tile on the front walk and make everything too busy. He knows me and that I would hem and haw on whether paint the front door a different color, SFJ basically said “Are you done?” I nodded. He said, “Okay then, just paint the door a different color.” And that was it. I followed orders and began looking for the right door color.
I was gravitating towards blues…SFJ was gently nudging towards green…so when in doubt, my solution was to try out several Benjamin Moore paint colors since Benjamin Moore is our paint partner on the COCOCOZY Design House.
That’s me deliberating over paint colors for the house. (above)
Benjamin Moore front door paint color options. Choices choices choices. Please disregard my chipped nail polish!!! (above)
SFJ liked the true hunter green – the top color swatch called Tavern Green. I wanted something with a little more blue in it. (above)
Oooh….my first glimpse of the painted door….!!!! (above)
We restored the vintage peep hole and the door rivets/studs. We had the powder coated a wonderful matte finish black! (above)
While he paint is near finihed, the design house door is still under construction. The makeover is not complete. We are cleaning up all of our paint edges and trim, changing out the front door set (handle and lock) with a beautiful matte black iron set. We are having new house numbers painted and the wall light sconce next to the door still has to be added. (above)
Time to admit how I cheated on finally selecting a door color. I had already used Newburg Green in my living room reading nook in my current home! The minute SFJ said I had to choose another color other black…I knew EXACTLY what I wanted. I wanted a blue with strong green undertones almost a teal. I wanted to see if there were any other options hence all of the paint swatches. Ultimately, though, I kept gravitating back to the color that I love. In the end, I am so happy with the color and this entire front door makeover!
Happy Wednesday!
xo
Looks great! Do you know what white you will be using on the rest of the house? I am in the process of painting my 1920’s spanish revival white and am at a loss as to which white to choose!
The white you see on the house in this post is Benjamin Moore’s White Dove OC-17. I love it. It is bright, fresh and cheerful…has a slight yellow undertone but that is barely perceptible. Hope this helps.
Coco
Thank you!
The door looks great! Perfect color.
Love the door! Great color choice!
Did you use semi-gloss or high gloss on the front door? Love the color!
I used a semi-gloss on the front door! I decided not to go super high gloss for the door because it gets a lot of sun and I thought it would create major glare. Hope this helps!