I’m excited to finally show you our new front door. I didn’t realize how much I didn’t like the old one until we had this one installed. (I guess a cracked wood door can be a blessing in disguise, after all.)
After looking at lots of different greens, I finally decided on Amazon Jungle and ordered this brass door knocker:
I also added some new black planters with Kimberly Anne ferns (easy to keep alive!) and some red geraniums for color.
See the before and after pictures and read all about my process of selecting, ordering and installing the door over on The Home Depot Apron blog today.
Thanks to The Home Depot for providing me with a gift card for this project.
I love it! It looks awesome, such a perfect shade of green. Your home is so cute, and the entry foyer stripes are to die for!!
Xo-L
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Love the green….and I also love the Kimberly ferns!
It’s perfect! Love the color!
Love the green against the brick! Perfection! I am sure you went through a lot of colors before you decided on this one. Green is so hard to pick!
Love it! I love doors that keep privacy but let in light. Unsolicited fern advice: my grandpa split his giant Kimberly Queen and gave me half. A year later, I had to split my half in half. :) Then the new halves got sunburnt and looked so ratty. At the end of winter this year, I cut them down to the roots and they’ve growing back all awesome and fresh!
Thanks for the tip. Mine usually dry out and I ditch them by the end of summer/early Fall :(
Ooh la la! I like it. Love the brass knocker with the green. Looks great! I really like the style of the door too with the windows on top to let in additional light. Well done!
What color is the inside of your front door painted.? I need to paint our front door but wasn’t sure what color to paint the inside of it. I am in the process of painting the rest of the interior doors a dark gray. Thanks.
I painted it Sherwin Williams Urbane Bronze. It’s the same charcoal gray that’s in our foyer stripes.
https://emilyaclark.com/2012/11/painting-stripes-in-our-foyer.html
Love it! I love brass hardware, but thought it might be too traditional. Tell me how you decided on hardware.
To me, brass is classic–and our house is pretty traditional so I think it works.
Love, love, love your new green door!
My favorite color is green so I tried several times to paint my front door green and they were all hideous mistakes, so I was disgusted and painted it black (you know those old Vogue “what not to wear” pics where they put a black mark over the person’s eyes to hide their shame – that’s my front door). My brick is slightly pink like yours, so I’ve been patiently waiting for you to tell me what shade of green to use so I could just copy it disaster-free. Thanks Emily!! Now, I get to tell my husband I’m painting the front door again. That’s like poking a bear with a stick, and makes me grin inside. (Not that I would actually poke an actual bear, but you know what I mean if you’ve been married more than 10 years.)
Good luck with the door–and with your husband :)
Love the greek key mat! Did it come from Home Dept as well?
Yes!
I love this! Can you tell me which specific knocker you used, I want it, but I can’t find it online.
I ordered it from here in the PVD finish:
http://www.houseofantiquehardware.com/brass-knockers-ring-square-bases
Simply beautiful!
Beautiful color choice!
Looks awesome! Refreshing for spring too.
Feels like i am sleeping on the nature’s lap. The green looks great and its my favourite color too.
Great color choice! I especially love the contrast when opened against the black and white striped entry.
Love the green you picked, which works incredibly well with your surrounding shrubs as well as the brick. Like the new style door much better than the oval glass, which I had and replaced on my Victorian home as it was a little over the top. Curious if you bought the door slab or pre-hung?
Fantastic color and hardware Emily! So welcoming and warm and looks like a million bucks! xo Nancy
It looks perfect!! I wish my front door would crack I want a new door so bad!! ;). The whole area looks lovely Emily!!!
It looks awesome! Love the green!
Love the new color!!
Great choice, Emily!
Way to go, Lady! What a fabulous improvement. LOVE the color.
Camille
Love the entire look,,,color of door, hardware with the black accent and even your flowers! Good job! It can be daunting to choose a new door color but you did it right!
{{HUGS}
Joy
Great color! I love the planters for the ferns – where did you get them?
Also at Home Depot :)
Thanks!
I love your front door makeover. The door is exactly what I have been looking forward. How can I find the door at Home Depot? (The name of the door or item #, etc?) Thank you so much, in advance, for the info. My house desperately needs curb appeal updating this summer! :-) I’m also going to look for the fern planters there also.
Hi Lynn, Here’s the link to the door:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Masonite-4-Lite-4-Panel-Unfinished-Fir-Slab-Entry-Door-87261/202084579?MERCH=RV-_-RV_nav_plp_rr-2-_-NA-_-202084579-_-N
That’s the perfect shade of green for a front door! Not too bright, but still pretty and unique!
I am looking forward to painting our front door. Thank you for your help.