Color suggestions - exterior doors.
BTW, the photo looks deceiving as it's only pretty sunny like that about 3 months out of the year. Please keep in mind that this house is in the Seattle area. That might help with the color suggestions.
Thank you!
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Yes, yellow. Create your own sunshine
A pop of coral or terra cotta would look great. It's personal preference, but I'd paint the rain gutters white to make them disappear. Paint is cheap and easily changeable!
I just painted my front screen door this past weekend! My house is yellow with a brownish/reddish trim (I wanted raspberry, but let's not go there right now...) I painted the door Benjamin Moore Tropical Teal and we love it! You could go blue, red, yellow, orange - really any color. have fun with it!
There are so many suggestions already that I feel my two cents is overkill BUT I love decor and just have to jump in. 🙂 First of all, you only asked for color suggestions and not reno advice so my question is: is your roof brown? For now, I'm assuming it is. Like a few others, I like the idea (for the front door) of a burnt orange or a muted duck egg blue/green or a yellow. (Please don't buy red or dark green!) If you can remove those stars from the garage doors, do so but if that's impossible, paint over them in the same color as the house. Paint the side garage door the same color as the large/main garage doors.
All decorators will tell you to PLEASE paint garage doors the same color (or as close to!) the color of the house; whether it be brick or vinyl siding. A garage door should blend in visually. Why? Because the front door should always be your main focal point and that's where you want to place the attention. Have a good sized urn or planter at the front door with some color but also white flowers as white shows up well on dreary days and at dusk. Make sure the plant choices are substantial; not skimpy ... perhaps a palm in the center for height then Asparagus fern spilling over the sides.
If you have room for a planter or two at the garage doors, great but make sure they all relate to each other in style, color AND plant choice. For example, don't mix gray concrete urns with terra-cotta clay ones - they are just too different.
If there's room for a small chair at the front door, scout around at reuse places then paint it (exterior paint) the same color as your front door. This will draw attention to the door. I've had a painted wooden chair outside for 15 years now and it still looks freshly painted.
Now, off subject ... as you only asked for color suggestions ... BUT if your budget allows, I'd open up the entire front yard!! What is that dark horizontal area at the front? Is it a half wall? Or is it a half wall plus a bench? I'd remove that then start a walkway half-way up your driveway (diagonally across the lawn) leading to the front door. You could plant miniature boxwood along each side or leave it all open. Be sure to make the walkway wide enough for TWO people to walk side by side. Again, that's what a designer would advise. If it's too narrow, it looks awful, too skimpy and certainly not welcoming. If you can afford flagstone, great or cobblestone would look nice too.
Do you really need the white fence around the lawn? Perhaps you have small children and need it. I'd add shutters to that bare window on the garage (side) wall so it ties in with the other windows.
I'd gradually invest in good landscaping too but this is a long enough Comment! Go on the website Houzz and type in "Landscape ideas for ranch houses - or bungalows" and you will see lots of inspiration.
You have a nice house with good color options already in place - it just needs further tweaking here and there; you'll be very happy with the final results! Good luck!
Here are some suggestions. https://lifeonsummerhill.com/modern-front-doors/