I Spent $40 to Boost My Home Value By $6,000 w/ This Simple Paint Upgrade

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   Linda August 25, 2020 at 8:37 am MST

   I’m not sure how much value our black door added to the home, but it certainly looks amazing. We had ours painted black a few months ago. Along with other cosmetic renovations, our home sold for $25k (5%) more than any homes in our neighborhood.

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  Bryn (Sister Sidekick) August 25, 2020 at 10:42 am MST

  Thank you! Congrats on your recent home sale, Linda!

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   Joan August 25, 2020 at 8:45 am MST

   The black door looks great! Love it! You did a great job.

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  Bryn (Sister Sidekick) August 25, 2020 at 10:42 am MST

  Thanks Joan! 🙂

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   CJ August 25, 2020 at 8:57 am MST

   Calling HGTV host wannabes: Does anyone know what the correct way to accent the front of the house is? Do you just accent paint the front door or do you also do the garage door? I think it’s front door, but my hubby thinks garage door also. If I don’t accent the garage door, what color do you do that? The same as the house color to fade in (nothing spectacular about it, it’s a standard single garage) Thanks for any advice!

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  Elizabeth M. August 25, 2020 at 9:11 am MST

  I believe it’s just the front door for that pop. The garage door color probably depends on your exterior color. We painted our front door and shutters black. Our facade is brick so the garage door remained white which is the same as the rest of the house trim. Black would have been too harsh.

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  CJ August 25, 2020 at 10:14 am MST

  Thanks. So should shutters match the door? I should start driving around and see what others do! I’ve been stuck at him for so long, I could use a drive! 🙂

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  Leila August 25, 2020 at 12:33 pm MST

  A lot of the homes in our neighborhood have their front door match with their shutters. I think it looks really good!

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  Tiffanie August 26, 2020 at 6:45 am MST

  All my doors are black as well as the shutters around the house. Trimmings white. Garage door I kept white but the trimmings around it is black. my exterior paint is a Grayish-Blue

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  Laura August 25, 2020 at 3:46 pm MST

  So we hired a painter onlinepany that came with a paint consult. Basically making sure the colors we picked were onlineplimentary and making small changes. Our garage was detached but 10ft away from the front door. She reonlinemended we painted the trim of the garage the same as the shutters (our accent color) but keep the door white.
  Our home looked a lot bigger because the garage became apart of the house.

  She said she would normally not reonlinemend this is the garage was attached. Instead she tells people to only paint the front door and make sure there is a line of sight from the street (no bushes or big trees).

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  LISA August 25, 2020 at 3:49 pm MST

  I also did my garage door and front porch posts black. I love it.

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  sarah21 September 4, 2021 at 7:54 am MST

  Our garage door is painted the color of the trim, but not the color of the front door- that is an accent color.

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   A.Lee August 25, 2020 at 9:15 am MST

   Just a caution to ‘changing out your old front door’. We live in a mid-century modern neighborhood with homes built in the 50s & 60s. Over the years the people who ‘updated’ their old front doors that had original hardware and carvings have diminished the value of their properties. Think about the design of your home. Everything eventually onlinees back in style. There are some very questionable choices made in the name of modernization that are costing sellers thousands in design mistakes of not honoring the style of the home. So think before you remake.

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  Jen S August 25, 2020 at 9:22 am MST

  I’m in that boat…. historical home. No black doors in our neighborhood and I think it would not fit in. There are a lot of nice darker front doors though. Ours is a lovely shade of burgundy.

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  K August 25, 2020 at 9:42 am MST

  I’ve always preferred homes to have a front door that has a color that pops more like burgundy. I can’t even imagine painting my front door black. It would look so dark and ugly, ofc I do have a security door over it that’s black anyway so oh well I guess, lol

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  OG SG August 25, 2020 at 4:07 pm MST

  Mine is hunter green, which pops against my red brick exterior. I bought mine in that color…sadly I live in a house with non standard sized door frames so I had to get custom doors.

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  Katt August 25, 2020 at 9:51 am MST

  Jen S. Do you know the brand and exact color of your Burgundy? My favorite color and i known it will be hard to get the right shade. Thanks!

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  Jen S August 25, 2020 at 10:34 am MST

  SW Sommelier. It still looks great 5 years later… especially next to the dwarf Japanese Maples that turn the same color.

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  Chrystal August 25, 2020 at 10:45 pm MST

  I have a Japanese maple tree on the left side of my house and a dwarf Japanese maple in the front, your door must look amazing!! I’m stuck on white and to scared to change my door color

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  Pat August 25, 2020 at 3:27 pm MST

  I also live in a historical neighborhood and the original solid wood doors are preferred to a new door. Black would not look right on any house in neighborhood. I do see a lot of bright colored doors, some I really like, some not so much.

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  Lana August 25, 2020 at 11:16 am MST

  I agree. Also our contractor told us that is very herd to fit a new door on an older home because it settles and a new door rarely fits right. He said we would have to replace our entire front door area including the sidelights which would be thousands.

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  Jlinsey August 25, 2020 at 1:33 pm MST

  I agree with this I live in a neighborhood that has 100 plus year old homes and most have the indoor wood painted white. My home has the natural wood and I get so many onlinepliments, that’s what sold me was the historical charm of the home.

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  Laura August 25, 2020 at 3:54 pm MST

  Everyone has loved our decorating schemes when we stopped being trendy and instead looked at our surroundings. In our home in CO we did a lot of cabin like colors: red, green, and brown. We went bold on the outside but more muted inside. The house looked like it fit.

  We are now further north and our new home looks like it belong on the beach, not on the plains. So we are working to bring it to a more fitting decor.

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  Katie August 25, 2020 at 9:04 pm MST

  It’s all relative. I’d never modernize a time-period door, it’s a design disconnect. So yes, as far as “update your front door” it is not a one-size-fits-all!

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  PrincessMom August 26, 2020 at 8:02 am MST

  Exactly. I have seen so many homes that were gutted and “modernized” in the 80s-90s that now look very dated and if they had been left alone with their original layout would be so much more attractive. My own home is a victim of “updating” and I’m trying to onlinee up with the money to un-do half of what the previous owners did.

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   Happy Aunt August 25, 2020 at 9:32 am MST

   Wow! Your house looked lovely before, but the paint did step it up a bit more. I have an enclosed front porch with a very old metal door that I’d love to have replaced some day.

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  Bryn (Sister Sidekick) August 25, 2020 at 10:43 am MST

  Thank you! Hope you are able to replace your door someday soon!

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   August 25, 2020 at 9:33 am MST

   We painted our front door bright blue. It looks gorgeous. Sets our house apart on the block. And now other houses have painted their doors different blue. I still like ours the best.

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  K August 25, 2020 at 9:44 am MST

  I bet that looks so pretty! I love it when people paint their front doors bright inviting colors that stand out 🙂

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  celticmommie August 25, 2020 at 12:40 pm MST

  Ours is yellow! It makes me smile every time I see it. 😁

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   Mrl August 25, 2020 at 9:49 am MST

   I love your door! Quick question… I noticed you don’t have a screen door. Our screen doors mostly a cold-weather climate thing? Or maybe they’re more of an old-fashioned kind of thing? We’ve always had one, but I’m noticing a lot of Houses don’t anymore.

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  Mrl August 25, 2020 at 9:50 am MST

  “Are” not “our”. Oops! 😬

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  Klp August 25, 2020 at 10:05 am MST

  We don’t have one and live in a state that gets cold.

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  Jackie August 25, 2020 at 10:20 am MST

  I’ve always wondered this too. When I googled it before, I think it said it keeps dust and dirt away from your main door and you can possibly use it as a screen (if your storm door has a screen). Mostly it just gets in the way for us for deliveries as it opens towards the outside.

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  Ashley August 25, 2020 at 10:30 am MST

  I would think screen doors are a warm climate thing. I always thought they were so you could open the door for a breeze but not let all the bugs in.

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  runnergirl838 August 25, 2020 at 11:42 am MST

  We have a storm door for the sole reason of letting light in and being able to use a suction cup to secure our wreaths! 😂

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  Rebecca August 25, 2020 at 11:38 am MST

  I grew up in WV, where everyone had a screen door. Been in FL a decade now, in different parts of the state, no screen doors. So I don’t know 😂. Makes sense to me to have them where there are 4 true seasons, wouldn’t use them a lot here. Also wouldn’t feel as onlinefortable, security-wise, using them here. I do miss them though!☺️

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  Anne August 25, 2020 at 3:19 pm MST

  Our 1947 era house in Oregon has a storm door for winter & a screen door for summer breezes.

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  Melanie August 25, 2020 at 4:09 pm MST

  I’m from South Florida. All the houses used to have them, so you could open the front door and let the breeze in. Remember that central air conditioning is relatively new. My current house does not have a front screen door, but we have a screened lanai and use that to get a breeze when it’s nice out. Many houses in our area have an extra screen garage door, so you can sit in your garage with the door up and not get bugs. You can also screen in your front porch, so you can open your front door and have a locking screen door with a nice dolphin, flamingo, or palm tree metal figure on the locking screen door.

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  Rebecca August 25, 2020 at 7:38 pm MST

  I’m in central, and also have a screened lanai but no screen door. The extra screen for garage sounds amazing, we work out in ours & even with fans it’s sooo hot! Too many bugs & nosey neighbors to keep it open 😂

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   Klp August 25, 2020 at 10:06 am MST

   Any suggestions on a light blue house, dark blue shutters? Currently the door is white but I don’t think black would look right.

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  TK August 25, 2020 at 11:08 am MST

  That’s our color onlinebo and the front door is navy blue. I’ve also noticed that aqua is a popular door color in the subdivision.

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  Jen S August 25, 2020 at 11:45 am MST

  You could do a burgundy door for a nice pop of color 🙂

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  Lin August 25, 2020 at 2:34 pm MST

  You can use a deep blue color. It’ll look black from a few feet away. Our contractor warned against going full black due to lighting. He reonlinemended a dark blue color (I can’t remember the exact name by Dunn Edward), and it turned out amazing.

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  elewis91 August 25, 2020 at 8:26 pm MST

  I think dark charcoal gray would look amazing with your blue on blue scheme!!

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  Sue August 25, 2020 at 10:06 pm MST

  We did a burgundy door & shutters With white garage & accents but wanted to paint both black. Our neighbor had the same blue color house across the street with a black door and shutters. Looked fabulous. My 1st choice. We purchased our light blue house with royal blue accents, trim & shutters. It was an awful Blue’s Clues color house. If house wasn’t in such a good location I would have kept looking. New owners painted door brown. Looks great with the blue.

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  sara September 25, 2020 at 11:20 am MST

  You are describing my house, we have a light blue gray colored home, dark blue gray shutter and pretty light blue front door, love it!

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   Juliee August 25, 2020 at 11:18 am MST

   I love the black door! I’ve been wanting to change our blue door to black, however, did you do the interior of the door black as well? That sets off a whole chain of problems for my interior decor 😱

   Also, we have a screen door. We’re in Michigan, pretty onlinemon. I’ve always had one in all the houses I’ve lived and I love it for the extra light and breeze. In fact I look forward to when we open the interior door all cold winter!!

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  Sue August 25, 2020 at 10:09 pm MST

  Keep interior door any desired color. We have a green outside door per condo regulations & white on the interior

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  Bryn (Sister Sidekick) August 26, 2020 at 8:12 am MST

  Hi Juliee! I actually painted the interior of my front door the same black color. I am really loving how it pops on the inside against the white molding and gray walls!

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  Juliee August 27, 2020 at 9:35 am MST

  Hmmm… my wheels are spinning. My entryway is also grey with white trim. Decisions, decisions…

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    Rebecca August 25, 2020 at 11:41 am MST

    Looks great! What a difference! Hubby was just talking about painting our door, not sure on the color though. We have a tan, textured, typical Florida home. Any ideas?🤔

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    Dee August 25, 2020 at 11:47 am MST

    It looks better because the door now matches the side window casings. Black won’t work for every house.

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    toshakelly August 25, 2020 at 12:02 pm MST

    We just painted our black door white. Our front door faces south and we got tired of burning our hands on a black door.

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    M August 25, 2020 at 12:09 pm MST

    We have a small house only 1000 sq feet so a black front door would not look good at all. Any suggestions for our little homes front facade?

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    LChapman August 25, 2020 at 12:43 pm MST

    I ❤️❤️❤️the door color. It really looks nice and has just enough ‘pop’. 👏👏

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  Bryn (Sister Sidekick) August 25, 2020 at 1:00 pm MST

  Thank you!!

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    Shelly August 25, 2020 at 12:54 pm MST

    Can you please tell me what color of black this is? It looks awesome!

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  Bryn (Sister Sidekick) August 25, 2020 at 1:00 pm MST

  Hi Shelly! I used Sherwin Williams Tricorn Black. https://www.sherwin-williams.online/homeowners/products/SW6258-tricorn-black

  Thanks for the kind words! 🙂

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    Sue August 25, 2020 at 1:12 pm MST

    We recently replaced our old, drafty burgundy door with a new black door and black shutters. The issue we ran into with the burgundy was trying to match a new burgundy door to to old burgundy shutters. Over time, both had faded considerably. Even with many paint swatches, we just couldn’t get a decent “red” to match. That’s why we opted to get rid of the burgundy entirely and replace it with black. I never thought about the black possibly increasing the value of my house though!

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  Cassie August 25, 2020 at 3:54 pm MST

  If you can take a sample in, stores like sherwin williams can match it. They did that for us on a few things and the colors are almost exactly the same, you can’t tell the different. They did it with wood stain too.

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  Sue August 25, 2020 at 6:06 pm MST

  We were trying to purchase a new door from Home Depot, not paint an old door. Their doors only came in the Behr paint colors. Behr had no factory painted doors that matched our burgundy shutters. We ended up purchasing a new black door and black shutters from a local remodeling onlinepany in the end.

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    Elissa August 25, 2020 at 1:51 pm MST

    Did you paint the interior as well?

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  Bryn (Sister Sidekick) August 26, 2020 at 8:13 am MST

  Yes, I did paint the interior of the door black as well and I am loving it!

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    mackyjane August 25, 2020 at 2:06 pm MST

    I repainted the door to our garage (our garage is not connected to our house) and left it on the hinges since it didn’t matter if I left it propped open for a few days. Once the heat and humidity die down (I live in MS), I am going to do my french back doors. What did you put up to cover the door opening while you let your paint dry and cure?

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  BikingBev August 25, 2020 at 2:45 pm MST

  When I painted my front door I taped thick plastic sheeting over the opening.

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  Bryn (Sister Sidekick) August 26, 2020 at 8:14 am MST

  I was very intentional about the day we chose to paint the door. It was a perfect temperate outside (in the 70s) so I just hung a black trash bag from the front door to give us a little privacy.

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    jessica August 25, 2020 at 2:55 pm MST

    what is the color of your house and trim? my house colors are similar and I’m looking to repaint.

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  Bryn (Sister Sidekick) August 26, 2020 at 8:15 am MST

  The main color of the house is a brownish/green with a cream colored trim.

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    Miriam August 25, 2020 at 4:19 pm MST

    The door looks great but why did it have to be taken off to paint?? I’m going to paint mine soon and thought I could just paint it without taking it off the hinges.

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  Bryn (Sister Sidekick) August 26, 2020 at 8:17 am MST

  I am sure it would work just fine to paint it while on the hinges but it made it so easy for me to paint to have it laying across the sawhorses in our garage. I would also be more worried about drips if you are to paint it while it is hanging.

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    Lunafalls August 25, 2020 at 4:55 pm MST

    Of course you can. I’ve painted mine twice and am puzzled why anyone would go to the extra trouble of removing and rehanging a heavy front door.

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    Belinda August 25, 2020 at 8:47 pm MST

    I see a red door and I want it painted Black
    No colors anymore,
    I want them to turn black

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  Lu August 26, 2020 at 7:00 am MST

  Ha ha, I get it 🙂

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    To August 25, 2020 at 11:21 pm MST

    So my front door is painted black as well, black modern shutters and the base of the front porch post are painted black Our garage door windows only are painted black then the small casing around the garage doors are painted black! It looks amazing and 1 of the prettiest classy house in our neighborhood. house color is a taupe, with cream color trim so the black makes an look!

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  Bryn (Sister Sidekick) August 26, 2020 at 8:18 am MST

  Sounds so beautiful!

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    Sue August 26, 2020 at 5:33 am MST

    I really like it. It does improve the look.

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  Bryn (Sister Sidekick) August 26, 2020 at 8:18 am MST

  Thanks Sue!

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    Laura August 26, 2020 at 6:56 pm MST

    Where did you find your magnolia wreath? Is it real or faux? It looks great!

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  Jennifer (Hip Sidekick) August 26, 2020 at 7:15 pm MST

  It is faux! Bryn got it from the Magnolia Market here.

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    Brandy Thomas August 29, 2020 at 10:05 am MST

    I live in a 100 year old white block/ red tin roof farm house with 2 wooden glass panel front doors. Both doors have old timey metal storm doors in front of them. How should I paint these?

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    John crane October 7, 2020 at 7:39 am MST

    I recently painted my front door red,Really made it look a lot better I did not paint it black because the storm door is black,It wouldn’t have jumped out like the red does.I think a good looking front door definitely increases the home value but saying that black particularly does it is quite arbitrary.And Zillow is only a guesstimate they are often quite off base with some of their numbers.

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    Lisa September 3, 2021 at 9:53 am MST

    If you live in an HOA make sure and check first! Black is a huge No-No here. Also, our shutters and door have to match. Oh well, the Vegas housing market increased our value (and taxes lol) $107,000 by not doing anything this year!

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  AmandaJ September 3, 2021 at 11:07 am MST

  I think hoa would tell me no too on the black door 🙁

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    Tina Tina September 3, 2021 at 10:03 am MST

    Yes! Whatever you do don’t paint it teal, or fuscia. I see so many people doing real doors now and it ruins the house for me! Black, stick with black people. Or at least normal colors. The likelihood that the person you sell to is going to like your tacky teal door as much as you is slim to none.

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  AmandaJ September 3, 2021 at 11:06 am MST

  Eh, paint it what you want! A door is easy to paint. When you go to sell it, you can paint it a more neutral color. At our former house, I painted the door lime green. It was the perfect color to onlinepliment the house color. It gave me joy every time I looked at it!

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    Lisa September 3, 2021 at 10:53 am MST

    Any suggestions on a door color, for a ranch style house built in the 70s pale yellow, and the attached garage is white?

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  AmandaJ September 3, 2021 at 11:04 am MST

  Black!

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    Laura September 3, 2021 at 5:36 pm MST

    I’m not keen on a black door but I wouldn’t mind a dark charcoal grey… wonder if it would have the same effect?! 🤔

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    Jody Paul September 3, 2021 at 7:52 pm MST

    The only drawback I see is it’s hard to see your wreath.

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    honestreview September 3, 2021 at 9:31 pm MST

    I can’t vouch that painted your front door black adds value as long as the front of your house is color coordinating it will look nice and the appearance will add value in the buyers eyes.

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    catmom September 3, 2021 at 9:48 pm MST

    I just painted our front door and sidelights a true olive green. The door has a Craftsman stained glass center, so it’s basically the frame of the door. I’ve not seen anyone else’s this color

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    Cami September 3, 2021 at 10:22 pm MST

    Does anyone know if a fiberglass door gets really hot in the sun? We have a steel door and want to paint it black. But steel gets so hot with a west facing house. So I’m thinking of just buying a whole new fiberglass door. Experience?

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    Sheri Baby September 4, 2021 at 5:58 pm MST

    We painted our double garage door black with silver carriage door handles and it looks amazing!

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    Lindsay March 30, 2023 at 5:42 am MST

    What is the best paint for this? Need something super durable as these are in the south side of our home. Also what sheen?? Flat? Semi gloss? Thanks!

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  Jessica (Hip Sidekick) March 30, 2023 at 8:01 am MST

  Hey Lindsay! I checked with Bryn on this, and she shared that she used the Sherwin Williams “Tricorn Black” in a gloss finish. You might check with your local paint stores, or Sherwin Williams for tips on durability. Hoping this might be helpful! ❤️

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