No More Boring Front Doors
- At October 21, 2019
- By catherineschager
- In Tips and Advice
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With Halloween and Thanksgiving just around the corner, front porches and entryways are resplendent in brilliant autumn décor or small-stage renditions of the spookiest day on our calendar, all soon to be followed up with winter holiday décor. Our front doors get the full makeover treatment in the last quarter of the year but during the other months they are downright dull. Your front door can be beautiful year-round and it doesn’t take over-the-top décor to achieve it. Here are some simple yet gorgeous ways to make your front door a star of your home and increase your home’s curb appeal:
- Color, Color, Color!
Benjamin Moore is a believer in the case for contrast and for good reason. The lovely options above are bright, cheerful, and the opposite of boring. Their front door inspiration page offers examples in just about every color of the rainbow. Match your shutters and window trim or choose a harmonious third color for even more options. These traditional color options are classic choices, as well as black and shades of gray.
Dotter & Solfjeld Architecture + Design (left and center); Faust Construction (right)
These next three colors are less traditional but no less eye-catching. The purple, chartreuse, and orange above harmonize beautifully despite being unusually bold door colors. The sky is the limit on front door color choices.
- Shapely Styles
Michael Fullen Design Group (left); Dotter & Solfjeld Architecture + Design (right)
Another way to dress up your entryway is to incorporate unique shapes. The two images on the left are of the same home – the front gate and the front door. Like hobbit doors gone modern, both use color and shape to charming effect. The two images on the right show the outside and inside views of stained wood door covered by dozens of squares that cast unique shadows and light in the entryway. This large wooden structure manages to look both imposing and charming at the same time.
- Metal Marvels
Metal doors aren’t just for warehouses and other industrial purposes any longer. Gorgeous modern and contemporary door styles abound, drawing on the organic feel of the various metals. Shiny, tarnished, powder coated, sculpted and glass incorporated options allow you to create your own unique door for your unique family home. Sculpted metal hardware options (like the two shown at the far right above).
- Wood Wonders
Last but never least, don’t forget the beauty and versatility of stained wood doors. From traditionally hung doors to these oversized, contemporary pivot door options, you’ll find nothing more beautiful and show-stopping than the perfect wood and stain.
Feeling inspired to show your front door some much deserved attention? Which option do you love best? Check out our pinterest board for more beautiful front door ideas.
Gorgeous Spring Fashion from the Runway to Your Home
- At April 28, 2015
- By catherineschager
- In Tips and Advice
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From the runway right into your home – gorgeous 2015 Spring fashions can grace more than your wardrobe! Check out these fabulous ways to dress your interior spaces in the height of fashion.
Carolina Herrera’s Spring/Summer collection was inspired by the “color code of a flower” and featured bold digitized blooms and geometric patterns that were still distinctly feminine, soft, and flowing. This dining room by Katie Rosenfeld Design as featured in Traditional Home captures the same rose, white, and green palette with bold floral and geometric themes. The walls were papered in “Balata” by Manuel Canovas. The exquisite Hickory Chair seats were upholstered in Stark’s “Bimini Road” in a stunning textured, jewel-toned pattern.
Another decidedly feminine Spring theme embraces the ethereal look of lace. These lace looks by Chloe and Valentino can be mirrored in any room of your home, like the lace stripes on this chair by Ethan Allen or the soft lace shade on this pendant lamp from Heritage Lace.
Soft and classic, this blue and white rose dress by Lela Rose is a look easily duplicated with prints, toile or chinoiserie as in this bathroom by John Jacob Interiors.
Ginghams, checks and stripes continue both the feminine and geometric Spring themes with a homey, classic twist. This striking yet soft style from Oscar de la Renta’s RTW collection can translate to any interior space. Designer JoAnn Barwick created a similar cozy, casual bedroom featured in Traditional Home using checks, stripes and chinoiserie.
Bold, Playful Colors and Patterns
The bold, playful colors and patterns from Spring fashion, like this dress by Lela Rose, can brighten your interior spaces as well. Designer Katherine Shenaman played up the vivid, hand-painted yellow wallpaper in this vintage-meets-modern dining room featured in Traditional Home.
Pantone Spring 2015 Color Lineup
The simplest way to integrate the latest Spring fashion into your home design this year is to implement colors from Pantone’s Spring color lineup. Soft pastels and warm neutrals are all drawn directly from nature. Pantone’s color choices reflect an “en plein air” and minimalistic theme for a “soothing escape from the everyday hustle and bustle.” Perfect for Spring, don’t you think?
For more Spring Fashion in the home, see our pinterest board.