Welcome to Hooked on Fridays, a blog party I host at the end of each week to celebrate the things that make us happy. One thing that never fails to make me smile is a colorful entry door. I’m tempted to paint mine something fun and bright, but I’m not sure what color I’d go with. Right now I’ve got a very basic and boring dark-green door. Yawn. I’d much prefer a yellow door with character, like the one above. Or a cool and modern blue like the one below.
Not sure I’d be up for a pink door, but I sure did like it on this Victorian Painted Lady that I took a tour of last year (if you missed that post, click here to see it):
It looked even prettier with this sweet girl standing next to it (that’s my daughter Lily, who was excited to see a door that was painted in her favorite colors):
What color is your front door? (Yellow door photographed by Anna Kern. Blue door via Domino.)
Don’t forget–today is The Inspired Room’s Beautiful Life party, too! She’s having a Lisa Leonard giveaway today.
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Ahhh Lily is so pretty, Julia and so are those doors. I know what you mean. I’m the same way. Doors, windows they stop me dead in my tracks everytime.
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Hi Julia. How fun to be hooked on painted doors! I love the first one you’ve featured here, but the pink one with your daughter is just priceless. Thank you for sharing these photographs! ~Arleen
Arleen @ Seasons for All at Home´s last blog ..Country Rustic Decor
Your sweet daughter Lily blends right it!
Maya@Completely-Coastal´s last blog ..The Beach House by Jane Green
The turquoise door is fab!!! And I can’t believe I am #1 for your blog party. So excited.
xo,
cristin
Cristin´s last blog ..Tips on Decorating the Fireplace Mantel
I love all the glass around the blue door. And the pink door is great!!
Our front door is purple — Rare Wine by Valspar. I love it
Kelly
DesignTies´s last blog ..The Tall Ships of Lunenburg, Part 1 – Bluenose
Okay … #2.
xo,
cristin
Cristin´s last blog ..Tips on Decorating the Fireplace Mantel
My front door is white and in need of painting…pretty. I love the blue one! It’s so cute how Lily matches the door.
Kim
Kim @ Everything Etsy´s last blog ..Stuck On Pincushions
So fun!! My door is boring white right now. And I have a brick house (pink brick, mind you!) so I’m not really sure what color to paint it. Probably a bright lipstick red!!
xo, L.
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I LOVE the robin’s egg blue (!) door – the modern architecture with antiques, the best of both worlds. Must be my gemini personality! AND I’m so excited I finally had my act together in time to partake in a Hooked on Fridays post!
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Love these pictures! My front door is knotty alder. Would you believe that I caught the painters filling in the knots when they were staining it???? Had a freakout right then and there!
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Uh-oh. My front door is basic black, but it does have a fun apple green monogram on it!
I’m heading your direction on Saturday for the big flea market in Springfield, I can’t wait!
Kimm at Reinvented´s last blog ..Decorating With Family Heirlooms
I love painted doors too. I’m trying to decide what color to paint mine, maybe red. I’m not sure yet. I really like that yellow one. Thanks for hosting!
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Once you paint it the first time, you can change it anytime you want.
Terry Kearns´s last blog ..Pent Roofs and Petticoats
I love painted doors! These doors are beautiful. My own front door is currently a very plain old brown. I’ve always wanted a glossy red door, and it’s on my list of things to do.
Linda.
Oh … I love painted front doors! I’ve always wanted a red door … although I did a series on entryways and the front doors I ended up loving the best were the solid wood with stain and no paint. It’s so hard to decide though I guess it depends on the house.
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Awww, what a DARLING little girl you have!!!!!!!!!!!!! she is too adorable!
Joni
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The yellow double doors is the one for me!
Lily looks just as sweet as ever
Jane T.
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Painted doors are a sweet spot for me. I think they are beautiful inside and outside. There is a home in Atlanta that has the most exquisite painted green door – I am inspired to take my dog on a walk by this house tomorrow just to appreciate the green door!
Things That Inspire´s last blog ..A new book by one of my favorite designers: Jan Showers
Love those yellow double doors! My door is a red-brown that matches the shutters… nothing nearly as happy or charming as the doors you show. Repainting it a warm robin’s egg blue has recently crossed my mind…
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Love the doors; in fact that blue door is in the montage behind my blog title. I think it is Barrie Benson, one of my favorite designers. And your daughter is beautiful!! Just like her mom.
Laurie @ My Domicile Style´s last blog ..Entertaining – The Barefoot Contessa
I agree completely, painted doors are like makeup for a house. We painted our front door red last year, and it is like that little touch of lipstick that finishes off an outfit. Your adorable model is just too cute standing by that door.
?, Susan
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Love those doors! And that turquoise one is a classic!!
Maria Killam´s last blog ..Hooked on THIS White Kitchen
Lily is so cute!!!
Our door is plain old boring white. I would LOVE to paint it, but it makes T all twitchy to think about that. This must be a sign b/c AnNicole posted about this same thing today!! 
Thanks for hosting!
Amanda @ Serenity Now´s last blog ..Chick Flick Club tips and Movie Review
I love colored doors too. Ours is Cranberry with a colored stain glass window.
Found an article on the movie set designer for some of the movies from Movie Monday. Thought you might enjoy it. Thanks for all the hard work on Mondays.
http://www.subzero.com/livingkitchen/lifestyle/friendsdetail.aspx?tid=6&fid=8
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I love the blue door! My front door is a light yellow on the exterior and white on the interior.
Your daughter is adorable!
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I’m so sorry for messing up Mr Linky – I should know better than to try to squeeze him in before feeding dinner guests.
I do like the modern blue door you found, but the colorful Victorian one no doubt looks stunning with that architecture too. My front door is blue, but it’s not a very exciting shade – one of about six specified by the HOA. I’d love to have a purple door like Kelly!
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i love that yellow door soooooooooooooo much! soo refreshing!
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You post inspired moi to PAINT… yessss… I’ve painted the first photo with my own touches of course… have a look… http://fififlowersdesign.blogspot.com/2009/09/lime-doors-to-hope.html
ENJOY!
Fifi
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I love painted doors! Ours is green right now. Was Red before. LOL
Now I want to paint my door!
Amy @ Living Locurto´s last blog ..Save the Date for Halloween Free Download
oops #64 didn’t take, try 65!
I’m hooked on raspberries.
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Yay! Me too! We just painted our entrance door turquoise (a la Miles Redd) and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!
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They’re all great but I especially love the one with your daughter. It’s a stunner (as is she).
My front door is painted a crimson. One day, my siding will be sage. That’s the plan for now. We’ll see how that pairing works out.
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I love painted doors, Julia, and not just red, black or white ~ I really like those similar to what you’ve shown. We don’t have any too out of the ordinary where I live, but every once in a while I drive by a house that dared to be different. Mine is white right now, but I’ve always wanted to do red or black.
Our front door is navy blue. It looks really nice against the front of our house because the house is light blue.
Tara @ Feels like home´s last blog ..Car Seats Save Lives If You Let Them
If drooling over photos of houses were illegal, you’d be done for pushing. I come here and feel like I’ve had a fix!
Our front door is wooden and boring, but my husband’s wary of me painting it – even the neighbours who can see it from their front door have subtly voiced their concerns about me being too radical for the street! Everyone else has dull brown woodwork, but I painted our woodwork a rusty-red orange that makes our brick house zing. (Our south facing, sunny back door is painted a gorgeous Mediterranean blue; it’s in a white wall covered with jasmine and flanked by hydrangeas and a potted olive tree!)
I love painted doors and adored taking photos of doors and shuttered windows when I lived in Greece and Portugal. Your daughter’s even more gorgeous than that pink door. I couldn’t live with it, but I do love the passion of the person who painted it! The yellow one is dreamy.
Thanks, Julia!
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My favorite?! The one with the beautiful little girl!
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I love painted doors. I’ve always wanted a black and white house with a red door. Currently, I have a gray green house with a wood door. It is a very pretty carved door. Love the name Lily. Have a great weekend.
I am a sucker for color! I love those doors..the first thing we did when we bought our home was paint our door orange!
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I agree. The first two are my favorites. Not sure I could live with the third one! Happy Friday, Julia. Thanks for hosting this every week.
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what a great site!
Those doors are GORGEOUS!!! Mine is just boring white – but I did recently “dress it up” with vinyl numbers!! Love it!
~TidyMom
TidyMom´s last blog ..Where is the Heart of Your Home?
Julia,
Lily is adorable, and the colorful door is pretty too! Thank you for hosting Hooked on Friday.
Cathy
The Stylish House´s last blog ..Enchanted Makeovers!
I love painted doors. All of the doors in my house were painted white, so I am adding some color and it just makes it so much more fun!
Lily is adorable. That is a great door! Victorians always have such beautiful color.
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Mine is a barn red. But at our lake house the door is an old door with a big beveled glass window — it’s stained a walnut color. But I couldn’t resist adding a punch of color. I just painted the screen door a very vibrant lime green.
Painting inside of door………. Interesting!
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Your daughter is adorable. I love how she is color coordinated with that fantastic door. Right now our door is painted apple green, but I think it’s going to change soon. I haven’t decided what to do next. That yellow door is certainly inviting. Hmmmm…. Thank you for the inspiration.
xo
Brooke
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those doors are wonderful. I love a pop of color. I think its especially lovely on french doors leading out into a garden!
Yes, yes, yes. I LOVE painted doors. My current home features the nicest door I’ve ever had in any house. Solid mahogany. Very nice. But the truth of the matter is that I hate the fact that I can’t paint the door. Well, I shouldn’t say “can’t,” but in truth it would be rather a shame to cover this beautiful wood. . . but I like a painted door better! I’ve had black, I’ve had Charleston green (very dark, almost black), I’ve had Talbot’s red–and I’ve loved them all. The ones you picture here are so much fun!!
Richella at Imparting Grace´s last blog ..Heirloom Day
Love both of those doors! So fun…mine is white on one side and green (an ugly weird light green) on the other…yawn. I would love a painted dutch door! Have a wonderful weekend!
Tara´s last blog ..Crazy for Numbers~
I love brightly painted doors so much I painted my own a wonderful sky blue
I love painted doors, too! I saw somewhere talk about wallpapered doors also, like in the different panels of the door (inside the house, of course) which I thought was a neat idea, as well.
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Just linked up with my blog! Actually, I’m still a blogging and linking “virgin” so I’m hoping I did this correctly and all went well. I am officially Hooked On Thrifty Treasures. Stop by my blog and read all about my latest finds!
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Smiles & Hugs,
Joyce
I love painted door with a pop color. I really wanted to paint my front door pink, but hubby was not too happy about that. So I went with black instead. Talk about a total turn around, but it came out great!
Hope you have a great weekend!
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Julia,
Thanks for hosting the party! This is my first time to join, such fun!!
Love those painted doors too!!!
Alyshia
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I’m hooked on them too. Love the yellow one:)
Becky @ Farmgirl Paints´s last blog ..One week in!
Julia-I came here to add my post about painted doors that I did last week inspired by our trip to Maine. How funny – you also posted about painted doors! I love them too. And I think I’m going to go with a Robin’s Egg Blue. Also, I accidentaly linked to the wrong post on my blog if you want to delete it – it’s # 111.
Have a great weekend!
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OOh I love painted doors too. And the one with Lily is so cute! Our front door is painted black, but I’d love to paint it cobalt blue. Maybe one day!
That is an adorable little girl!
Love these doors! I’m actually in the middle of a door dilemma, perhaps you could offer a few pearls of wisdom?? I’m trying to decided whether to paint (white) or stain my sidelights on the brand new fir door I bought. The door itself is going to be a deep walnut. What would you do?
Kelly´s last blog ..Heirloom Party
Why do most of us have dull doors? Girls, this is not a big committment! Mine is dull green w/ pretty plum shutters and natural shingles. I think it’s high time for a turquoise door!!! Thanks for the inspiration!!
xo
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I love yellow doors! I painted mine two colors of yellow last year & added a vintage style striped canvas shade. I smile to my self whenever I walk up my front steps.
StuccoHouse´s last blog ..One Inch Short
julia..you must stop with the great inspiration ideas…i can’t possibly do all the things you make me want to do!! ahhhh..that blue door..
sue@solsticehome´s last blog ..The Great Crate Caper
I’m a bit obsessed with door color- just changed mine to BM’s Classic Burgundy and love it! A friend just painted hers the most vivid orangy red ( on a tudor )- it gives just the perfect punch of modern color! It’s amazing how much a change of color on the front door can make such a huge impact on your house’s curb appeal.
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How good are those colours – love em!
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