Have Some Fun With Color on Your Front Door

Well this is something I had no clue about.  Thanks for the post.

Belinda Spillman 

Fascinating! I knew there were recommended colors for Feng Shui but this is pretty complex. I can see, however, some HOAs not buying into the idea - some here are pretty restrictive are door colors! There are clearly lots of doors I see when showing homes that could use some sprucing up...and some cleaning. Nothing worse than an ugly front door with cobwebs that doesn't work well.

Jeff

Our west-facing door is burgundy. The previous owners painted it that color. Not sure we could get behind any of the Feng Shui approved colors, are we doomed to an eternity of misfortune? We do have an "8" in our street number though...

Belinda  -- what a fun article!  I've been seeing a lot more YELLOW doors lately, instead of the traditional red/blue/green doors.  It's starting to "grow" on me.  Much to my delight, my northwest facing front door feung-shiu's as a possible yellow!  woo-hoo - get out that paint brush!

Belinda!  What an interesting post!  I was not aware of any of those color coordinates but it sure makes for a great conversation.  We chose to go with Burgundy doors and shutters. We face west ... Magenta colored flowers as well as the changing spring, summer and fall colors make it a constant changing landscape.

We have a west facing door and it is white... so we are "Feng Shui" for sure...

Belinda,

Great info. one of the things I  recommend to my sellers is that they spruce up or replace their front door. I will share this with them, not sure many will paint these colors (I practice in very conservative rural Iowa), but the flowers and plants idea from the other Realtors are also great ideas. I have a collection of colored and awesome doors on Pintrest. I happen to love color.

thank you

What a fun topic! When reading this I thought orange would be perfect for mine and based on the direction it faces; so does Feng Shui!

Thank you for sharing.

Great post. I'm all about Feng Shui as my daughter, and World class award winning interior design daughter introduced that concept to me whence helping her Mother and me re design our half circa '50's and half circa '90's family home of 35 years. She's succeded in making this the most fun and comfortable environment anyone could ever want to live out their lives in.

Everyone should take the time to look at their front door and in most cases they can make a measurable difference at minimal cost, a coat of paint could be all you need to add thousands of dollars of value to the home.

Interesting blog! I've seen an increase in red doors lately. I'll be sure to check which way they are facing next time I see one.

Oddly enough, red is my favorite color.  I've often dreamed of having a red door.  But, I've never lived in a house where it would look right.

I agree-I love using the front door to have some fun!

I really enjoyed coming across your blog among the many archieves. Thanks for being apart of Active Rain.

Always interested in cultural perspectives on real estate and business. In Scotland, they paint their front door red when they pay off the mortgage. My west-facing forest green front door could use some paint. Am I brave enough for magenta?

Very interesting Belinda, as I heard that using red for feng shui was the best choice.

I like red doors and they become very popular in my area. Such doors look ''happier'' than any other colors.

I personally have a East facing door. Not sure about the green as suggested. I am thinking to change the color of our front door for the Holidays. 

Our door is black, but now I am thinking of Red or a brick color.