For the past two years I have been collecting images of painted interior doors.
The two most popular color choices seem to be gray…
…or black.
Some doors are done in a matte finish.
Others in a high gloss lacquer finish.
I am truly drawn to doors with a bit of color, like this soft pink.
Although this red seems so happy.
I’ll take this entire purple paradise please.
Ah, butter yellow.
Good day sunshine!
I love this emerald green. They even painted the trim.
But overwhelmingly I seem to be drawn to a softer look.
The palest of mints.
A bit darker.
True turquoise.
It would appear that my heart wants…
…something in the seafoam family.
Although not quite as dark as teal, but I would gladly take the door.
Yes, this is the perfect shade for the back of my front door.
Then there is the question of “Do I give it a two tone look?”
Not as shocking as this of course.
The white and turquoise really pop.
My favorite technique was done in Kate’s office.
On Monday you saw a glimpse of what the doors in my house look like. I’ll be picking up a paintbrush soon.
Do you like colored interior doors? Do you prefer a matte or lacquered finish?
Laura
Loving these … the colors are fabulous! I haven't been bold enough to try! 🙂
I love painted doors, I prefer the matte or satin and love the blues and soft yellow. Though mine are painted white. I like the paneled doors, mine are all solid and I would love to change them. Great doors!! Di@Cottage-Wishes
All the pretty coloured doors look lovely, but I hate painting doors. It has taken me almost 9 years of living with our bare unpainted French glass doors we installed when we did the construction. I have put it off, using any excuse I could find. This summer I ran out of excuses. I dug out the primer and paint and a whole lot of tape. Found brushes and sponge rollers and set to work. DH took the doors off the hinges so I could at least paint them laying flat. I am so happy they are finally done. I painted them a very light ivory to match the rest of the woodwork through out our house and I am so happy with them. They just look right.
Things I learned…
1 remove doors from hinges and paint laying down if at all possible.
2 allow lots of time for drying in between coats.
3 the small sponge rollers do an amazing job of smoothing the paint out in the flat areas.
4. remove hardware if you can. Much easier than taping around it!
5 it is worth it when they are done.
Have fun and can't wait to see what your redo looks like! 🙂
And referring to #1 note…
I meant the doors are laying down…not the painter! lol
So love the matte finishes, but had not thought to paint the interior doors other than white … hmmmmmmmmm!
<3 Marydon
love them all but I adore the Teal tone.
I actually bought a color called “Pond” its a BM color I had made up in valspar satin for my doors, a teacart and a armoire for the living room..
good luck with whatever you choose.
I'm sure it will add beauty to your home..
xoxo
Sonny
I can't wait to see what you come up with, I know it will look fabulous. Hugs, marty
Laura I have not done it yet, would love to though, it is so striking; like painting a ceiling a contrasting color!
xoxo
Karena
2013 Artist Series
Those are all so cheery!
We have just boring, standard, fake wood/brown interior doors throughout; I never really thought of changing them.
Linda
Love all your inspiration Laura! Can't wait to see what you put on yours. I like lacquer if I had the patience to paint it but matte looks subtly beautiful too. Good luck!
What a wonderful way to brighten a room, I love aqua tones too.Though I think the room would need just a couple of pops of the same color to make it work, like throw pillow and or vases.
Linda, I have the same type of doors and the laminate is breaking down after almost 60 years… One idea I have been kicking around is to use laminate (“formica”) sheets (4×8) in a pretty color cut to size and glued to the door to change the color and feel. Any one else ever done this?
Hi Laura,
You always find the BEST pictures to share with and inspire us. I had fun looking at all of these. I really am starting to like the soft gray paint; my favorite doors in this post are the butter yellow. With the pretty glass in the top portion, they remind me of an English cottage, and I DO love English cottages. 🙂
The interior doors in our house are so ugly — one more thing on my long to-do list. Have a lovely day!
Denise at Forest Manor
Beautiful doors in your photos. Great inspiration. Our doors are all white, but I'm thinking that painting the back of the front door would add some color in the entryway.
Looking forward to seeing what you choose.
Reminds me of the fun they have with their doors in Europe! Amazing.
The interior of my front door is painted the same color as the outside of the door – a sort of darkish greyish brown. Some might call it a greige but I don't like that term so I just call it brown!
art deco doors!
Hi Laura…Oooooo, so many pretty doors. Love the light yellow, the raspberry and well, loved a lot of them!
Laura, thanks so much for your visits to my blog. Always happy to see you stopped by. Susan
White.
Gloss.
Clean.
:o) Kelley~
Mom was talking about this post at dinner last night so I had to come and see. I don't know why I have never considered painting a door a contrasting color before. They all look so wonderful.
I usually like a Matte finish…but I'm sure whatever you choose will be great!
These are great! I have always been partial to interior doors that were painted black. I haven't been bold enough to take the plunge, yet. But, I can definitely feel it coming!
I'm sure we are way behind the times, but we have solid doors that we stained. They make a nice contrast to the light walls.
They are all gorgeous. I can never decide so always leave them antique white. Having said that,the front door is woodgrain just varnished and I am always tempted to paint it but have never had the nerve to get started.
Yes. Matte. I have blue and gray samples on the back of my front door. I may just go with white as I can't seem to find the shade that says stay.