It can be relaxed and welcoming or more formal.
Farrow and ball light blue front door.
Muted borrowed light and skylight make for breezy fresh feeling spaces while cool parma gray adds a little more formality.
Traditionally many amish houses have had a blue front door which was speculated to mean that the house in question had a daughter available for marriage.
Crimson red no w93 in exterior eggshell to celebrate the launch of our colour by nature palette in our long lasting exterior eggshell finish some of the uk s most inspirational design and lifestyle founders have repainted their front doors.
We partnered with style experts collagerie to create a series of six delightful doors.
Scotch blue no w24 in full gloss right.
Our social media followers have been busy bringing their own entryways to life with shades from all corners of our colour card from bright nancy s blushes to inky scotch blue and we ve gathered a few of our favourites below to inspire you.
Farrow and ball light blue front door in bright daylight farrow and ball light blue front door with cloudy sky.
We always recommend using a farrow ball primer undercoat see above for the correct tone for this colour.
This silvery blue was so named because it was the lightest blue farrow ball made in its first collection of colours.
Which leaves the fun bit choosing a paint colour for your front door.
Light blue with its large dose of grey can take on an almost silvery tone in darker rooms while those in search of a true baby blue paint should look no.
Farrow and ball light blue for example when used on front doors farrow and ball light blue will appear much paler almost to the point of being an off white but still looks stunningly crisp paired with white woodwork.
Supposedly a blue front door has a variety of meanings including prosperity and positivity royal blue or calm and grounded navy blue.
For us the front door is so important.
We talk to farrow ball s colour curator joa studholme and lifestyle brand collagerie.
But this has been unanimously denied by amish.
Hague blue front door.
Hague blue dining room.
Deeper and richer on a cloudy duller day or in the evening when the light fades.
Light blue becomes a little more silver in tone when used in shaded areas so is very popular for use on the walls of internal halls especially when the remainder of the house is painted in cooler more neutral greys.
It is the start of the story and first and last impressions are so important.