In your home you paint walls, you paint cabinets, you paint brick, you paint floors—but have you ever thought about painting the interior of your front door? What about your interior doors? Cookie-cutter builder-grade antique white interior doors, that add nothing to a space except privacy, may become a thing of the past. Painted interior doors are a trend that is opening the door to a new way of adding color and character to your interior spaces.
Painting the inside of your front door or painting an interior door allows you to play with color without the commitment or cost of a fully-painted room or an accent wall. If you get tired of it, there isn’t much to change.
Front doors with interior sides painted black, and even black interior doors, seem to be the jumping-off point for this trend. The doors are framed with lighter surrounding trim and wall paint for a dramatic contrast that requires minimal effort.
Before you paint the inside of your front door, or any interior doors in your home, first consider the atmosphere you want to create. Bright colors can bring energy to your space. Neutrals can keep things feeling calm.
In historic homes, where making certain changes to the structure is sometimes limited, painting the inside of your front door and painting interior doors allows you to add your personality to your home.
Painted interior doors may become the new accent wall, which some designers think won’t go out of style, but in the future may take a backseat to painted doors and become more muted or textured instead of contrasting. Perhaps the two concepts will merge and doors will be coordinated to match or complement accent walls. As painted interior doors become more mainstream they may also be used to coordinate with painted crown molding or wainscoting.
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