Small Front Door Designs

Small front door designs, The entry door to your house makes a design statement and sets the mood for visitors. Your front door should be well built to keep your home safe, and hung so that it opens and closes smoothly. Beyond that, choosing the style of your front door is a matter of personal taste.

• Decide if you want your front door to let sunlight in. You may have to choose between beautiful glass and safety. In general, designs with glass insets are more vulnerable to burglary than solid doors, although smaller glass insets set far enough away from handles and locks make it more difficult to break in.

• Choose a door that enhances the look of your house. If your house has a strong, particular architectural style, the front door should be of that style also.

• Match the color of the front door with the trim on the house if the trim is painted to stand out and make a statement. Or, if it doesn't disturb the cohesive look of the front of the house, paint the door a contrasting color. Interestingly, in both Feng Shui -- the ancient Chinese method of using color and placement to draw life energies -- and early America, a red front door means "Welcome" ... but in Feng Shui, the red door must face south.

• If you've been thinking of treating your home to some new wooden front doors, you've probably already given some thought to the major details.

• The shape of your doors, the color, and the type of wood all need to be decided on early.

• However, once you have a general idea of how your new wooden front doors will look, you can begin to think about the smaller details and design elements that will truly make them your own.

• Depending on the style of your home exterior, rustic and vintage design elements can make wonderful additions.

• Such adornments usually bring iron or steel features that both contrast with and complement the already attractive natural wood finish. They also bring a real, tactile taste of the past to your 21st century home.

• From gothic to farmhouse, and Victorian to Prohibition era, the rustic or vintage design elements you might install are limited only by your imagination.