Curb appeal is one of the most important factors in your home. And one of the easiest home improvement projects.

All it takes is a few simple changes to achieve a dramatic makeover for your home’s exterior. We’ll show you how to maximize your home’s curb appeal by making your front door work with the rest of your home’s exterior.  

Splash of Color

Adding a bright coat of paint to your front door may seem like old design advice. But there’s a reason why it’s so widely given and used: it works!

Often, all it takes to wake up your home’s exterior is a fresh burst of color. The effect is most striking when you pick a hue that vividly contrasts with the rest of your home’s coloring.

This cozy bungalow in Venice, California serves as the perfect example. A chocolate brown exterior is enhanced by the bright pop of turquoise on the home’s front door. This stark contrast in color offers the home a sense of dynamic, contemporary style, and welcomes visitors with a front door that creates impact. 

Contrasting Materials

Achieving contrast doesn’t have to be done with color. You can get a more subtle effect by contrasting the materials of your home’s exterior and your front door. This approach can add visual interest to the face of your home as textures keep things from looking one-dimensional.

For example, this home in Japan (pictured above) features smooth steel siding with wide ridges that contrast against the natural wood door.

The rich golden hue of the wood looks vibrant against the cool, dark steel, and the fine details of the wood grain complement the simplicity of the siding’s texture. Contrasting sleek steel with earthy wood gives this design balance and appeal.

Repeat Patterns

Our eyes are naturally drawn to symmetry which makes repeating patterns a powerful design tool.

This Ontario home serves as a great example. Not only are the triangular lines of the roof peaks stacked atop one another, but rectangular boxes are also repeated through the columns and beams of the porch cover and provide a frame of the front door. Using white paint to highlight these features against the navy siding makes the effect more impactful.

Work With More Texture

By playing with textures on your home’s exterior, you can also achieve eye-catching design.

This home showcases contrasting texture and detail to give the homeowners a unique, distinguished entry. The wood siding and stone facade is enhanced by thoughtful landscape design, and impressive columns welcome visitors to the home’s solidly designed front door. This stunning home also features Rollex’s soffit in Evening Gray, complementing the rest of the exterior color scheme.

Let the Light In

Making your home’s exterior work with your front door isn’t just about how things look on the outside. It’s also about how you can enhance the entryway of your home.

In this sophisticated Texas home, the outside is brought into the home with the help of a stunning glass door. Featuring a modern mosaic of frosted glass panes, the unique pivot door allows outside light to flood indoors, filling the home’s foyer with natural radiance.

Make a Statement with Your Front Door

It’s always a good idea to refresh your home’s exterior. By using these examples and tips for inspiration, you can plan a new entry look sure to increase your curb appeal.