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When we were buying our new house, there was so much that I loved about it – the very open floor plan, architectural features like rounded walls, floor to ceiling windows in the living room, giant kitchen island, tall ceilings ranch, mostly. But, everything was blah. Same orangey-beige everywhere, boring light fixtures, cheap-looking fixtures … there was so much unused potential in this house! Slowly, very slowly, I’m updating things to slowly flesh out the beauty that this home could be. We’ve already made a lot of progress, but there is a lot more to go.
One of those things standing in my way are the doors. They are mammoths. The tallest interior doors I’ve seen in a home. Roughly 8’+ tall. And they are the color the trim used to be (something else I’m also working on), which is kind of like beige/pink vomit. Obviously, I have no strong feelings at all about the gross color. The doors all HAVE TO BE painted anyway, so I might as well make them gorgeous.
The dark door trend is still going strong, and I’m seeing it in enough up-scale places to think it is going to stay around for a while. Either way, I love dark doors surrounded by white trim. I love the way it makes a design statement without being bold/tacky. Dark colors can be neutral too! Think: navy, black, dark gray, deep brown … totally neutral.
When I was nervous about my choice, I searched for pictures of dark doors online and it was very clear to me that I made the right decision for me.
(Checkout my Pinterest Board: Decor | Dark Interior Doors)
Here are some of the doors that helped convince me … Please click on the source below each image to learn more about the blog/website this image came from.
(via Home Bunch)
(via Brooke Wagner Design)
(via The Gathered Home)
(via Dear Lillie)
(via Sherwin Williams)
(via The Decor Chick)
(via Thrifty Decor Chick)
(via Honey We’re Home)
(via From the Carriage House)
(via The Inspired Room)
(via Remodalaholic)
(via 320 Sycamore)
(via Focal Point Styling)
SNEAK PEEK
I’m still in the middle of painting all my doors … so here is a sneak peek of a few doors I’ve painted into the laundry room. I can’t wait to show you the easy way I figured out how to do this, because it was taking me FOREVER to paint them, and I have 29 doors to paint. Yikes. (Hint: it is similar to how I’m painting my trim.)
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Very classy Mary. You’re right it’ll be around awhile. Reminds me of old areas in Boston for some reason. It’s a classic design. Please, for the love of all that’s holy and good, say “NO” to the turquoise doors. ☺️. Thanks for sharing!
Kerry
I think it’s classic too, thanks for validating. 🙂 And I have the same worry as you, turquoise doors may be just a trend. Luckily, one easily solved with a new can of paint!
I’m ready to stain my interior doors black. Will l have to put a polyurethane to make them a glossy finish? Or should I just get a glossy finished paint? I’m nervous 😰
I’d say use a high-gloss paint instead of having to do a poly coat! I think that will be easier to touch up too.
Mary I’m going with Navy door also. Did you use a semi-gloss paint? That is what I’m doing and it is taking forever and multiple coats over the primer to get a nice finish. Was this your experience as well?
I really wish I could say otherwise, but yes, painting the doors is a terrible terrible pain. Spraying the paint certainly helps, but was still a lot of work. It will be so worth it, though! They’re so gorgeous!
Hi Mary,
This looks really nice. Do some people paint the trim darker as well or is that not quite as appealing? And should all the interior doors be the same dark color or can they vary from grays to black and still look cohesive?
Thanks, Rachel
I’ve seen it every way. I just went through a model home a few weeks ago, where only a few doors were chosen to be dark and they did paint the trim around them dark as well. It’s the wild west out there, no specific rules – you get to do what makes sense for your home and tastes.
The hexagon tile… where can I find that ?
That wasn’t my tile. If you click the link right below that picture, you can go to the person’s blog and ask them. 🙂
Hi Mary, Thank you so much for sharing this. My hubby and want to go dark door white trim. With have sampled a few colors but struggle to make a choice. We have a dark glossy mohogamy cherrywood floor. Do you recommend dark chocolate brown or black doors? Should the paint be semi-gloss or glossy? Thanks again.
Aida from Toronto
I don’t think you could go wrong with brown or black. I’d love to know what you chose and how it went! We’re in a new house from the one in this post and I’m just approaching the idea of dark doors again (it’s a big job). I believe I’ll be going with a black-ish brown. SW has a color called Black Fox that I’m considering, but I haven’t tested it out yet.
This is something i never considered but looks so beautiful here
Thank you!