Front doors are considered the business card of any house. It sells it, it impresses your guests, and it inspires you and your family! Being the main focal point of the majority of exteriors, front door renovation is a great way to cause a big impact with just one project.

With a variety of colors, styles, and finishes that can be used to make your front door stand out, we organized the best trends at the moment. As a bonus, we compiled a list of the top 3 front door products that are being used right now and some inspirational pictures from some of our front door projects.

• Dutch Paint: one of the most superior coatings to paint your front door that’s trending at the moment is produced by Fine Paints of Europe. This brand offers luxurious lasting materials that will make your front door cause an impact on your neighborhood. However, this brand’s products require the most attention to detail of any painter who decides to renovate their front doors with it.

• Here’s a guide from Fine Paints of Europe with basic instructions that apply to most wood, metal, or fiberglass surfaces. From our team’s experience, you need to prepare the door with care and attention to get great results with these pure high-glosses from Fine Paints. It’s necessary to patch all imperfections on the surface. The sanding needs to be done perfectly with extreme-fine sandpaper – sheets-fine grit (1k to 3k).
  

If you are looking to make your life easier when renovating your front door, Fine Paints of Europe sells a “Dutch Door Kit” - they promise it includes everything you need to properly prepare, prime, and paint one door, inside and out.

• Stain: if you are looking for a complete change of the look and feel of your door, applying a stain to it might be your best choice.

• The staining process starts with completely stripping the door. You need to reach the raw wood to work on it. This stripping process is done with chemical strippers along with a medium sanding process of sheets-fine/sheets-medium grit (320 to 600). Sanding the door is essential after each step of the preparation process. After the door is in raw wood you need to apply a wood conditioner. Only after it, you can stain your wood. After that, we recommend 3 coats of marine varnish sealer. Old Masters produce great sealers.

• Accent Colors: if you live in New England you might have already realized the presence of many colonial homes. Easy to spot by its symmetrical windows, neutral color schemes, and the most impactful element that it’s not a requirement, but it’s popular: vivid and evident front doors.

• Our team has been noticing a trend among colonial homeowners: front doors renovated with rich and vibrant colors. We have been painting many doors in black, green, and orange. Get inspired!

Other Brands We Recommend:

• Aura Grand Entrance by Benjamin Moore
• Sikkens
• Stains from Minwax

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