While our property is being measured and marked, we are ordering doors and windows. Window design and selection was considered when drawing up the house plan. More about those decisions later - for now, we hit pause before ordering the exterior doors.

We knew we wanted a black front door. We have a black front door at our current home and we really love the contrast and boldness of the choice. However, that decision prompted some follow-up questions. Should the black continue on all other doors? How will it look on the interior? How will black doors relate to the other finishes?

We enlisted the talents of my design collaborator, Lindsey, to illustrate the options. There are two sliding doors planned for our home. The most prominent of the two is the door between the dining room and the screened-in porch. Lindsey created these images that offer a three dimensional representation of our future dining room. One image shows a white door while the other shows a black door.

dining room with a BLACK door

dining room with a WHITE door

While many of the other details are still in development (flooring, and finishes, and furniture - Oh my!), these images are all the reassurance we need that indeed, we’ll love the black patio door!