Other jewel tones to consider for your front door include rich blues and mustard yellows, Summerlyn Feckner, the founder of Ginger Designs, says. She finds that these hues look particularly nice ...

The best way to paint a door will always be to take it ... you want to know what your exterior door is made of. Most exterior doors are wood, fiberglass, steel, and wood clad in aluminum.

Scrape and sand any loose paint. For wood doors, any bare wood that looks gray ... four-inch brush works best for this job. (Angled brushes don't allow you to reverse the brush if the corner ...