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Front door colours

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BrandyGran Wed 05-Oct-22 16:42:50

A new house near me has finished the house with a green front door. A few days later the older house next door paints theirs the exact same colour
AIBU to think this is a bit rude?

Granmarderby10 Sat 11-Feb-23 16:29:10

vegansrock what would happen if say one of the doors got painted in a slightly different shade of the same colour though 😸

micmc47 Sat 11-Feb-23 16:20:23

In the words of the great John McEnroe... "You cannot be serious"... grin

aggie Thu 09-Feb-23 10:18:34

Farm yard doors !!

aggie Thu 09-Feb-23 10:18:10

Our front door was battleship grey , I wanted to repaint it white , all the doors in the yard at the back of the house ( we lived in the farmhouse but it fronted the Main Street ) were the same colour
In laws had a fit of the vapours , a new mahogany door was bought ( it’s still there ) so I couldn’t paint it !
The farm yard I painted with that red paint all farm machinery is done with , I loved it , so cheerful 😀
My front door now that Ive moved is pale green 😏

Grantanow Thu 09-Feb-23 09:55:15

And for the late Queen's visit they took down the 'Gentlemen' sign at the railway station in case she would be shocked.

makemineajammiedodger Fri 06-Jan-23 18:51:03

Rude? I think it's rather a compliment!

Nightrose Sat 31-Dec-22 23:16:16

Copycat is the greatest form of compliment.

Jjooly Sat 31-Dec-22 12:33:30

When my neighbour knew we were getting a new front door she was worried we were going to get a dark grey one but I had chosen a light blue one as I don’t follow fashion

Margs Sat 24-Dec-22 16:07:22

I've always believed that green front doors,green cars and green curtains are all fairly unlucky.

I don't know when or how I started thinking this way.

BlueBelle Fri 23-Dec-22 19:32:01

Mines a worn out dark bright blue that badly needs painting if anyones offering ? I ve bought the paint a really nice grey with a bluey tinge

Mollygo Fri 23-Dec-22 18:38:15

Grantanow
One of the signs that someone had bought their council house was a different colour or even a totally different front door.

Grantanow Fri 23-Dec-22 17:37:04

When my parents lived on a Council estate the front doors had to be painted in only four colours and in the same ABCD colours in order down the street. Painting in a personal colour was forbidden. The same Council painted only the outside of the railings and house fronts for a visit by the Queen.

MissAdventure Fri 04-Nov-22 11:39:07

My mums little bungalow was very pale yellow.

Now when I go past, guess what colour it is?

Annaram1 Fri 04-Nov-22 11:37:29

My front door was white when I moved in 18 years ago. It was not long before I painted it a bright yellow. I regularly repaint it yellow. Its so cheerful, yet so few front doors are yellow.

MissAdventure Fri 04-Nov-22 11:33:24

I'm sure front doors were all sorts of colours in the "olden days".

Whatever dad had left over in the shed, I reckon.

NotSpaghetti Fri 04-Nov-22 11:23:34

From The Sun

MissAdventure Fri 04-Nov-22 11:23:29

Ah, I see it's the neighbours who are kicking up a stink about it.

Miserable sods.

NotSpaghetti Fri 04-Nov-22 11:21:04

Here it is in the street:
www.google.com/amp/s/www.thesun.co.uk/money/20308044/tasteless-neighbour-painted-pink-door-disneyland/amp/

MissAdventure Fri 04-Nov-22 11:20:41

It goes perfectly with those beautiful stone walls. smile

NotSpaghetti Fri 04-Nov-22 11:17:26

I like it too MissA

MissAdventure Fri 04-Nov-22 10:43:44

smile
I like that.
We threatened to paint the exterior walls here a similar colour if the council didn't paint them after 20 odd years of waiting.

NotSpaghetti Fri 04-Nov-22 10:32:41

Thought some of you might not have seen this... a bit "off piste" but still about door colours:
www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-63459438.amp

NotSpaghetti Fri 04-Nov-22 10:30:22

Grandmabatty - I hope you have the chocolate-lime look elsewhere!

What colour are your window frames.. and any other woodwork?

HeavenLeigh Fri 04-Nov-22 10:11:17

It wouldn’t bother me, paint the front door in whichever colour you choose, personally green is not a colour I like, so I’d go for black, all the homes down our road have a variety of colours,

IrishDancing Mon 24-Oct-22 12:48:40

I’ve no idea what colour anybody’s door is in my road! Why would it matter?