I have a serious crush on pretty front doors, they typically stop me dead in my tracks and I must take a pictures.

Your front door is the first welcome to your guests and it should be inviting showcase your family's personalty. I've gathered 6 Ideas to help you transform your front door into a pretty hello. For more front door inspiration, visit my

recent post about the several inspirational front doors from I fell in love with while on Holiday in England here

No. 1 Have Fun with Color. One of the easiest updates to you can do to your front door is paint! One quart of paint can totally change the look of your front door and can make a simple paneled front standout in the best possible way. Be unafraid of color, when deciding on the paint color for my front door I was most drawn to chartreuse. But, at the same time I was so afraid of the color in a good way, turns out going with my gut and painting our front door a shade of chartreuse even when family didn't get my vision was THE perfect decision for my home. Read more about our front door color journey color inspiration here

Remember to think beyond painting your front door black, red or white. While there's nothing wrong with those colors, having fun with color is the perfect way to greet your guests. Fun colors don't always have to be bold and graphic, they can be the a pale color or mint, light blue or even a soft grey.

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No. 2. Upgrade Your Door Hardware. Swamping out or even Spraying paint your front door hardware is an affordable update that can be accomplished in an afternoon. In addition consider installing a door knocker and mail box slot to up the charm factor

No. 3 Install House Numbers on Door. Adding numbers to your door, is the perfect way to add visual impact and can be done very affordable. These large modern house numbers from The Home Depot, are fantastic and would look great on a door.

via TerraCotta Design Build

No 4. Add Trellis for Vines. This white door below comes alive with the vine roses flanking each side of the foot door. This would be a super simple update, the plants van reside in large containers and the trellis can be attached directly to the exterior of the house.

image via 101Gardens

No. 5 Install Statement Lighting. Extra large lighting looks so good and is a quick and easier update for your front entrance and can really help give your front door that 'wow factor.'

image via Tidbits & Twine

6. DIY Dutch a Door. I love Dutch Doors, they are fantastic and so pretty! I wanted to add one to my laundry room, but I let myself get talked out our having one. However, I have big plans to find a vintage door and transform it into a Dutch Door DIY style! Any guesses on the door, I plan on replacing in the future with a Dut

ch version?

image via Ciao! Newport Beach

I've been sharing several fantastic doors on Instagram follow me @mrsclh to see more and get a peak into my day to day along with what I'm working on for the blog.

What color is your front door? And do you also have a major crush on front doors.

When I'm designing a room, I love keep the key players in the room more on the neutral side, soft grey walls, dark floors and key pieces of furniture is either black or white or wood. I love bringing in color with accessories: colorful lamps, pillows, artwork, books and throw.

Every room has a color story that helps tie everything together and makes the room flow. The color story, also tells you if the space is casual, or takes its self serious based on the colors in the room. I knew I wanted the colors in the cottage to feel fresh and fun and comfy, in many ways like an extension of my home.

When I started planning the design plan for the cottage, I decided the dominant color in the would be navy. To me navy also reads timeless, but also looks fresh. I paired navy with Chartreuse and Shades of green. Chartreuse isn't for everyone, but in my home the colors just work, navy + chartreuse look so good together! In my house, I'm the only girl, so I don't often get the chance to use pink, so I decided to go for it and throw in some pink to the mix with accents, a pretty pink and blue pillow and artwork found on Etsy that is feminine and pink! I'm not a girly girly, so it was fun to add the splash of pink

As I mentioned, I love layering colors accessories and when the main colors in the room are neutral the accents you add with artwork, objects and pillows make everything pop in your room. Below are the colors, patterns and artwork in the cottage studio. I've had so much fun mixing the fabrics and patterns, the trio of colors makes me so happy!

Now that I'm back from from my holiday, I cant wait to spend some time in there in the evenings getting myself truly settled in. I have bookcases that need to be both styled and practical, I'm made some changes since sharing my completed studio on The Home Depot Apron Blog. I have so many projects around my house that need my attention and I know once I'm fully settled in the cottage, I'll be more productive and get those projects done.

I'm in the process of working on a full video tour of the cottage, its one of my favorite places to spend my time, I can't put into words how amazing it feels to have my own studio, this is something I've dreamed about for years. I'm looking forward to showing you all around my studio, it will be the first video I've created for Chic Little House so crossing my fingers it goes well.

What are the color stories in your house? Are you a black and white and gold kind of girl, love dark moody walls or all white?

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