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You have decided to install new windows and doors into your home, but with so much choice on offer, you just don’t know which ones to choose. This is a common scenario. Doors and windows will be in place for decades, so it’s an important decision to make, but it can be daunting with such a broad range of colours and styles available. Here are our suggestions for selecting the best window and door colour combinations for your property.
Go outside and have a good look at what your home is made of and the colours that already exist. The shade of the bricks, timber, rendering and roof tiles will have an impact on the way window frames and front doors look. A yellow brick with cream coloured UPVC windows might look a bit insipid for example.
If the architecture has quite a lot of colours in it, it might be wise to go for a more classic tone like white or grey to keep things muted. Selecting windows and doors of the same hue avoids adding extra shades to an already colourful façade.
Walk around the nearby streets and take a look at other properties of a similar age and build to your place. Take note of how the different door and window combinations affect the overall look of the outside. Analyse what gives a home the best kerb appeal. While you are looking, also remember what clearly does not work so you can avoid making similar mistakes.
Dark coloured UPVC doors and windows can have a dramatic effect on a property. It could be just the style you are looking for. These shades can also look quite flat so take time to consider this option. Light colours highlight an area and make it stand out, which is not good for camouflaging an ugly part of your home.
For window and door combinations, you could choose a contrast and mix light and dark hues for a great affect. Use a colour wheel to help and go for either colours that are next to each other for a complementary combination, or on complete opposite sides of the wheel for a bold contrast.
Another option would be to use the same colour, but in different tones. This works nicely with greys - a dark grey door and light grey windows creates a smart, elegant look.
A matt finish often looks lighter than the colour actually is and this finish will create a subtly different look on a door to a gloss finish. Gloss intensifies a colour choice making it stronger and more prominent. Doors and windows look better if they are all in the same finish, so if you go for matt, everything should match unless you have a particularly good eye for this kind of detail.
Consider what things will look like inside your home. You are more likely to change the interior décor before you change the windows and doors, so pick something that will look great with future alterations. Dark shades around a window inside will steal light from a room, whereas a white or cream window frame will add some light. This is the same for the front door, so think about the hallway and how the colour used will affect the light in this area. If your door is going to have glass panels within it or around it, this is not such an issue.
For answers to any questions you may have, or for a quotation, give us a call today on 0208 644 3535 to speak to a member of our team.