Boost Your Home's Curb Appeal with Solid Wood Doors

Published: March 16, 2021

Are you looking for ideas to upgrade your home's exterior that will get you the most bang for your buck? Replacing your front entry door with a new custom wood door and designing your entryway around it is a very cost-effective way to boost your curb appeal.

Estate Millwork currently offers a wide variety of door designs to give you the ability to choose a door completely unique to your home. While it might seem extreme your front door can make or break your home's curb appeal, whether it is in disrepair or merely the wrong style for your home your front door can portray a negative impression to neighbors and visitors.

Historically Accurate

In your region or neighborhood the homes may have been built in a certain design style relative to the period of time in which it was constructed, whether your home is a cape cod, a craftsman home or one of the many other home design styles there is a door style for you. For example if you live in a Victorian home you don't want to install a more modern front door as this will detract from your homes overall appearance. The doors you would typically see in on these homes would be raised panel or mission style doors.

Contemporary

Even though some will use the terms modern and contemporary interchangeably but these terms can mean very different things. Many newer homes tend to incorporate a variety of American architecture elements from past traditions but won't have one set style. Contemporary homes incorporate materials like stucco, siding, veneers and other similar building materials to make them unique. Doors in this category would be French doors and either flat or raised panel doors.

Traditional

Traditional front doors pretty much describe themselves; these doors don't include a ton of extra designer elements. Typically these are single entry doors and can have sidelights that will in scale with the door itself. This is probably the most common door seen on homes today, and is a great look on a wide variety of homes. This door type has probably the widest variety of options but you would typically see mission doors, flat panel, and even some types on single French doors.