Top 12+ front door ideas to elevate your home’s street appeal

The old adage ‘never judge a book by its cover’ applies to most things, but in the case of the front door, we’re of the belief that a beautiful front entrance has the power to set the tone for the rest of your home.

Ensuring your front entryway makes a positively stylish first impression, be it through a bold shade or a selection of pot plants, adds instant street appeal and makes a house feel like a home. What’s more, is that it’s relatively simple to update your entry and relatively easy to change with the transformational power of paint and styling.

So, whether you’re partial to a pop of colour or you’d like to keep things understated, get inspired to make a stylish and welcoming entrance with these 12 fabulous front door designs.

12 fabulous front door ideas

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Photography: Anson Smart | Styling: Olga Lewis

Steel-framed glass double doors

Custom steel doors by Wild Orchid Spaces draw in natural light draw plenty of natural light into this contemporary family home on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Encased in sandstone and lined by tropical plantings, the coastal-style entrance makes an impressive first impression.

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Photography: Tom Ferguson | Styling: Olga Lewis

Retro entrance

Featuring original paving, the entryway to this renovated mid-century home effortlessly blends retro style with contemporary flair. The oversized front door is painted in Dulux’s deep and dark Cumberland Red and crowned with a golden halo door pull from Lo&Co.

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Photography: Kristina Soljo | Styling: Sophie Wilson

Ivy-framed porch

Lush, green tendrils of ivy cover the red brick facade of this storied Sydney home, creating a magical frame for the home’s classic blue and gold trimmed front door and surrounding panes of stained glass.

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Photography: Armelle Habib

Green front door

A contemporary-meets-country-style entrance welcomes you into this renovated worker’s cottage in Melbourne. Beside a cheerful green front door, an olive tree grows in a concrete pot and Virginia creeper twines over the verandah.

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Photography: Tom Ferguson | Styling: Olga Lewis

Red front door

Painted in Dulux’s Very Cherry, this red front door to a renovated Federation home makes a bright and bold statement.

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Photography: Maree Homer | Styling: Kate Nixon

Black front door

The classic black front door to this Queenslander home features stunning stained glass and bespoke light fittings from Highgate House which complement the home’s heritage architecture.

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Photography: Anson Smart | Styling: Claire Delmar

Timber door and breezeblocks

Inspired by Palm Springs style, this modern family home in Sydney’s east welcomes you with palm trees, white painted breezeblocks and an oversized timber front door to create a luxurious, resort-style feel.

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Photography: Marnie Hawson | Styling: Lynda Gardener

Green and stained glass

The classic charm of this Federation facade, with its dark green front door and stained glass details, has been gracefully retained.

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Arched front door

A charming arched front door, which also features a stained glass detail, forms the entrance to this 1933 Spanish-style home in North Brisbane.

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Photography: Nikole Ramsay

Peach front door

A pretty peachy coloured door welcomes you into this 1870s cottage, setting the chic and neutral tone for the rest of the home.

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Photography: Martina Gemmola | Styling: Julia Green

Hamptons style

A refreshed white exterior and bold blue door painted in Taubmans’ Stained Glass sum up the colour scheme of this Hamptons-inspired Mornington Peninsula home.

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Photography: Maree Homer

Black panelled door

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