NEW HOUSE TEASER DOOR CHOICES

 Who knew you had to choose doors and windows?  I mean, we just thought, yep, it comes with doors and windows, how much do we need to decide?  Apparently a few things, ha.

First up the doors:

Of these three designs, we liked the first one, the horizontal smooth the most.  Didn't really like the roundtop either plank or without.  Kind of ranch or log cabin vibes.  We thought the horizontal smooth that we liked might just be a bit contemporary.

Then we were shown three more.

The 6 panel textured was nixed right away, too formal.  So in the end, it was the last one, the two panel square top smooth.  The design looks like the doors we had in our last house and still conveys old.

2 Panel Square Top Smooth ✅

We had to decide on two things after this choice; hollow core vs solid core and then 6 feet or 8 feet tall.  With our ceilings being 9 1/2 feet, we felt 8 foot tall doors would be nice and large and make a great statement.

8 foot tall ✅

Then it was a no brainer for the other choice, we wanted solid core doors.  Our house in Houston had them (being built in the 1920's) and our apartment has a couple of hollow core doors, and we just don't like the lightweight feel of those.  With them being so much taller, it would be noticeable in the feel of opening and closing a door.

Solid core ✅ 

Then we were told "but wait, one more thing...what kind of doorknobs do you want?"  In a perfect world, we would have loved glass doorknobs like we had at our old house.  They didn't have that option though.

I don't have the pictures of the options, there were colors and round knobs and curved levers, but in the end, we chose this style:

It's a lever style with a square backing.  Contemporary but also kind of old school in a way.  One advantage is that when your hands are full, you can use your elbow to open a door.  Hey, you never know!

We could always upgrade later to glass doorknobs and swap them out after we close and move in.

Square Plate Lever Style ✅

Oh, and what color?  We have decided on black doors.  We know, probably not for everyone but with the colors we chose for the interior rooms, we think black doors will look pretty.  Kind of like this:

It looks cool, even when paired with wood furniture.  It's kind of new and old at the same time.

Here's another look.  Again, clean, contemporary but classic at the same time.

Black doors ✅

The color we chose is Sherwin Williams Tricorn Black.  It's a black black and will be very dramatic.  As luck would have it, when I was looking for photo examples of black doors to show y'all, check this out:

This is our door style WITH the lever handle like we chose AND in Tricorn black.  Wished they had a wider-angle picture but hey, we'll have it in real life in a few months and then you'll really get to see it, ha. 

Anyway, that was our door journey.  Next time, WINDOWS.  Who knew there were so many choices for that too!