A white front door with floor-to-ceiling glass panels allows both lots of natural light and a pleasant view of the outdoors. It is accessorized by a tall, rustic wooden table with a small potted tree, and a textured floor mat.
33 Ways You Can Put a White Front Door to Work in Your Home
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Published: November 9, 2022
Updated: December 1, 2023
White front doors are versatile and classic, adding a neutral contrast to virtually any color palette. They’re easy to coordinate with tricky permanent elements like brick or stone, and suited to a wide range of popular decor styles. A white front door is practically a requirement for farmhouse and modern farmhouse styles. But there’s hardly a house it won’t work with. But what is hands-down the most fun about a white front door is that you can easily decorate it to suit any change in style, season, or mood. Accessories can range from simple welcome mats and wreaths to less traditional items like flea market finds and DIY projects.
Let’s take a look at these great examples of how you can use the versatile and timeless white front door in your home!
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This white front door with two leaded glass panels is adorned with a wreath. A small window allows extra light, above. The blue-gray hallway is decorated with a gallery wall of family photos and a hanging of assorted florals.
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A red brick exterior is complemented by a pair of white front doors, decorated with matching hanging baskets of yellow and white flowers. To the left, a large black lantern is mounted on the wall, with a round topiary below.
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With a completely symmetrical design, this farmhouse front porch displays paired black lanterns, wreaths of greenery on long ribbons, and gray planters. Two stacked mats sit in front of the double white front doors.
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This white front door features two matching leaded glass panels with black organic abstract designs. The leaf print in the entryway wallpaper echoes the shapes of the glass panels.
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This white front door makes use of indoor decor to set up an attractive entryway. Incoming natural light highlights the foyer chandelier. The geometric motif of the floor mat is echoed again throughout the room. Foliage provides a finishing touch.
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An off-white front door is decorated for autumn with a wreath, vintage style wooden signage, stacks of pumpkins in assorted colors, dried corn stalks, and flowers in bronze and terra cotta planters.
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This white front door with glass windows is decorated for Halloween with a vintage-style sign and a festive wreath of ferns and marigolds. Candles and a seated skeleton add to the ambiance, while a seasonal mat welcomes visitors.
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White shiplap sets the stage for this romantic, vintage-inspired entryway. A white door with black metal hardware and a sign reading “Stay Awhile” opens to a weathered wooden bench dressed up for a cozy morning’s reading.
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Accenting a greige wall is a white front door with a four-panel window framed in unfinished wood. The natural wood is echoed throughout the decor in the picture frames and furnishings.
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Two olive cone topiaries accessorize this bright white front door, accented by a coordinating wreath. The gray-blue siding is echoed in the floor mat, which is stacked with a welcome mat.
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Old fashioned white shiplap on one side, and modern greige on the other, come together to frame this white front door with black hardware and a small leaded glass window.
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White flowers and fern fronds in a rustic woven basket hang from a shelf on a white front door. It opens on to a floor mat with an interlocking chevron pattern.
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This greige entryway features a white front door with a leaded glass window. A long gray carpet leads to the door and a potted tree stands nearby. Four patterned silver tiles hang above.
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This simple white front door features four small square windows and black metal hardware. It contrasts cleanly with an off-white wall and an unfinished wood floor.
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Double white front doors stand out against cool gray walls, while their window panels flood the entryway with light. Matching green wreaths add a touch of freshness.
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Charcoal gray and white partner in this hallway to highlight the home’s entry, featuring a white bench and a tall coffee table with eucalyptus in a white vase. A long gray runner leads to the white front door.
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Rich, dark hardwood floors set off this clean white front door with large leaded glass windows. It’s flanked by two gold and white themed Christmas trees and hung with a spray of evergreens.
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Two green sphere topiaries decorate the panels beside this white door, accented with elegant bubble glass windows. A dried flower wreath offers subdued colors, and a humorous welcome mat adds a personal touch.
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A creamy white front door with glass panels around it is decorated with a wreath of braided grapevine, brown ribbon, and autumnal flowers. It stands in a soft, sage green entryway with hardwood floors.
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A white front door with long glass panels on either side stands out against a deep bronze exterior. It’s decorated with a wreath of white roses, and accessorized with a black and white plaid mat stacked with a welcome mat.
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A wreath of dried wheat adorns a white front door, while antique windmill blades hang above. In the corner stands a metal milk can with a dried floral arrangement inside. A geometric floor mat in neutral tones protects the hardwood floors.
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A simple white front door with glass panels is decorated with a white flower wreath, hung with a silver ribbon tied in an elaborate bow.
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A snowy white front door is ready for the holidays with a wreath of grapevine and evergreen branches, hung with golden bells and wrapped in burlap ribbon. In front, a braided, striped mat is stacked with a holiday welcome mat.
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This white front door is crisp and clean against sage green siding and ferns potted in vintage style washbasins. Fern fronds are tucked into a wreath on the door, which is hung with a gold bow.
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Minimalism sets the tone for this entryway, featuring a white front door between two long rectangular windows. An olive tree in a deep gray planter stands to the left, and a cushioned wooden bench with a pillow to the right.
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This off-white front door is paired with greige siding and a small wreath of greens. A frame of clean white provides definition between the two colors. The door is accessorized with welcome mats in black and white with plaid and geometric patterning.
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Two large bronze pots holding orange flowers flank a front door with bronze hardware. A seasonal orange welcome mat sits between them. Pumpkins in assorted colors pile in front.
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Three white doors are featured in this farmhouse living room. The front door includes an oval window. Two matching sliding barn doors are hung below wall mounted black lamps to either side of a chalkboard.
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A farmhouse style white front door is decorated for fall with a rustic hanging basket of golden maple leaves, accented by an orange woven mat. Lattice windows and a barn door inset add to the country appeal of the door.
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An all-white entryway features a vintage set of lockers and a wicker rocking chair stacked with folded blankets. A weathered side table holds a lamp, pumpkin, and letters.
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This white shiplap entryway features double white front doors with glass panels above, and six panel windows in each door. A warm wooden floor is the perfect counterpoint to all that light.
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Two white doors display farmhouse style against a Christmas display. The front door is decorated with a bundle of evergreens, red berries, and pine cones. The inner door is a sliding barn door decorated with a red berry wreath.