Bonjour and welcome to the Art of the Home gallery of charming cottage front door ideas! Hope you enjoy and take inspiration from the photos and the little pluses!
The charm of the cottage door transcends time and age…fantastical and dreamy! When we hear an old fairytale about a small cottage in the woods, we immediately picture it with a peculiar wooden door and shuttered windows. Or how about a period novel set in the country, we again see a little stone house with a lovely cottage door. And this style remains popular even to this day because of its relaxed and welcoming appeal, not to mention its adorable character. This type of entry can work in a Craftsman-inspired home, a spacious mountain retreat, and on a coastal home. A cottage door is also the perfect door for a farmhouse or a country home. Imagine the front door painted in a charming color, framed with flowers, a stone path leading to it. Gorgeous! A cottage door can also handle unique vintage accents like aged metal straps, antique doorknobs, and whimsical door knockers. Cottage doors are a classic that can only get better with age.
Are you thinking of getting a cute cottage entry door for your home? You can choose a brand new door made of solid wood or composite materials, but wouldn’t it be nice if you came across an old wooden door you can salvage? Age can give a cottage door unique character and patina that will surely be noticed by guests. When it comes to style, you can opt for a solid panel door, or one with top lites (or side lites). It can even have a large glass insert for a clear view of the outside, and you can put curtains for privacy to match the window treatment. The door shape can be arched, or a Shaker-type panel with straight lines. French doors are also very popular choices as cottage doors. You can choose between a single or double swing door with full glass panels that bring in the sunshine. Or how about a convenient and versatile Dutch door that you can open in parts? Want to have a colorful entry door? You can paint your cottage door in every color imaginable – light and delicate pastel colors are bright spots of welcoming cheer, comfortable and classic neutrals will look lovely framed in flowering vines, and black is an elegant and mysterious color that will make brass hardware pop. Don’t forget the door frames, sidings, and trims. These elements can make a huge difference in completing the look of your cottage door design and can serve to tie it up with the rest of the home exterior. To increase your cottage door’s charm, a wide selection of accents are commercially available, but you can also comb through flea markets and vintage thrift stores for one-of-a-kind finds! Think of decorative iron straps, antique knobs, curiously-shaped levers and door handles, whimsical door knockers, metal rivets and studs, and even house numbers. You can let your personality shine through your cottage door without reserve!
Come and please join us as we take a walk down the lane to see these charming cottage front doors. We hope you like our hand-picked photos for this gallery of ideas. Enjoy and beautiful day to you!
1. Dutch Door…
The Little Plus: the black Dutch door with a white door frame. With the lower part in solid wood (with X detail) and the top half with nine lites of glass inserts, this entry door can bring in some sunshine even when fully closed! And the light gray clapboard exterior wall keeps everything neat while providing a nice counter for the black of the door and the metal outdoor lantern. Simply pretty!
2. Brick Wall…
The Little Plus: the light blue Shaker-type front door with decorative arched details on top. The pale aqua blue shade is repeated on the matching louvered shutters for the windows. The brick wall have a warm terracotta glow calling back the porch floor edging. And the white tapered porch columns give a romantic and classic touch, as pretty as the delicately-hued hydrangeas in the white metal planter with scrolled base.
3. Victorian Porch…
The Little Plus: the composite two-panel top lite front door in white. Framed simply in a classic craftsman-style molding (and screened by sheer curtains for privacy), it calls back the double-hung windows on either side. Also in white, the Victorian-style brackets and spindle railings bring old-fashioned charm to the whole porch. And who could miss the attractive red flowers of the front yard landscape acting as borders for the parterres and calling back the hanging flower baskets on the porch? Very pretty!
4. Welcoming Flowers…
The Little Plus: the cute top lite French double doors in light blue. With nine lites for each door panel, expect a foyer bathed in natural light. And the flanking casement windows have shutters painted the same light blue shade as the door, bright and refreshing! And notice the stone steps with stone pavers as risers adding earth tone hues to this entrance.
5. Storm Shutters…
The Little Plus: the reclaimed curved beam as a lintel over the door and side window. Rugged and rustic, it brings an authentic feel to the cottage. And look how the casement window matches the top lite of the off-white wooden door, they even have matching storm shutters! An elevated plant bed with stone edging fills out the bare expanse of the wall with greens and vibrant flowers.
6. Seeing Double…
The Little Plus: the bright red Frenchdouble front door that will turn heads. Notice how the textured glass panels give the effect of falling rainwater while providing privacy. And take a look at the sense of symmetry from the windows, wall sconces, planters, and topiaries in sets of two. Even the plants in the planters were carefully arranged to mirror each other! And the geometric tiled detail on the stone walkway also brings a sense of balance in keeping with the whole look.
7. Shingle Awning…
The Little Plus: the neat little white front door with contrasting black iron straps that look like spades. Also in black are the lever handle, the house number, and the stylized peephole with fleur-de-lis details which is echoed by the doorbell. And the shingled awning – weathered and an absolutely charming addition! It looks just right with the stone edging of the raised flower beds and the cast stone urn planters covered in aged patina. Completing the pretty picture are the flowering plants, soft ground covering plants spilling from the parterres, and the crawling plants slowly framing the door and windows.