Choosing colours

We are very happy with how the door colours worked out. Willy actually stained them with two coats of Muskoka red. It actually looks better here, a little darker than anticipated, but I think it actually looks better than the preview. The lighting probably helps.

It's pretty much the only splash of colour on a very neutral house, so it doesn't overwhelm the eye as you might expect red to do.


Choosing Door Colours
So red it is for the doors, but which red?

After deliberating with Willy, we decided to go with a stain instead of paint. Paint chips, especially on doors; stain does not. Stain also lets more of the grain of the wood get through and protects the wood.

Fortunately, a company called Sansin offers a fine alternative of saturated colors in stain (see link below). They offer three shades of red, and I had to see how they looked so I simulated them on some image editing software. They are in order of appearance:

• Primary red
• Heritage red
• Muskoka red

We already picked out a colour. Can you guess which one? We're ordering it tomorrow from Simon Fortin in Abercorn (he built the wall trusses).



Link: Sansin saturated colors