Colorful Mid-Century Modern Exterior Doors

I was out for a walk in the neighborhood and crossed paths with a few colorfully painted mid-century modern doors.

I love the mint green color and unique window on this one.

And yellow really pops against a gray house.

I also love the modern address numbers in the window.

Mid-Century Looking Door at an Austin Bar

It's hard to guess the real age of this door. The building it's on is old enough for it to be a real mid-century door, but it's hard for me to imagine a mid-century door manufacturer making something like this. My guess is someone wanted a unique door with a modern look and told their contractor to go nuts, and this is what they got in return. It's oddly mid-century looking, which makes it perfect for Austin.

Green Modern Front Doors

Green was definitely a popular color for Eichler mid-century modern front doors, but it seems just as popular among truly modern front doors. Personally, I think it's a wonderful look, especially if it's matched with gray exterior paint on the house.

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Green Mid-Century Modern Eichler Front Doors

Blue is a popular color for Eichler front doors, as evidenced by these blue Eichler doors. But green seems to be just as popular in its own right, especially a lime or charteuse green.

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Random Mid-Century Pictures from ATX

I've amassed another collection of photos that are interesting enough to share, but not cohesive enough to build a full post around. So here are some pretty pictures to look at.

A red vintage screen door with a mid-century door behind it.

Another wooden mid-century front door. I've said it before and I'll say it here because these two doors make good examples, authentic mid-century exterior doors have bigger windows than their modern counterparts.

And a red mid-century modern front door, although this one does have pretty big windows.

Some modern landscaping with gray stones and cement slabs. I love the clean lines this creates.

An old apartment building in my neighborhood with a collection of mid-century globe lights.

The same complex had these large modern rusted-metal planters.

They're a great look, but probably a little big for most mid-century homes.

My mom recently picked up this vintage metal tea holder.

And this red and white Belgium apothecary jar.

And finally, I came across this bench that had the wood replaced with old corrugated metal. It made for interesting look and the fresh blue paint is a nice contrast.

Austin Modern Home Tour 2014

Tickets are available for the 2014 Austin Modern Home Tour. The homes on this year's tour look amazing.

The tour takes place on February 1st and I can't wait to see more details like this mid-century modern front door with circle windows.

Blue Mid-Century Modern Eichler Doors

When we painted our mid-century modern door blue, we didn't realize how extremely Eichler it was. It makes me love our blue front door even a little bit more.

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Atomic Ranches with Mid-Century Doors

These three atomic ranches are a close to mid-century housing perfection as you can get. The shape of the house itself, the mid-century doors and garages, the big windows, the stone and brick, the overhangs – it's all there. 

I'd love to see the real life versions of these homes. Hopefully there are still a few standing somewhere in America.

Authentic Mid-Century Doors

I've been taking random snaps of authentic mid-century doors when I come across them.

This vintage screen door is one of the best I've ever seen. A nice modern blue door behind it and it could really pop.

This mid-century door is a little unassuming and it's on an small, unassuming mid-century house that just went up for sale in my neighborhood. I wanted to take a pic because I'm assuming one or both will be torn down by the next owner.

Another neighborhood door captured during a nighttime run.

I've mentioned before that the glass on authentic mid-century doors tends to be a little bigger than their modern door counterparts. This door is proving the rule. And the vintage screen door is proving to be a showpiece itself.

This screen door is a little more modern, but I love the simple look to it. If I were to put a screen door on my place, it'd probably be something like this.

I'm hoping to capture more shots of mid-century doors in their natural environment (instead illustrated mid-century doors). When I do, I'll be sure to share.

Mid-Century Door on Mid-Century Modern Freak

Mid-Century Modern Freak has a fantastic image of a blue mid-century door. The window is a little more exaggerated than you'd expect, but for what I've seen of authentic mid-century doors, the glass is almost always larger than you're expecting. A mid-century modern door will take those elements and make them a little smaller and more fashionable, but when these doors where being made for the first time the designers were just seeing what they could do and what they could get away with.

If you're looking for an authentic mid-century door look, bigger is almost always better.

Authentic Mid-Century Front Doors

I am really happy with our mid-century modern front door, but for some reason I've been really noticing the front doors on the mid-century home images I've been seeing.

I ran across a few with windows like Crestview Doors, but not in the same pattern. (There are also plenty of images with mid-century modern front doors exactly like Crestview Doors patterns.)

And a few without windows.

I love the initial painted on the front door idea in this last image, but that has got to make selling the house a bit of a pain.