You've just helped me solve my decorating dilemma for my hallway, which is long, narrow and has 5 doors.

It amuses me that people bother to put stuff in storage.

I mean, do you really need any more evidence that you simply OWN TOO MUCH STUFF if you are putting some of it in storage?

The best thing I ever did was take my crap out of storage and part with it. Books, clothes, CDs, tools, art supplies, old guitars.

As my mom said, "Get rid of it!" Sage advice.

Of course, I kept things. I still have 2 full bookshelves and 2 full CD shelves. But I realized that keeping track of the excesses of my consumerism (and paying to keep in storage) simply meant one thing: I had become another over-consuming American.

My minimized and modernized apartment: http://leblog.exuberance.com/2005/06/modern_san_fran.html

What a fabulous idea! I have five doors in my (very short) hallway myself.

I'm torn between the weathered and the saturated. I think it would depend on what you've got going in the rest of the apartment.

Go with saturated, but cut out the centers and fill with frosted glass to really let light bounce around. The neutral white of the glass will tone down the bold colors and give some continuity to the design while the natural light will make everything look better. Don't forget to update the hardware whie you are at it, most places have such old-fashioned door knobs...

What a brilliant idea to bring color into a place. I'd go saturated though not necessarily with the colors shown. But in all honesty, ANY of the combinations you bring up will be great.

Please make sure to post an after picture when you're done.

Thanks for sharing the idea.

saturated!
all 3 are fine options, warm! but the middle's got that touch of fire...sparky + soothing tones too.

(i admire your color choice skill; warm spin/inclison of blue, my least fave color...

i do love the bottom (tropical) ocean scape tho...

(ps, i'll be orange ed from here on,
thanks, orangred)

ps
inclusion that is

i have similar doors, but am going to break from my usual monochromatic mode (especially walls w/ moldings or doors) + paint just squares + inlaid grooves on different doors.
i love your solid color takes though, the boldness, and will probably return to that after any partial, precious use of color.

A side suggestion? If the doors are older styled, paint the insets and leave the edges white? A few of the doors in my apartment were done that way and I really like it.

I love your idea! Are you going to share what paint colors these are - if they are not a homemade mix.

I have five doors down a long hallway and recently repainted. The hallway is a bright white, and each door is painted a color of the room - red, blue, lilac, and two greens. I love it - a bit of Alice in Wonderland whimsy to an otherwise modern space! I used Devine paint which is made to counter our odd NW weather (I'm in Seattle).

Sounds great Ivy! Would you send us a picture?

This reminds me of my time spent living in Ireland, where--particularly in larger cities--the row house apartment doors were distinguingiushed by rainbows of colors.

see http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Doors-of-Dublin-Posters_i127879_.htm

or better yet, google image on the words "dublin" and "doors."