Semi Gloss would typically be used on the doors. Easy to clean the doors with a hose and water.

Would you consider leaving them the color that they are and using the black hardware to tie them in? The doors are a prominent feature and may dominate your facade if you paint them black. I would wait until they're in and upload a picture of the house into a color visualizer at Benjamin Moore's web site. Paint them on there first and see what you think. You can always paint them if you decide you like them but you can't unpaint them!

Good to know. I wish you luck with your project!

I applaud your strong taste in contrast and your attention to texture and sheen. Normally, I would suggest a high gloss, but with all the other sheens that you have going on, I might stick with a semi-gloss this time.

Looking good so far!! I would go with a semi gloss for the exterior doors, good luck!

It is so hard to capture!!

I went with the semi gloss according to this (I forget) but I have to say I think next time I will try high gloss. Finger prints and shoe scuffs are tough to get off.

Which paint brand , color, did you use?

It was Ultimate brand? "Mid gloss 1230 black" don't ask me why, actually I think I know – we used Benjamin Moore for everything in the house but I think we had to hire someone on our own to paint the doors due to the contract and I just told them to get black paint! Very unlike me! i'm pretty sure the front door was prefinished by pella and it has less of a sheen. It definitely shows finger prints that are hard to get off so at some point I would like to paint it a semi gloss as well.

Hello greenfish1234. I love the look of your doors and am thinking strongly about painting my new build garage doors black with black shutters. Do you find that the black paint shows more fingerprints and scuffs than a white paint? Also, have you had any issues with the paint fading? We live in the South and will have a lot of hot sun exposure during the summer. I love the look but would appreciate your input on the durability of black garage doors. Thank you !

Hi Kerri! We are in the Boston area. The garage gets full sun and it has not faded. It also doesn't seem to have issues with fingerprints, dust, etc, but the front door does. I wish I'd gotten a kick plate because the kids definitely use their feet to help them open the door and there are always scuffs at the bottom. Also greasy looking fingerprints around the edge. I think I would go for a higher gloss next time to avoid that problem. Read up on shutters before you do them. They are almost never done right, and once you understand what right is you'll never be able to see shutters the same way again! Good luck!

Love the look. What brand doors did you go with? Are they vinyl wrapped steel? Wood? Just steel?