Express your style from the outset. Invite smiles by painting your front door a cheery colour. Awning in Bailey Classic Stripe, $41/m, Goodearl and Bailey. Door painted Aquanamel in Atlantic Gull, $42/L, Dulux. Anchor lantern, $225, Mother of Pearl & Sons Trading. Enamel house number, $45, Ici et Là. Tom stools in Resene Riverstone stain (left) and New Guinea Rosewood, $600/each, Robert Plumb. Doormat Designs Heart doormat, $75, Alfresco Emporium. Photograph by Maree Homer