Black or White?

I know.  I've got that Michael Jackson song stuck in my head now too.

Anyhow, I have a question for you.  My brain hurts trying to decide this on my own, so why not let your brains do the hurting for me?   ;)

My new patio doors were installed yesterday!  Don't judge the mess though.  I didn't clean up for you.  The vacuum cleaner is behind me in this photo, and as soon as I put the camera down I hit the power button.  Honest!

The old ones had seen better days.  The wood was rotting.  I don't want to scare you, so I'll show you just one picture to give you an idea of how bad they were.  ;)

We replaced these doors with sliders which function so. much. better!  They are made by Anderson and they qualified for that tax thingy (whatever it's called- we asked our accountant about it).  We ordered them through Home Depot right before the end of the year (and saved our receipt) even though they have just now been installed (special orders take a while).  It's always a good idea, if your a homeowner, to find out if there are any tax credits/breaks you can take advantage of besides the obvious writing off your interest.  Most often, there is some type of incentive out there in regards to home improvements.  Ask your accountant; they're the smart ones.  I'm just smart enough to ask mine.  ;)  Ok, blah, moving on........to the question that's hurting my brain.

When we ordered the doors I had envisioned that we I would paint them black.

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The interior of the door is unfinished (or natural wood), but the exterior is actually covered with a composite that matches the trim color of our house exactly.  This composite material will never weather, so the issue we had with the old doors should not happen with these.  There was no way to order the door we wanted with different colors on each side.  I knew I wanted the outside to match the trim color (which is a taupe color that doesn't show dirt) but I didn't want the interior of the door to be that color.  I opted to have them leave the inside in this natural state, and I figured I'd just paint the inside myself.  I can handle taping and painting, right?  The only problem is that I can't decide what color to paint them -  black or white?

The old doors were white.



The new doors are a little different in style from the old doors besides the fact that they're sliders.  We went almost completely gridless.  I like the new look much better, and it's going to be so much easier to keep them clean!  Now if I can just decide what color to paint them.

Here's a better pic for you to make a decision.

These poor curtain panels were man handled today, and they are not dealing with it too well!  

So, what do you think?  Black or white?  I have a headache.  Although, that probably has more to do with this

than anything else.  Saw. dust. is. everywhere.  Even in my hair, and I didn't do anything but watch the installation with my head titled to the side trying to decide what color to paint them!

Black or White?


I'm not gonna spend my life being a color..........   ;)   Be thankful you can't see me dancing right now!  I may or may not have been listening to that song the entire time I was writing this post.