The color of your front entry door can be called the ‘portal to your personality’.  What does the color of your front entry door say about you?  Black: You are the most successful in your career out of your neighbors. Red: You are an extrovert who is relaxed, happy and outgoing.  Purple: You love socializing and have a very close-knit group of friends.  Pink: You take chances in life, have the most friends of anyone and yet are full of mischief.  White or brown: You are completely content with your life.  Orange or terracotta: You are happy with your relationships.  Green: Considered the most trustworthy, you are also intelligent and sophisticated.  Yellow: You make great money but you’re loud and admit to being a bad neighbor.  What would you like your front entry door to say about you?  DPI Quality Custom Finishes team of professional painters and finishers can help you express the color of your personality, through your front entry door. 

Nothing sets the tone for a visitor to a fine home quite the same as an attractive entry way with a beautifully custom finished door as its focal point.   DPI Quality Custom Finishes has some of the most experienced professional painters and finishers on our Exterior Door team.  Wood, steel, fiberglass, or composite your entry door will be beautiful when you work with DPI Quality Custom Finishes.  We have the most accurate custom stain and paint matching in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Marion, and Eastern Iowa Corridor.


DPI Quality Custom Finishes understands that your front entry door system is a big investment.  That is why DPI Quality Custom Finishes uses the best door finishing materials on the market.  We have researched the products that are available on today’s market, done the testing and selected our products by the results that we have found.  The majority of the products that we use are; Low VOC and Zero VOC water-base paints, stains, and finish coats, and part of our Ecofinishes.  The beauty and durability of these water-based finishes is amazing.  They are also easy to maintain.  It's best to compare your door to a fine piece of furniture which does require frequent dusting and, after a period of time, a new finish.  

Periodic maintenance refinishing will be required. The required maintenance may vary depending upon environmental conditions in the area and overhang protection provided. Stain and clear finishes perform better if protected from sunlight and weathering. (Refinishing will be required less frequently).  Inspect finish at least once a year. Refinish as needed.  DPI Quality Custom Finishes team of professional painters and finishers can perform the maintenance refinishing for you.  Contact DPI Quality Custom Finishes and schedule your exterior door maintenance refinishing. 

Also, if you have a storm door, high temperatures (due to direct sunlight) develop in the space created by using a storm door.  This can shorten the life of the finish on your exterior door.  A vented or venting storm door is recommended to help the longevity of your exterior door.