While I love all the doors above , I doubt I'd do any of them in your house , and in fact I'd step back a bit , and design a plan for the whole section .

You have an older style wrought iron balistrade and step rails , older style plants , the bricks are nice and could be of almost any era , but even the windows and blinds show their age and style .

A modern black door would be a mistake there IMO , as would a wooden one with trendy vertical slots , UNLESS you are going to add a dark borderless glass balistrade and stair sides , new gardens , new blinds , new stair treatment , etc . So modern up everything , or just do a really nice cedar door and sidelight , with squarish glass , not slim trendy -- in other words , keep it 80ish and spend $5k , or spend $20k plus and hope people think it is this century .

And just an observation -- large pots I generally like , but while those 2 are a good step , they need to have different plants( a variety of heights and coloured leaves , grasses , cactuses , etc ) , or my preference would be new bright glazed pots about that size , in a sunny colour like red or yellow -- the terracota and bland plants don't quite do it for me .