
Install the door with a mirror in the apartment or private house is easy. Such a door will help not only to divide the space into zones, but also to completely change the interior.
Content of this article:
Doors with mirrors: key features
Any mirror visually expands the space. That is why in small-sized apartments (for example, in the "Khrushchev") often install just such a door. Here are the main features of these doors:
- Can be of various materials (metal, plywood and chipboard, a rock, plastic, wood). The cost depends largely on the material.
- Mirror may occupy the entire surface of the door or only part of it.
- Glass is of different colors, it is often decorated in various techniques (for example, mosaic or sandblasted graphics, glass engraving). As a rule, products with decor are more expensive than doors with clear, smooth glass. The decor can be embossed and convex.
- There are ready-made models for standard apartments on sale, but if you wish, you can invite a measurer specialist and he will make a door to order, in accordance with the dimensions of the specific room.
Use in interior design: good examples
Most often, these doors are used to allocate a separate "dressing room" in the room - a place where residents of the apartment and guests change clothes, as well as to store clothes. It is easier and more convenient to create such a dressing area in a long and narrow the hallway (corridor).
Also the door can be an excellent option for studio apartments. In such apartments, many people like the fact that the kitchen is combined with living roomand space is difficult to zoning.
It will be interesting to you:OVERVIEW: Which Doors to the Toilet and Bathroom is Better? 170 Options for your choice (glass, plastic, sliding)
return to menu ↑Unsuccessful options
Mirrors should not be too much. If the room already has a large mirror (for example, from the floor to the ceiling), it is quite possible that the mirrored door will be “extra”. When there are too many glass surfaces reflecting the light in the room, home comfort disappears from the room. Such a room is more like a dance class in which dancers or gymnasts, or a ballroom, are involved.
Also, do not install doors with glass, decorated with small intricate drawings in any technique, in a room where there are a large number of different trinkets, figurines and other small things. In this case, from the picture on the door will "ruffle in the eyes."
When installing mirrored compartment doors, keep in mind the following:
- Glass inserts should be thin, this indicates the high quality of the material.
- In order for the mirror doors to look elegant, they must be regularly cleaned with a glass cleaner, and then wipe dry with a dry sponge so that there are no ugly stains.
- If the room dimensions do not allow installing doors with glass inserts, you can order a wardrobe with similar doors of any size and put it where you need to divide the room into zones.
- Colored glass makes the room darker, transparent - lighter. Doors with colored glass are suitable for the hallway (corridor), with transparent - for the living room and kitchen.
At installation of mirror doors it is necessary to consider not only the area of the room, but also height ceilings. A floor-to-ceiling mirror visually makes the ceiling taller.
It will be interesting to you: REVIEW: Entrance metal door to the house (175+ Photos): From selection to finishing
return to menu ↑Entrance doors: use in various rooms
You can install a sliding door in any room, as well as in the bathroom, if its area allows. When choosing a room to install such doors, consider the following:
- Reliability of a design, convenience and safety of operation of a design in the conditions of the concrete room. For example, sliding doors with transparent glass inserts are not suitable for bedroomsif the spouses want no one to break their privacy.
- Compliance with the design of the door interior of a particular room. Before you install, you need to make repairs in the room, otherwise the most beautiful door with original and modern design will look like an alien element.
- The material from which the design is made. Metal is suitable for the hallway and bathroom, but in the bedroom and children's room it may look too “cold”; more “warm” materials will fit there much better - wood, chipboard or plastic painted in “warm” wets.
- Door dimensions should correspond to the area of the interior. A huge sliding door with a large decor, installed in small rooms, will look cumbersome, and the room will become even smaller. On the contrary, a small elegant sliding design will look ridiculous in a large living room, and the interior will look unformed, unfinished.
After weighing and analyzing all the above factors, you can choose a model of a sliding door to a specific room.
return to menu ↑Sliding bedroom doors
The main function of the door leading to the bedroom is to ensure a quiet rest, so the doors should open completely silently, without squeaking and other extraneous sounds. If the task is to make the bedroom more spacious, you should choose models painted in bright colors. On the contrary, if you want to make a huge bedroom more comfortable, "chamber", suitable model of dark wood or plastic.
Well, when it breathes and the texture of door panels combined with the color and texture of the floor. For example, wooden boardwalk floor, painted brown, and a similar door leaf. Or patterned parquet and doors with colored glass inserts imitating the ornament on the floor. Also, when choosing colors and textures of a swing construction to the bedroom, the color and texture of window frames should be taken into account. Plastic entrance construction is suitable for plastic windows, for wooden windows - wooden or imitating wood.
It will be interesting to you:OVERVIEW: Doors with glass inserts: 180+ (Photo) plastic, wooden and aluminum options (entrance, interior, coupe)
return to menu ↑Options for living room and nursery
When installing swing doors in the living room and nursery, you can choose any design option. The main thing is that it harmoniously fit into the space of a particular room and promote rational zoning of living space (especially in small apartments).
For a spacious living room is well suited sliding door leaf, consisting of two wings, in which a solid glass leaf is divided into separate "squares" with the help of thin partitions, and all "squares" have a common wooden frame. When such a design opens, it resembles a gate. The upper glass squares may have a curved top, like arches. This will help to visually enlarge the ceiling and expand the space.
But, on the other hand, three- and four-leaf designs can completely change the interior of a standard room, giving the room a noble look. Also keep in mind the following:
- Entrance structures, which swing open and open automatically, are not always suitable for residential premises. Therefore, it is better to choose the door "with manual control", they look more comfortable, "at home".
- You can install any door only in a direct doorway, but in no case in oblique. If the opening is not perfectly smooth, it is necessary to correct it before installing the input structure.
- Large, wide doors may require additional wall reinforcement to ensure reliability and safety.
- For the children's room, you can use the door leaf. Decorated with photo printing or large vinyl stickers. For the living room fit mosaic decor.
It will be interesting to you:REVIEW: Interior Doors in Apartment Interior (305+ Photos): Stylish and Modern Options
return to menu ↑Metal compartment doors: a comparison with other materials
Compared to other materials, metal swing doors are different:
- Severity.
- High cost.
- Durability and resistance to impact.
- Pretty limited range of colors.
Metal is the best material if the door leaf is installed in the kitchen or in the hallway. However, in the bedroom, living room or nursery, a metal sliding door without a decor, even glazed, may not look very comfortable.
Tree
The first version of a wooden door is when the texture of natural wood is completely hidden behind glass or a layer of paint (self-adhesive film, photo printing). This option is suitable for those who love high-tech style. The second option is when the natural texture of wood, on the contrary, is emphasized.
If the wooden door leaf is installed in the hallway, in the kitchen or in the bathroom, it should not weigh much in order to use the door was convenient.
It is also advisable to treat the web with an antifungal compound so that the wood does not absorb moisture and last longer.
It will be interesting to you:OVERVIEW: Entrance plastic doors in a private house (145+ Photos): How to make it safely and beautifully?
return to menu ↑Plastic
Plastic entrance structures are lightweight and relatively low cost compared to metal and wood. Due to their light weight and small thickness of the door leaf, they visually expand the space.
Plastic constructions are good because, due to their low weight, they almost always swing open and close without noise, so they are well suited for a bedroom or for a children's room. One of the main advantages of plastic, compared with metal and wood - the richness of colors and shades. If you choose the original color of the door leaf, you can restrict yourself to the smooth surface of the leaf without additional decoration; this door will look original anyway.
For the bedroom is well suited dark blue plastic.
Also consider the following:
- The wood or plastic from which the compartment doors are made must meet fire safety requirements.
- Metal door leaf, especially with sharp corners or irregularly shaped - not suitable for children, due to the high risk of injury.
- Metal is great for the kitchen, as it will not let other smells into other rooms.
- Glass inserts on wooden and metal door leafs must be thicker than on plastic, otherwise the combination of glass with other material will look unnatural.
The choice of material for sliding doors depends on the financial possibilities of the buyer, as well as on the preferences of the home designer.. Some people like a rough-to-touch tree, which is associated with a village hut, while others prefer the noble shine of metal in combination with a bright glass shining in the sun.
It will be interesting to you:OVERVIEW: White doors: 210+ (Photo) Interior design. Variants that suit everyone
return to menu ↑Interior doors: the choice of decor
The cheapest models of sliding doors are a door leaf consisting of one (two or more) casements with transparent glass inserts. About the same glass, but less durable, can be found in ordinary mirrors. This is a great option for "utility" rooms (kitchen, bathroom, hallway).
But in living rooms it will be much more interesting to look at designs with decorated door leaf. Most often, the doors of the compartment doors are decorated using the following technologies:
- Wood carving.
- Engraving on glass.
- Sand blasting in the form of a plot image or geometric ornament.
- Mosaic decor.
- Photo printing.
- Self-adhesive film of high quality.
Which option to choose depends on the preferences of the owner. For a spacious bedroom is well suited rich carved decor. If the motifs of the thread will be repeated in the decor of furniture (eg, the bedsbedside table), the interior will be fully maintained in the same style.
For a child's room, bright photo printing is best.
The decor can be made in different techniques, but decorative motifs should overlap with each other. For example:
- Geometric ornament - sand blasting (in the kitchen), mosaic (in the living room), large vinyl stickers (in the nursery).
- Herbal motifs are wood carving (in the hallway and in the bedroom), glass engraving (in the living room and kitchen).
- Stylized images of animals - on the door with photo printing in the nursery and, as an engraving on glass (in a more stylized, generalized form) - on the doors to other rooms.
If glass inserts are decorated, the wooden (metal, plastic) part of the sliding door leaf should be absolutely flat and smooth. And vice versa: if the basis of a wooden cloth is decorated (for example, in the technique of carving), smooth transparent glass is inserted into this basis.
Doors with mirrors are a great way to visually enlarge the space and make it more comfortable. When ordering and installing door panels should focus on the reliability of the design and how this door fits into the surrounding interior. Much depends on the shape and color of the glass inserts.
return to menu ↑VIDEO: We update the interior with the help of doors with a mirror
Interior doors in the interior
The best options in design