Select interior doors in the interior, which would be similar to a work of art, is not easy. But with the help of our article, it is really possible to change your design beyond recognition with the help of such, at first glance, an insignificant element of arrangement.
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You need to take into account everything: from what materials the door is made, how they are combined, how the opening mechanism works, how it all fits into the design of the apartment. Here - how it will be subjected to stress:
- Level of resistance to mechanical damage. If the house has small children or active pets, then the higher, the better. If only adults with good coordination live in the house, you can barely think about it.
- Moisture resistance level. If you live in a humid climate, the higher the better, otherwise the door will either start to rot or swell. If the climate is dry, this indicator is not so important.
- Noise resistance level. If you have a small child, a spouse who likes to loudly listen to music or you are in principle sensitive to sound pollution, the higher the better. If the house is quiet, or if you are not disturbed by noise, you can save on this indicator.
The interroom door will add your interior
- Security level. If there is a child in the house, glass inserts and sharp corners are forbidden, as well as too heavy materials. But if everyone living in the apartment, adults and children are not expected, it is not so important.
Of course, it takes into account the overall quality and appearance, and how well the door fits to the rest of the interior. The choice is complex and requires insight into the nuances.
Materials
Materials of interior doors are used, as a rule, in combinations, although you can find a solid array. Each of them is different from the rest of the properties and price.
Black model with tinted glass
Tree
Tree used for interior doors in two versions - either a solid array, which is complemented by small accessories, or the skeleton for the frame, on which cheaper and lighter materials are attached.
The solid array has its advantages:
- Aesthetics. Natural wood is a beautiful noble material that attracts attention and fits well with the classic interior. If you hire a good carver and coat the result with varnish, you will find it worthy of a museum.
- Strength. This door is very resistant to mechanical damage. It is not easy to break it, but even leave a noticeable dent on it.
- Soundproofing. A solid array perfectly filters sounds.
Natural wood is a beautiful noble material.
However, there are also disadvantages:
- Price. Wood is expensive and always cost. The most beautiful species - oak, mahogany - are in the premium segment. Not everyone can afford them.
- Heaviness. Wood is a heavy material. We need strong reliable hinges, we need loaders who bring the door to the apartment. It is necessary from time to time to lubricate and change the mechanism.
- Instability to biological threats and humidity drops. The tree in conditions of unstable humidity either rots or cracks. It can be spoiled by parasites, it can start to rot.
- Problems with care. The tree is sensitive to aggressive chemicals. You can take care of it either by simply wiping it with a dry cloth or using special means.
A solid array perfectly filters sounds.
With the frame, everything is simpler - cheap woods are used for it, it does not weigh as much as a solid array, and does not face the destructive influence of the external environment. In fact, one of the advantages is reliability and low price, and it has no disadvantages.
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Artificial materials are used much more widely than natural wood, since they are easier to process and cost less. They can be divided into two large groups - those used for the frame and those used for the coating. The first are:
Artificial materials are much more widely used.
Chipboards and MDF sheets are attached to the pine frame, or painted, then varnished, or pasted on top of the materials of the second group.
These include:
Rustic option
Each sheet of veneer is unique to the same extent that each tree is unique.
With two doors
Glass
Interior doors can be either completely glass or include glass inserts. This material has several advantages:
- Aesthetics. Glass can be solid, can be stained glass, can be opaque or transparent - and it always looks aesthetic. It will fit into the classic interior after some effort, but it is well suited for high-tech style or in the interior for vintage antiquity.
Glass with wood
- Sustainability. Glass does not suffer from either temperature or moisture. Insensitive to biological threats and does not burn.
- Security. Due to its special processing, glass, although it remains fragile, nevertheless does not pose a danger to humans. If you strike a blow at it, it will either crack, or crumble into large pieces without sharp edges that can be easily removed.
- Bandwidth. Light easily penetrates through the glass. If you want to make the room visually spacious and bright, the glass door will do.
- Ease of care. You can use any detergent, but often just enough wet cloth and a bucket of water.
Glass does not suffer from temperature changes
But there are also disadvantages:
- Fragility. Yes, the glass is safe and cut it will not work. But it will still crumble if you strike at it. It is better not to install it in the apartment where a small child or an active dog lives.
- Bandwidth. If the glass is transparent, everything is visible through it. But even if it is opaque, you can guess vague silhouettes through it. If you like privacy, it's better to think about other stuff.
- Price. Fully glass door is comparable to solid solid wood.
Light easily penetrates through the glass
Types of doors by a combination of materials
A solid door made of glass or wood is beautiful, but more often sheets of chipboard, MDF and other materials are used, fixed to the frame in various ways. How this is done depends on the name of the specific group.
Sliding, bright model
Shield
Shield from the outside look like an array of wood, but are somewhat more complex. Their design includes:
- a framework, as a rule, from an easy and cheap pine;
- insulating material, poured into the voids of the frame - it can be anything from banal foam to expensive heaters;
- Coating sheets, because of which the door looks solid.
Unusual, translucent model
All characteristics of the panel door depend on the materials used in the manufacture.
But usually remain the same:
- the ease that allows you to make the door even on the ninth floor and put it on simple hinges without additional effort;
- simplicity of appearance, which can be diversified by accessories, drawing or intricate insert from stained glass;
- price that allows you to install panel doors throughout the apartment at no special cost.
Universal version
If you get a good insulation, the door will keep warm and will not miss the extra sounds. If you cover it with plastic, it will be insensitive to moisture.
Paneled
Paneled doors are also manufactured on a frame, but they look much more interesting than panel doors due to the design features, which include:
- directly frame, which is made of conifers and consists of horizontal and vertical beams;
- panels, that is, thin plates or sheets of artificial materials that are designed to skillfully fill the voids in the frame.
In the interior of the kitchen
The result is a door that has a certain shape, which the shield, with its smooth surface, is devoid of in principle. The pattern formed by the panels makes it much more interesting and aesthetic.
It has several main properties:
- reliability - the structure of the panels is such that they are more resistant to deformation than the frame covered with simple sheets of coating on top;
- multi-variant design - panels can be made from all coatings, as well as glass, which allows you to make a specific door for a particular house unlike any other, you can even make it to order.
However, the paneled door has a flaw - it muffles the sound worse than the panel door, since the point of intersection of the panel with the frame remains relatively thin.
Country style
Tsargovye
The design of the door doors includes:
- frame, which is simply a wooden rectangular frame;
- horizontal slats of coating or glass, laid in a frame.
The design of such a door looks minimalist and it has its own chic. Properties at the Tsar's door are as follows:
- reliability - it is very resistant to deformations, like most of the structures made of a large number of elements;
- the variety of design - no one will hurt you to make horizontal slats from any material and paint them in any colors (bright ones are suitable for child's).
The design of the door looks minimalist
There is also a minus - heaviness. As a rule, tsargovye elements heavier than shield with paneled, especially if the design is solid wood or glass. This complicates the installation, may require additional loops, but the operation itself is not affected.
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Molded doors are different from the rest of the mandatory presence in the design of glass. If you can add paneled and tsargovoe glass as you like, then for molded moldings it is assumed by default. The design includes:
- a framework in which two wooden vertical blocks stand out in particular;
- glass insert, which is located between the blocks.
Molded doors
Molded doors are heavy, but durable and beautiful. Their design is considered to be the most original of the existing ones, especially since glass can be given a very different appearance.
It may be:
- mirror, then everyone passing by will be reflected in it;
- transparent, then through it you can look into the room;
- matte, then everything on the other hand will seem to be immersed in a haze;
- color, then everything will seem bright and festive, especially if you choose a warm optimistic shade;
- stained glass, then it will be possible to make a patterned insert.
Heavy but durable and beautiful
Raise the molded construction, install it requires great effort. But the result is worth it if it fits into the rest of the interior.
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The most expensive, the most elegant variety, which is not suitable for every home.
- Solid wood requires processing. It must be carefully varnished, it will save it from rot, from drying out and from parasites. Care should be taken of him carefully, he is afraid of aggressive chemicals.
- Glass array processing does not require, but is very heavy. It can not be painted and varnished, it can be intricate patterns or stained glass inserts, it does not suffer from rot and parasites. It is easy to care for him, but he can break on impact.
The most expensive, the smartest variety
A solid array looks the most noble, but is expensive.Often it makes sense to buy a door easier, perhaps covered with veneer. It will look like a tree, but the difficulties with it will be much less.
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The materials, the way they are combined - most of the installation difficulties, as well as cost, depend on it. But there is another aspect that is no less important - this is the mechanism by which the door opens. It should be not only reliable, durable, not causing difficulties, but also suitable to the entire interior, coupled with the characteristics of the premises. There are four main types of mechanisms.
Can be used as a towel holder.
Swing
Swing type is most common - most of the doors in general, which you met in life, belonged to him. The device is simple - on two hinges that are attached to the doorjamb, the door is hung, which then opens easily. It can be equipped with a handle, a latch, even a peephole or a door for a cat - any accessory you may need will look good in its place.
Swing type most common
Available in four types:
- Ordinary. This is a classic that opens only in one direction and takes a decent amount of space. When buying it, you need to be well aware of the dimensions of the room and choose a door that will open in the most free direction.
- Bivalves. For normal apartments - A rare option, because it takes an unreasonable lot of space. It duplicates the usual door, only in the presence of not one shutter, but two. It will look good only in a very large room, when moving from the corridor to the dining room, for example. It makes sense to buy a double-wing type only if you have a private house and there is a lot of space in it.
Suitable for spacious rooms
- Swinging. Relatively uncomfortable and take up even more space than regular ones. They open at once in both directions, depending on where the person is going to push. They are rarely used in residential buildings because they do not provide good tightness - not only people easily pass through them, but also draft, noise and heat. However, there are lovers. If you have an apartment in the style of a loft or high-tech - swinging "pendulum" can suit you in style.
- Stables. If you ask about the associations of those who first hear about them, the answer is usually the same - the saloon in the Wild West. The door is divided into two independent halves, often horizontally. They can not open synchronously. It looks original, but fits into a rare interior. Practically useful only in those cases, if there is someone in the apartment who needs not to be allowed to leave the room, but still have the opportunity to watch him - this may be an overly active dog, a small child, or a disabled person.
In classic style
Swing doors require almost a meter of free space to open. For a small apartment it is often too much and inconvenient, especially in narrow corridors.
Sliding
Sliding doors, also known as “coupes”, are used in small city apartments, as they allow significant space savings. Well suited for a minimalist style, for a stressed modern interior, or for trying to recreate a traditional Japanese style in your apartment.
Sliding - also called "coupe"
They are equipped with guides along which the web moves to both sides of the passage.. Recently, a new development is coming into fashion - the guide can be one, the top one - this allows you not to break the floor with the threshold. Such doors, however, often seem unreliable.
These doors have advantages:
- Space saving. This is most obvious. Instead of allocating a meter for opening, you can restrict yourself to leaving a few centimeters along each wall near the jambs and quietly moving the door.
- Aesthetics. Most of the doors in the world are hinged, so sliding doors look especially original. With their help, you can make the room visually more spacious and lighter, give it a hue of a minimalist Japanese interior.
- Security. Opening the hinged type unexpectedly for the person behind him, you can cause him a serious injury. The same dangerous children's games in which someone is hiding, and someone is looking for. The sliding type of such a flaw is deprived - even if the canvas is drastically moved away, it will not cause significant harm.
Space saving
However, there are specific disadvantages that owners of the swing type will not encounter:
- Possible problems with the mechanism. If you handle the canvas carelessly, it can get off the guides or even deform them. We'll have to either figure out how to repair it, independently, or call the wizard.
- Insulation problems. The specificity of the sliding type is such that it cannot be securely locked to the closed position. Handles and locks are not provided, moreover, there will always remain a thin slot through which sounds and heat will penetrate.
- Wall problems. That part of the wall that will be hidden behind the canvas becomes unsuitable for placing something on it. Any accessories on it will not linger, so you should immediately take this into account.
Heavy materials are not used for the sliding type.
There is a subspecies of sliding doors - these are “canisters”.
They differ from the "coupe" in that they have only one flap. It slides not along the wall, but retracts into a special slot, which is built into the wall. Space is spent even less, the result looks even more aesthetic.
Have low noise insulation
Folding
Folding doors, they are "accordions" were and remain the most decorative of the existing types. They represent a canvas, divided into several parts, connected by special hinges. When someone needs to go through the doorway, the canvas is folded, pressed against the doorposts, resembling a neat screen.
It has specific advantages:
- Aesthetics. Folding type looks original, interesting, especially if you add its patterns, carvings, beautiful accessories.
- Space saving. The folded canvas is certainly less than a meter, which is important for small apartments.
Folding option
But there are also disadvantages:
- Possible unreliability mechanism. With long active use, the hinges can wear out over several years, their condition should be monitored, they should be lubricated. Moreover, if you strongly pull the canvas or run into it at high speed, it can easily come off in the place where the hinges are attached.
- Bad isolation. The sound folding "harmonicas" filter frankly bad. In addition, they are difficult to equip with a lock, which means that they do not give any privacy.
“Accordion” is a good solution for a private house, especially if you make it from a light material, coloring it accordingly. She can also find her place in the apartment, but she will have to make an effort.
It looks original and interesting.
Roto
Roto is a relatively new way of making doors that will look strange in a classic interior, in the style provence or rustic but perfect for style high tech. It looks like a door leaf, fixed in the opening on the axis of rotation.
To go through it, simply push the canvas. It will spin along the axis, passing the incoming one, and then it will fall back into place. This design resembles the entrance to the supermarket and in a residential building looks very original.
Roto - a relatively new method of manufacturing doors
This design has its advantages:
- Relative compactness. In order to open such a door, there is enough space required for rotation. And this is definitely less than a meter.
- Peculiar aesthetics. Roto is a very extravagant way to design a passage, but in certain styles it will look perfect. The main thing - to choose the right.
There are also disadvantages:
- Relative unreliability of the mechanism. The axis of rotation, on which the door is fixed, can be damaged by strongly pulling the handle. And if an animal or a child rushes into it, the result will be quite pitiable.
- Lack of insulation. The roto is well fixed in one position, but still not so firm that it does not let the temperature or sound through at all.
- Rarity. Since the product is new, only gaining popularity, it is not suitable for every interior, finding a company in a small city can be difficult.
This design resembles the entrance to the supermarket.
However, if you have neither children nor animals, and there is no one to make noise in the apartment, a roto can be an excellent acquisition. Especially if you remember that you need to carry out such a design from lightweight materials. A solid solid wood is definitely not suitable, since the hinges holding it will very quickly fail.
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Design features
Having figured out how wooden doors differ from glass ones, how tsargy doors differ from panel doors, how sliding sliding doors are better and worse than ordinary swing doors, you can finally decide what you need.
Discreet style
For this:
- draw a plan of the house - either with a pencil or with the program;
- estimate what your budget is;
- estimate how much space should take interior doors;
- measure what their size should be;
- evaluate the color scheme, the overall design of the interior, plans for the design.
The material depends on the budget, on the place occupied by the doors, their design. From the design of rooms - color, coupled with the overall design. In the process you need to take into account certain nuances.
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Color combinations
The color of the door can be very different and limits its design only. You can combine it in different ways:
- Adjustment. The door of the same color as the wall allows you to make the room complete. Well suited if the interior does not need to complement, just enough not to distract attention from him.
- Neutrality. Neutral color at the door - most often natural wood. It looks beautiful, has an individual texture, but does not attract too much attention. If you want something more interesting, but still neutral, you can take a color that will be a couple of tones lighter or darker than the color of the flooring.
- Contrast. The contrast door is a good solution where there is not enough tension, where the interior seems boring. It must be contrasted with by sex, and to choose the right shade, you can use the table, which is easy to find on the Internet.
- Combination with furniture. This method is also used - because the furniture is matched to the interior, the door, chosen to match her, will definitely not get out of it. You can slightly change the shade, you can pick up the tone to match.
Neutral color at the door - most often it is natural wood
The combinations are more interesting options:
- Mirror coating. In a small room where there is almost no free space, a mirrored interior door will visually add it. In addition, it can be used instead of a real growth mirror, for which there may be no place.
- Stained glass coating. Fits well with old-fashioned vintage, classic style, gothic. A stained glass window can depict any painting that fits the interior, but it is important to ensure that it receives sufficient attention. If it is surrounded by bright accessories, it will be lost without making the proper impression.
- Colored inserts. Colored glass or painted coating looks good in small quantities if it is in harmony with the basic color scheme of the room. Bright colors are well reserved for the nursery, where they will delight the child.
Minimalist style
And besides combinations, you can pay attention to how specific colors are perceived:
- White. Fits well in French, Scandinavian interior. It gives the room some airiness, ephemerality, purity. It requires more thorough care than other colors - you need to constantly remove dust, make sure that there are no stains on the coating, otherwise the door will quickly lose its elegant look.
- Metal. Metal ebb is well suited for high-tech interior design in a modern style. Looks at it inserts mirrors, bright colored glass, frosted areas, especially if it is a roto or elegantly decorated swing door. Demands leaving, but to a lesser extent, than white and pastel shades.
Stained glass coating
- The black. A classic that allows some carelessness in the care, but doesn’t fit well with everything except the art deco, baroque and modern interiors. Looks good in contrasting rooms, in combination with white furniture, white floor. But still, the black door requires effort - it needs to fit into the interior.
- Natural wood. Any shades of it fit anywhere, except for tough modern interiors. Looks particularly good with classics.
- Bright warm colors. Visually narrow the room, but at the same time make it more comfortable.
- Bright cold colors. Visually expand the room, but make it less comfortable.
Different styles and colors in the same room
In addition to color, accessories and overall design are also taken into account in accordance with the style:
- Classic. For classics - natural wood with carved elements, lacquered. In rare cases - white, carved elements are additionally gilded. Strict straight lines, regular geometric shape.
- Baroque. Pomposity, some pathos. High doors (can be double doors), carved elements, white or black color. Can be supplemented with stained glass.
- Modern. Bright colors, glass inserts, interesting patterns, drawings on the theme of the sea or animal. The main rule is originality of design.
- Eco. Eco-design - natural wood or fake it. No visible varnish, preserving the original texture, deliberate simplicity. The original solution will be a glass door with a simple floral pattern or a folding door with thin, almost paper, elements.
- Provence. Lightness, airiness, some pomp. White doors with glass glass inserts are best suited.
Original combination
When the idea of the ideal door, which ideally combines all the characteristics, is finally formed, it remains only to go to the store for shopping. But before that you need to remember a few simple nuances.
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To interior doors looked very good, you need to consider a few simple rules:
- the wooden sheet and the box in which it is embedded must be made of the same material - or at least of a similar one that differs by a couple of tones;
- Before ordering doors for the whole apartment, you need to make sure that there is enough money for such a large-scale one-step purchase - first buy one door, then after a while another is not practical, since everything changes and the desired model can be removed from production before you come for it ;
Lightness, airiness, some pomp
- Doors should be chosen not in appearance, but in terms of operational characteristics, first of all, since the load on them is great;
- you need to go to the salon with your tape measure, measure the door accurately measured - it can be skewed a couple of millimeters, not visible to the naked eye, but it affects the quality very much;
- all the elements of fittings need to be checked back in the cabin - if something creaks, jingles or vibrates, making any other sounds, it is better to go shopping somewhere else;
- all seams also need to be checked back in the cabin - they should not be protruding, ideally, they should not be particularly visible at all.
Option with mirrors
On the interior doors do not give certificates of quality, because you have to choose yourself carefully looking closely.
The main thing - to be able to find exactly the door that fits exactly to your interior.
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