Interior Doors - The Expert Opinion

Over the course of the last few weeks, we’ve discussed the use of the interior door in your home’s décor.  We already know that the interior door makes for a great focal or selling point, but you don’t have to take our word for it.  Recently, Design Quarterly Magazine published an article covering just this subject.  So today we’ve decided to pass along some advice from top designers concerning the use of interior doors in your home. 

According to Mitchell Toews, ‘No longer the matronly housedress but now imbued with the cachet of the “little black cocktail dress.” So long as that cocktail dress is healthful, sustainable and architecturally authentic’.

‘For many designers — and the clients they represent — interior doors’ value as a design element has slowly diminished in recent years. No longer the attention-grabbing “wall furniture” of the classical period and unlike their contemporary hardwood kin in floors and cabinetry, wooddoors have been largely commoditized.  For many, a door is just a door.  But to those in the industry — and for a rapidly growing number of astute practitioners in the design and building community –doors have been rediscovered as a ‘haute’ commodity in interior design.’

 

On the commercial front, innovative door designs are achieving strong market penetration. Designs like “sketch face” door skins (akin to inlaid furniture with wood veneers running at opposing directions) provide a winning combination of innovation, striking appearance and well-chosen materials.

 ‘By creating a flat, recessed panel, door designer combine the traditional look of a three panel door — the classic choice in popular arts and crafts or craftsman-style homes — with a monolithic door slab that is exceptionally stable and resistant to deflection, paint cracking and many of the other characteristic weaknesses associated with stile and rail doors. The residential and light commercial markets are embracing the new look and strong pent-up demand is evident as designers and building owners await the release of these authentic new designs.’

We hope that hearing a little of what expert designers have to say about the use of interior doors in interior design will give you the motivation and the inspiration to change the look and feel of your own space through the addition of architectural interior doors.  After all, your home is your castle, you should do your best to make the most of it!