Overview of current styles for interior doors

During the renovation process, everyone was faced with the choice of interior doors. At the moment, a huge variety of door canvases are presented on the market. All of them differ in their design and style of performance.

When choosing this piece of furniture, you need to pay attention to its mechanism. According to this principle, they are distinguished:

• Swinging - the most popular type in which the canvas is fixed on hinges and opens inward or outward of the room. The disadvantages include the fact that for this type of canvases, additional space is needed for plowing.

• Sliding - the so-called compartment doors. The principle of operation is to move them along the wall using rollers.

• Foldable mechanisms are divided into two types: "book" and "accordion". The first one is hinged and connected from several sections. In the accordion, the parts are connected by hinges and move with the help of a rail and a slider.

• Rotary view opens in any direction by turning in the opening. The advantage of the swivel mechanism is that it saves space.

Door leaves are deaf and glazed.

Frames differ in the type of construction:

• single-leaf ones consist of one leaf in the opening;

• bivalve, consist of two parts of the same width

• one and a half - these are two parts that differ in size. The smaller one remains mostly motionless. With the help of it, if necessary, increase the doorway.

The following materials are used for the production of door panels:

• Wood. This is the most sustainable option. Products from noble wood species create a special atmosphere in the home, are durable and durable, but they also cost much higher than products, for example, from plastic.

• MDF. This is the most common option. In cheaper laminated versions, the frames are faced with MDF, and the inserts are made of cellular cardboard or similar material.

• Plastic. Usually placed in offices or rooms with high humidity.

• Glass. It is mainly used for decorative inserts, but there is also a fully glazed sash. For the manufacture of doors, certain heavy-duty types of glass are used, which, when broken, do not form sharp fragments.

• Metal. Most often it is combined with glass or inserts made of aluminum and stainless steel in MDF.

Doors in natural wood color will suit any style and will perfectly fit into a wide variety of interiors. It should be noted that the warm colors of the wood with a yellowish tint make the apartment feel cozy. A cool light background (like a dark wenge) is perfect for modern buildings. With minimal finishes and dark wood colors, the interior seems more austere.

White is a universal color for interior doors. It will not distract attention from other objects, it will create lightness and harmony of space.

The shade is also matched to the paint of the floor, furniture and walls. The main thing is to decide what color prevails in the apartment.In order to tie the interior into a single whole, designers pay attention to platbands and plinths.

Doors today are most often selected based on the style of the room in which they are planned to be installed. The most popular styles today are:

Design items should be luxurious, with lots of decorations and monograms. From the decor, one can distinguish the presence of columns, lions, Egyptian themes. Doors are made of wood, often golden paint is applied.

Baroque can be attributed to palace pomp. Everything connected with it will be reflected on the canvases: sculpture, stucco molding, complex structures, curved lines, floral ornaments, mirrors.

This style resembles Baroque, but its distinctive feature is lightness: there are fewer openings, carvings and stucco moldings are more modest.

Modernity is not inherent in the bombast of the classics. It combines both straight and curved lines, the drawing does not have to be symmetrical, natural motives are observed. It gives free rein to the imagination: it can be used in combination with forging, ceramic elements, plastic. Inserts from stained-glass windows with floral or abstract ornaments in soothing colors will be appropriate.

Such door leaves are made in a discreet design. They are distinguished by clear lines, symmetry and uncluttered decorations. If the door is made according to the classical canons, but does not look "antique", then the presented model belongs to the neoclassical style. This is the same classicism, only with modern influences.

The rustic style looks great in country houses and summer cottages, but nowadays it is increasingly being reproduced in city apartments as well. Models are made of rough wood, and narrow boards are held together by metal reinforcement. The decor includes transverse boards, the main task of which is to strengthen the structure.

Differs from the previous refinement. This is the same rustic style, but more décor-filled. Various colors can be used, but the paint must be matte. When choosing fittings, it is necessary to give preference to forged in dark colors.

If the interior is made in the Arabian style, then one of the main "roles" will belong to the finishing of the doorway. Here you can use various floral ornaments, lianas, oriental decor, colored stained-glass windows. These components will create the uniqueness of the oriental image of the dwelling.

Those who appreciate the simplicity and sophistication of Chinese and Japanese interiors will certainly choose models with a minimum of decor: Chinese screens with traditional motives or sliding true Japanese lattice models using rice paper.

To create a marine theme, choose a simple wooden door without decor in white and blue or an original model with decorations in the form of fish, the sea or other marine theme.

The main objectives of the Mediterranean direction are to attract warmth and light into the house. Therefore, a door in a warm walnut shade, as well as with an antique effect, will look appropriate in it.

Differs in the presence of a classic Greek ornament on the canvas or platbands.

This design focuses on wood and stone. The color palette is light, ivory, lavender.

The American style is used in large rooms, therefore, the doors in it are wide with many glasses, which fill the room with light and make the canvas visually larger.

The doors are made of several fixed and opening glass panels. Provence style models have pastel shades, a rough structure and are made from solid wood.

By design, the models can be sliding, swivel, swing. For manufacturing, they use modern materials for this production: glass, metal, steel.

This style is close to rustic. It is characterized by the coarseness of forms and content.

The Scandinavian destination is gaining popularity all over the world. It features plain slabs with no decorations. If we talk about the color scheme, then it will be natural shades of wood, since everything natural and environmentally friendly is inherent in such an interior.

It uses homogeneous door leaves. The size and shape of such doors is not limited. Openings from ceiling to floor are common. Platbands are absent or very narrow.

It mainly includes jalousie doors of the same color.

Decorating doors allows you to update the interior, hide small defects or create a unique piece of art with your own hands. Methods such as painting, decoration with mirrors or wallpaper can be noted. When choosing a paint, one must remember that bright and juicy shades are suitable for a nursery, and for a French-style living room - a slight scuff effect and light colors. The snow-white canvas will look interesting if you paint the moldings black. This method of updating the canvas is within the power of everyone. Do not forget to prepare the surface first: remove the old layer, sand the wood and cover with a layer of primer.

Mirrors can be self-attached to liquid nails or special staples.

Wallpaper is also suitable for door decoration, but it is better to opt for fabric samples, they will look more aesthetically pleasing. Ordinary prepared matter can serve as an alternative.

Today there are many stickers, stickers with different patterns and shapes. It is not at all necessary to glue the entire surface entirely; you can pick up stencils with geometric patterns for edging, or, conversely, with a large pattern in the center.

An interesting way of decorating is various kinds of stucco moldings and rosettes, which can be painted in the desired color.

Graffiti is appropriate for a modern interior.

In the modern world, there are many models, shapes and colors of doors. Manufacturers are trying to keep up with the times, developing more and more new and progressive types. But do not forget that such interior items play an important role in creating a holistic, unified space, and sometimes even link the entire space into a single style.

You will learn more about how to choose interior styles in the following video.