Choosing bright interior doors

In modern design, an interroom door performs not only a noise and sound insulation function, but also a decorative and aesthetic, being the final design element. The variety of models, materials of manufacture, opening mechanisms, unlimited color palette of interroom products complicate the choice of necessary models for rooms of the apartment or house.

The range of interior doors is diverse, what causes the average buyer to be confused. When repairing without the help of a designer, the question of how to select interior doors of the correct color, look, design, in order not to spoil the integrity of the interior and not disturb the holistic perception of a house or apartment, remains paramount.The right choice and high-quality installation of the inner door is the key to a complete and beautiful interior design.

Thanks to modern production technologies and the work of designers on the exterior, interior doors have a number of features:

• Perform the function of isolating the space.
• Prevent the spread of odors from the kitchen, moisture from the bathroom, noise from public rooms.
• They are the connecting element of the rooms of the house and the apartment as a whole.
• Perform an additional element of decor.
• Due to the correct selection of the color of the upper layer visually increase the room, are an addition to the formation of the style of the room.

The characteristics of the interior doors and the variety of models complicate the selection process suitable for a particular room or the whole house. Interior designers do not put forward strict rules when choosing this type of product, the requirements for color. There is no law with which to combine the color of the door: with the flooring (laminate, parquet, tile), with furniture, with a window frame, with the color of the wallpaper. Before the buyer, who is independently engaged in the repair and design of their housing, there are a number of problems in the selection of internal doors, as they have to be guided by their own taste and design flair.To make the right choice, it is necessary to understand the types and patterns of selection of color and style of interior doors in various interiors with features of the room layout.

By function, the doors are divided into entrance (external) and interior (internal). The entrance model is the “face” of an apartment or house. The main purpose of the entrance door is to protect the room from uninvited guests, heat preservation, dust and noise insulation. As a rule, the outer door is made of metal, and therefore retains the natural colors of various metals. The choice of internal models is complicated by the selection of not only high-quality products, but also the right color and style.

The names of the types of doors on the production of materials for an ordinary buyer may not be completely clear, so before buying you need to familiarize yourself with the most common modifications of interior products. Internal models are differentiated according to the method and material of manufacture.

• From the array of tree species (paneled). Models from solid wood are the most expensive, but also the highest quality. These models perform well their basic functions (noise, sound, dust insulation). For the production of expensive tree species are used: oak, beech, ash, hornbeam and the like.Budget options such models are made from spruce or pine. The color of products remains natural. Wooden models are in the expensive price range, environmentally friendly, high-quality and expensive look, heavy, susceptible to changes in moisture and temperature.
• Veneered. More budget, but beautiful and eco-friendly option - this veneered model. Their frame is made of inexpensive wood, lumber, chipboard. From above, the product is glued over with veneer of valuable tree species using special technology, polished, preserving the natural design, and varnished. The use of eco-veneer, thin cuts of valuable wood, pressed in a special way and glued to the frame with synthetic glue, contributes to cheaper veneer models. Veneer doors with eco-veneer are combined models, since both natural and artificial materials are used. Veneered products are resistant to changes in temperature and moisture, have an aesthetic and natural appearance. Noise insulation for such models is much lower, but their weight is less. Newer models may have an unpleasant smell due to the top coat layer, which disappears within a week after installation.

• Shield Designs (dummy doors).
• Laminated. Laminated models are made of artificial material - plastic (laminate). Modern materials and production technology provide high wear resistance and a wide range of colors of these products. The laminated version is suitable for non-residential premises (office, public places), and for houses and apartments. Laminatin is resistant to damage, stronger than PVC. The price of laminated doors is more than affordable. Disadvantages: artificial material, loses in appearance in comparison with veneered or paneled models.

• PVC PVC products consist of a stacked frame of inexpensive tree species, which is glued over with a polyvinyl chloride material. A very inexpensive option for interior doors tolerates moisture drops, and is therefore suitable even for bathrooms. PVC film imitates the structure of wood. The disadvantages include non-natural composition and a short service life.
• From glass. Interior doors of glass are gaining popularity in residential use. The tempered, acrylic, "Triplex" glasses allow to make products strong, safe, without limiting design imagination.Depending on the design, the glass may be transparent, opaque, glossy, colored or plain, partially or completely opaque. Modern models of interior doors of glass are multifunctional, easy to care for them. Glass doors have a long service life. The design of glass products attracts with its simplicity and ease of material. The price of a quality product is in the upper price range and can be compared with the price of products from an array of valuable trees. Combined door models are also widespread, for example, with glass inserts.

After selecting the material of the interior door, it is necessary to select its appearance according to the method of the opening and closing mechanism.

• Classic swing: in this mechanism it is necessary to take into account the direction of opening the door (left or right).
• Rail: suitable for small rooms, the door swivels along rails along a wall.
• By type of screen: the door is divided into vertical canvases, which are folded into an accordion.

For residential premises, the door of the classic opening method is most often chosen.For public places and offices, complex structures can be used: rotating on the same axis with 3-4 dividers or doors that open in both directions according to the principle of a pendulum.

The color palette of interior doors is extensive. It is conditionally possible to divide all colors into dark and light. For a long time, bright interior doors were associated exclusively with the white model, which they began to install everywhere instead of massive and clumsy Soviet doors. The standard white door was installed in both residential and non-residential premises. Modern options for bright interior doors have nothing to do with the first models. In the modern interior, light models make a serious competition to dark shades: chocolate, wenge, cappuccino, mahogany, deep black matte or gloss and so on. High-quality production and design work on the exterior made light models an exquisite and beautiful element of the interior in rooms of any style and color.

Color solutions of light interior doors are not limited to classic white and are presented in a variety of shades:

• Classic neutral color: white, light gray, cream, ivory.
• Cold light colors: light alder, teak, light oak, birch, acacia, bleached cherry, mother of pearl.
• Warm light colors with a reddish tinge: cappuccino, mocha, light ash.
• Pastel colors: blue, pink, beige, light green.

The palette of light interior doors is not limited to monochromatic colors of products. Designers offer patinated surfaces in gold and silver shades. Products can be supplemented with contrasting details of dark shades, decorative elements (metal ornaments, rhinestones, glue-based glass figures, decorative fittings). Light models with frosted and clear glass inserts are widespread.

Among the options separately stand out glass products. Manufacturers offer matte and glossy surfaces with varying degrees of transparency in a wide color palette: white with hoarfrost, ivory, cream, color, imitating ice, pink, green. Designers represent color and models with abstract drawings.Effectively look bright models with artificial patina.

At the exhibitions of contemporary author's interiors, bright doors in the interior actively compete with dark variants.

Among the fashionable trends in the use of light models in modern interiors are the following:

• The use of the same models of neutral colors in rooms of different styles and colors.
• Especially popular are the products of Italian and Finnish manufacturing factories, because the quality, appearance, and service life of these manufacturers is top notch. Production of Italy is in the expensive price range, and Finnish products at a price much more democratic.
• The selection of shades to the colors of the interior elements is considered a move. No need to customize the color of the door to the color of furniture, flooring, wallpaper. In the modern interior is allowed to use up to 3 contrasting colors in one room.

• The trend of preserving or imitating the texture of natural wood is still relevant: Italian walnut, oak, alder, ash.
• Milan's manufacturers of interior doors offer the use of two-tone models in complex interiors, which are made on both sides in different colors, possibly with different textures. Such models in the entrance room will preserve the identity of all the doors, and in a separate room they will fully correspond to the color palette and style. On both sides, such models can correspond to diametrically opposite styles.
• Ultramodern interiors suggest the use of glass doors with both matte and glossy surfaces, monophonic or with an abstract pattern.
• American designers continue to promote monochrome interiors: black furniture and flooring in combination with a white door and the same color of the walls.

The versatility of light interior doors facilitates the selection of models for the average buyer.

The possibility of making a mistake in choosing is minimized, subject to certain rules:

• The classic white door is suitable for any interior and will not look ridiculous in the setting, matching the color of the window frame.
• You can safely pick up the white door to the white walls and not be afraid that the room will resemble a hospital room. The snow-white vertical plane of the room looks festive and bright, does not conflict with interior items, and it is better to add bright colors to the interior with textiles, window decoration, paintings and other elements.
• The doors of pastel colors complement the room in country style, Provence. The most profitable such models will look with a patina or patina of gold panels or other pastel translucent colors.
• Light models are easily integrated into complex interiors in the style of hi-tech, minimalism, art deco by selecting fittings and the presence of decorative elements on the canvas of the product. For light products of natural colors of solid wood (beech, larch, teak) it is necessary to choose accessories from metals of warm noble shades: gold, copper.

• A room with low ceilings and a lack of light will look more spacious and lighter with combined models of doors with glass inserts or mosaic inlays. The surface of the door is better to choose a glossy one, on which the play of light will imitate the sun's rays.
• Visually increase the height of the room will help a contrasting combination of light colors of the door and baseboard with a dark saturated color of laminate or parquet.
• Models of light brown shades should not be chosen to match the color of laminate, furniture, walls. It is better to choose the tone of the door a few shades lighter, which will make the room more spacious and emphasize the key elements of the interior.
• For a strict and discreet room fit neutral gray or models of cold light shades. Comfort and warmth will create in the interior the doors of warm natural colors with the visible texture of natural wood.

Depending on the design style of the room, designers offer various design options for doorways.

Classic interiors complement the white interior doors.

Organically fit into the premises in a minimalist and high-tech style glass door models and combination products. Transparent glass doors expand the space of the room, and frosted become an extension of the wall.

An interesting design solution for the doorway is presented in the Baroque style.In this style, the door becomes an additional element of the interior due to the presence of interesting decorative elements.

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