For any professional designer, doors are an important part of the interior design concept. They can visually increase the height of a room, create the desired atmosphere, emphasize a decorative technique, and at the same time remain somewhat invisible.
With photographs from the portfolio of the Fundament Group of Companies (Moscow), we will illustrate how various interior doors affect the appearance of the interior: white, gray, black, sliding and hinged. Our designers make each project unique, with a twist, beautiful and at the same time practical for its owners.
Sliding white doors in the interior
White glass doors selected by a professional designer will help you make your interior more original. Translucent partitions increase the illumination of rooms and visually increase their volume.
High and wide portal between the kitchen and hallway
In the photo: Kitchen with white sliding doors
Sliding doors will help make the interior of an apartment or house more ergonomic. You spend less time and effort opening or closing it, it looks more aesthetically pleasing in any condition, and also saves a couple of square meters of space, which in terms of all the doors in the apartment can reach up to 10-20 square meters. And this, you see, is a lot. Also, partitions of this type are often used in the design of dressing rooms, storage areas, and cabinets of various formats, including built-ins.
Entrance to the kitchen and living room
In the photo: Corridor design with beautiful interior doors
In this apartment renovation project, our designers combine several types of doors for different zones; the decoration uses moldings, stucco molding and porcelain tiles with a marble pattern. Please note that the ceiling design was designed specifically for the unusual shape of the corridor, which is explained by the convenient zoning of public and private areas in the apartment.
Hallway filled with air and light
In the photo: Sliding glass white doors in a Scandinavian-style apartment
Sliding doors, made to order in a workshop according to a designer’s project, are especially popular in the interior of the kitchen, loggia, hallway and bathroom, in the corridor - where the lack of light and space can be especially acute. If you want to have a beautiful and fashionable white interior, you cannot do without the right interior doors.
Large sliding doors from floor to ceiling
In the photo: Design of an open kitchen-living room with glass doors
If we look at the same interior in a modern style with Scandinavian elements from the living room, we immediately note that large glass partitions here are one of the most important motifs in the design. The rectangular decorative layout on the door leaves is in harmony with the cubic shapes of the kitchen set.
A sip of sunshine
In the photo: White glass sliding doors to the loggia
When adding a loggia to an apartment (or if there is a winter garden in a country house), sliding doors are almost irreplaceable. Typically, for such an interior, our clients choose large-format glass doors - from floor to ceiling and from wall to wall, in order to let in as much sunlight as possible into the room.
Milky white door with carved cornice and boiserie panels
In the photo: Doors and milky panels in a classic living room
Classic interior doors can be an excellent addition to a composition of decorative stucco, moldings, boiserie panels and other elements of exquisite finishing. Look at the photo above and you will see clear evidence of this. The renovation of this apartment in Khimki, Moscow Region, was carried out by the Fundament Group of Companies in 2021.
Sliding glass doors with frosted finish in a bright interior
In the photo: Interior design with sliding doors
White glass doors look especially beautiful in the kitchen or living room. This option and the combination of this door with a light finish looks worthy of a classic American home!
Living room interior with mirrored doors in Art Deco style
In the photo: Living room design with sliding doors to the kitchen
In medium-sized apartments (up to 80-90 square meters), sliding interior partitions are used very often. To save space in the room, our designers choose light and white doors with mirror inserts. And the style of the interior can be emphasized favorably with the help of a decorative layout on the door leaf.
Small kitchen? Use sliding doors with stained glass inserts!
In the photo: Interior design of a small kitchen with sliding doors
If you choose sliding doors because you want to make your home more spacious and comfortable, first of all you should think about them in the kitchen and loggia, as well as in the hallway - for cabinets and interior doors leading to other areas of the apartment.
Original ideas for using doors
Book door
The main canvas folds several times inside the opening; when opened, it can be moved to the side. The mechanism of the system is masked, the door is transformed easily and silently.
With rotary-sliding mechanism
Depending on the design, such doors can either fold in half and slide against the wall, or rotate 360 degrees. An interesting solution that helps save space.
Door-secret passage
The trick of such a door is that it masquerades as much as possible as an interior. When opening, the vertical axis of rotation is activated. The canvas can be rotated 180 or 350 degrees. If desired, the door can be styled as a bookcase or you can place photographs and paintings on it.
Staircase stylization
Even the entrance to the second floor of the house can be disguised! Using a special mechanism, the steps rise, opening the passage. It is important that the product is made of durable but lightweight materials.
Door-table
The transforming door can turn into a dining or tennis table. This option does not take up additional space, but it is a new play area for children, and a dining area for adults.
Door with hanger
If there is a catastrophic lack of free space, the door leaf can be used practically. For example, equip a hanger on the accordion door for guests.
Or surround it with book and souvenir shelves, taking up space that no one needs for business.
By the way, door styling is also an important issue. The door can be the entrance to a fairy tale world, an old ranch, or even a bank vault. It's a matter of taste and imagination.
Doors for children
An unusual idea proposed by the designers was the height-appropriate doors to the children's room. The door has several panels, each of which is equipped with a handle and a lock. Each entrance needs, as they say, to grow into.
There are a huge number of color options. You can even paint the door leaf yourself, taking into account the child’s tastes.
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Sliding light doors in cream shades
Classic living room with large stained glass doors
In the photo: Living room design in a classic style with stained glass doors
Sliding doors with stained glass in the living room are always a good idea when it comes to classic styles. Such doors are especially often used in French interiors, where there are often two living rooms, a separate dining room, and a kitchen.
Such stained glass doors can lead to a corridor and even bedrooms. Modern versions of sliding doors have the same locking systems as conventional ones, and therefore can provide complete privacy. Matting, tinting of glass, as well as high-quality sound insulation of branded models allow them to be used in the bedroom and bathroom.
View from the kitchen
In the photo: Tall, light sliding doors with stained glass inserts
Stained glass doors are another proposal from our interior designers. Stained glass windows are always made of glass and can be tinted, ornamented, colored fresco or panel, even inlaid with rhinestones!
Interior doors with stained glass windows are good in the kitchen, bedroom and children's room - where you want to create an atmosphere of magic and comfort of your home. Themed stained glass windows depicting vines are often used in wine cellars, Victorian murals are used on the stairs, with a tropical or beach atmosphere in the swimming pool.
Solid partitions with original ornaments
In the photo: Design of a kitchen-living room with sliding doors
Another option for sliding doors between the kitchen and living room (pictured above) is interesting with its original ornament. By the way, there are even illuminated doors, glossy ones, made with inlay, with mirror finish, stained glass and many others.
Unusual doors with your own hands
What is special about a handmade canvas? You can realize creative ideas on it by drawing abstract figures or city landscapes. Even if the artist has no talent, but has a great desire to make unusual interior doors, you can use stencils or photo wallpaper, genuine leather or decorative plaster.
For a children's room, an excellent solution would be to use bright colors to decorate the inside of the canvas, and for the side that faces the corridor, you can use neutral shades that are in harmony with the overall style of the apartment design.
Dark brown wenge doors
Chocolate-colored doors of a classic living room
In the photo: Living room interior with dark brown sliding doors
You can choose sliding interior doors for your interior with the help of an interior designer. He will advise not only the format and style, but also a specific shade, adjust the dimensions and make the entire interior look like a single harmonious whole.
In the living room, sliding doors are also very popular; they usually lead to the corridor or to the kitchen and have a width of 120 to 180 cm. Such doors can have from 2 to 4 modules; with the latter option, the two side ones are static, that is, they do not move.
A bright combination of orange and chocolate in the interior of the corridor
In the photo: Corridor design in warm colors
Dark brown interior doors can often be found in interiors in the Art Nouveau and Mediterranean styles, country, chalets and some others. As a rule, they are paired with wooden furniture of the same tone.
In the photo: Corridor renovation with beautiful doors and designer finishes
Wooden interior doors in natural tones are one of the most beautiful for a homely, cozy and family interior. Check out our apartment renovation project in the photo above. You will see that the combination of dark cocoa-colored wood and carrot shade in the hallway interior immediately positions this home as a particularly welcoming place.
Mirrors, black lacquer and wenge in the interior of an Art Deco style hallway
In the photo: Interior design of a hallway with dark doors
The wenge color became popular several years ago, but with the advent of better, innovative technologies, imitation of this valuable wood species has reached a new level. Now wenge is not just a standard replacement for brown wood, but a unique texture, interesting relief and a delicate dark brown shade with a lilac or purple sheen.
Dark door in a light bedroom interior
In the photo: Bedroom interior design in white
In white interiors, dark doors can be chosen for contrast. For example, in this design project for a light bedroom there is an interior door in a rich coffee shade. Our designers selected parquet to match the color of the door, which ultimately led to a combination of milky and coffee shades in the interior of this bedroom.
Idea No. 4. Bright doors - paint
The easiest way to decorate an interior door in an unusual way is to paint it with bright paint: lingonberry, petrol, emerald - there are plenty of options. This kind of play with color will “color” the space correctly. Remember, in this case, the 60-30-10 rule, where 60% of the space is the main color, 30% is additional and 10 is accent color. A bright interior door is this 10% color accent.
TIP: Match the color of the door and textiles on the sofa or the carpet, door and pouf. Such a bright furniture group will set the mood for the entire interior.
Bright terracotta doors in the hallway
Bright yellow doors in the interior
Bright blue doors in the hallway
IMPORTANT: For interior doors, choose acrylic paints - they do not smell and are not harmful to health.
Transparent sliding glass partitions
Sandblasting pattern on glass panels
In the photo: Art Deco kitchen design with stained glass windows
Interior doors also have their own styles - some of them are made in the familiar minimalism or modern, classical or neoclassical. Others are more original and can be created in the Art Deco, Art Nouveau style and other exclusive options for decorating premium class apartments and houses.
Barrier to kitchen aromas
In the photo: Sliding glass partitions
Sliding glass partitions save space and visually enlarge the room. But their functions do not end there. Such a fashionable design technique as combining the kitchen and living room, unfortunately, is not without its drawbacks. If you are bothered by kitchen smells, but do not want to build a solid wall between the kitchen and living room, transparent sliding partitions will come to the rescue.
Glass “wall” with dark curtains in the bathroom next to the bedroom
In the photo: Bathroom design in the bedroom
In modern interiors, it happens that there are no doors between rooms at all. Then pay attention to arches of different formats, decorative curtains and other unusual zoning options. At GC “Fundament” we offer not only traditional solutions, but also the most original ones, for example, glass walls. An opaque thick curtain of dark fabric will help you hide in a private room of the bathroom.
Insulated glass sliding partitions for loggias
In the photo: Interior design of an office on a loggia
If you are adding a loggia to your apartment in Moscow, a combination of light glass doors and windows in the same style will suit you. Sometimes we match the original windows from the developer with the most beautiful doors that fit the format, but the glazing itself can also be replaced.
Types of interior doors
But, before going to the store or choosing doors in various catalogs, you need to decide which interior doors to choose and what type of door will suit each specific room.
There are four main types of doors installed in rooms. They all have their own characteristics and have pros and cons. They also have different prices.
By the way, the size of interior doors plays a big role in determining the price. Standard width and height will allow you to purchase a door at minimal cost.
Handles for interior doors are usually not included in the kit. Their purchase should be taken care of separately.
Doors with oak and walnut finishes in modern interiors
Door with moisture-resistant impregnation for the bathroom
In the photo: Bathroom with a beautiful oak interior door
In this bathroom design project, we chose an oak door to contrast with the unusual designer bathroom tiles. Please note that other furniture in the room is made in the same shade as the door.
Walnut wall panels and doors
In the photo: Modern bedroom design
Interestingly, doors can also be invisible. If you use branded models, the collection of which includes wall panels (to match the doors), you can create an unusual effect.
Ping pong door
Could you imagine an interior door with a built-in tennis table? It turns out that this option is also possible. The concept of such a functional door was proposed by German designer Tobias Frenzel. Of course, such a door will not be suitable for professional sports training, but for a fifteen-minute warm-up in conditions of limited space, it will be indispensable. Imagine how happy your children will be when they have the opportunity to play ping pong without leaving home.
Photo: boredpanda.com
Paneled doors
The structural solution of such a door is also based on a wooden frame, and the inter-frame space is filled with lintels located vertically or horizontally. Such elements give the door greater strength.
The space between the parts of such a reinforced frame is filled with panels: thin inserts made from a sheet of plywood or MDF strips. Instead of panels, glass or other decorative material can be used.
The advantages of such doors are excellent soundproofing properties, structural strength, sophisticated appearance, and a variety of finishing options.
Disadvantages include significant weight and higher cost.
