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Your Doors: Make a Grand Entrance
Add Style to Entries and Exits with Customized Creations or a Wild Coat of Paint
I'm a freelance writer and design enthusiast who believes the best design is collected, not decorated, and that homes should always be as comfortable and functional as they are chic. In addition to writing for Houzz, I work as the Head Copywriter for Layla Grayce and Zinc Door.
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Whether coming from outside in or entering the bathroom from the hallway, doors are continuously utilized throughout the home. Their function is fairly self-explanatory: they muffle noise, provide privacy and even protect us from the outdoor elements. However, with a little extra thought, they can also add a hint of unexpected style through a paint job, custom detailing or even an entirely unique door in itself. So, if you’re looking to punch up the décor of your home, consider exchanging your everyday door for something outside of the norm. If you’re feeling a little unsure about the proposition, the following photos might change your mind.
| For a truly stunning entrance that will captivate your guests, choose a customized pivot front door. Enhance the impact by choosing a finish that complements your home’s interior, and paint the frame a bold, eye-catching color. |
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| Using common doors in unexpected places, such as garage doors in place of sliding doors in the living room, will instantly set your space apart from the rest. These doors will let in abundant light into your home while also acting as an interesting architectural element. |
Don’t feel like a room’s paint job needs to stop at the doorframe. By extending the stripes across the door in this bathroom, the space will feel like a little cabana escape.
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Craving some door drama? This front door contains backlight honey onyx tiles in a steel frame, setting it permanently aglow.
Get a hint of vintage appeal in your home with a decorative glass panel door. Add words like “laundry” or “office” for a fun detail.
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Mix the rustic with the relevant by using barn doors in your home. You can either have one custom made with a specific wood species of your choice, or go hunting through flea markets or salvage yards for a door you can refurbish at little cost.
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For an edgy, contemporary entrance, go with a steel door accompanied by an unparalleled doorknob. This door definitely sets the tone for the rest of the home.
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by Tamar Schechner
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| For an easy, inexpensive update, consider adding wallpaper to your doors. You can either use one wallpaper design for the entire door, or mix and match in a patchwork quilt pattern like this designer. |
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| Ceiling height can completely change the experience of a room. Accentuate high ceilings by installing doors that are also unusually high. They will draw your eye upward and make the walls seem to go on forever. |
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Sometimes all you need for a door is a statement-making color. This cerulean blue is like a breath of fresh, energetic air against the orange hues of this home’s exterior.
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Choose a door with a custom design to give it a dash of personality that your neighbors will surely envy.
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Scour salvage yards and flea markets for discarded antique doors. Scoop them up and refurbish them for an eclectic look all your own. If you find several that match, use them for both interior doors and cabinetry.
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Bid adieu to traditional hinges and instead put your door on a track. Install a metal wall and choose a door in a bold color for a contemporary spin.
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Bring a playful element to your door by coating it with chalkboard paint. Use it write reminders or grocery lists, or even your children’s’ random acts of imagination.
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by Allison Cosmos
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| Turn your door from everyday to a work of art with a hand-painted design. This designer used a gloss white to paint an incredible design over a base coat of coral. |
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| Add a nautical flair to your interiors with a look straight from a submarine. This door gives a hallway of books a very Jacques Cousteau feel. |
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| For a truly unexpected twist of events, take a stunning door from interior to exterior and use it as a gate latch. I have a haunting feeling that I’ll step through this door and end up in Narnia. |
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Here are a few more unusual doors to sneak in that hint of the unexpected in your home. These glass doors, from CBD Glass, are finished with a silvery sheen reminiscent of aluminum. Spotlight these doors with the right lighting for a reflective effect that will change the look of the entire hallway.
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Go super contemporary with this Lualdi Porte door painted in high-gloss lipstick red lacquer.
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Simply because pocket doors spend a decent amount of time hidden in the walls doesn't mean they can't be stunning. These etched glass doors from Modernus will steal the show when pulled closed.
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No need to accessorize these painted doors from CBD Glass with artwork; they're the artwork themselves.
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Comments
horserider Extremely interesting.
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Apex Carpentry You show some great examples of how doors can make a dramatic impact on a room. I really like the barn door.
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wandm These are spectacular ideas. I've never thought of doing something so interesting with a door. No reason that doors shouldn't have fun too!
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Scott Haig, CKD Details can make quite an impression upon entering a space--well done.
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Cliff Spencer Furniture Maker Our reclaimed wine oak barn doors do the trick! 
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sfriedman Where is the sliding door hardware from?
22 months ago · Like
Terri Simpson @sfriedman - you can get the hardware at HomeDepot or Lowes. We actually used the same for our stall doors in our barn.
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DecoDesignCenter.com Custom entry doors will make a grand statement for your home anyday. It is the first impression that guest, neighbors or passerbys see. I mean you can have ugle furniture inside but everybody sees the front door!!!!
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Michael Chen There are so many different door hardware out there specially in Europe can make the doors look special.
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