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I am looking for ideas for my doorwall. - I live in Fl and the back of my house faces west and it gets very hot. How can I keep the heat out but not cover up the beautiful view I have? Thanks! »
These window-paneled pocket doors provide a slight visual barrier between rooms without blocking the flow of sunlight light. They also mimic the iron doors leading outside, creating a cohesive look, despite different materials and scales.
Of course, matching finishes isn't a bad thing. The dark hardware on these pocket doors is a beautiful complement to the steel framed windows and dark curtain hardware beyond.
Steel panes give the look a more industrial feel. Thanks to the strength of the material, steel windows and doors have slender sight lines, obscuring less of the view outside while requiring less maintenance than wood. Upstate New York-based Bliss Nor-Am has a stellar reputation among architects and designers, as does Hope's Windows and Doors.More: Sliding Doors Bring the Outside InThese Floors Blur the Line Between Indoors and Out
This contemporary home also places the dining room in the open space and sets up an axial relationship of furniture and architecture. Good designers look for ways to make the two complement each other.
Pocket doors with glazing to let the light through are a great way to close off the scents and sounds of a kitchen or dining room without preventing light from entering deep into the house. I am often asked whether I can turn an awkward hinged door into a pocket door during a renovation. To gauge how difficult this would be at your house, think about the wall that the door would slide into. Are there any outlets or light switches on either side? These would need to be relocated. Is it a plaster wall? No matter what, the wall will need to be reframed, but matching plaster surfaces is more difficult than matching drywall.
Borrow light from the garden. In this gracious home, interior glass pocket doors subtly define the space while still allowing the homeowners to take in the views of the lush courtyard.