Menlo Park ResidenceTransitional Dining Room, San Francisco
Karin Payson A+D, Staprans Design, Matthew Millman Photography
What Houzz contributors are saying:
6. Bring in natural light with glass. Incorporating glass-paned interior doors, like the pocket doors in this photo — the partially open cream-colored ones in the foreground, not the black-edged ones that lead outdoors — allows natural light to penetrate further into the interior. Just be sure that the interior doors are compatible in style with the exterior ones. For the most light, line up the glass-filled openings in the various layers of doors — that way light can travel further into the heart of the home.
An Area RugA suitable-size area rug with colors you love can introduce a color and style direction for the rest of the room. As with artwork, sometimes we start with a central inspiration piece. At other times the added flourish makes the look come together. It doesn’t matter which way you approach it. Just don’t hesitate to add personality through your choices.If you love a beautiful rug like this, try letting it get all the attention by keeping the other furnishings quiet and light. However, you could also layer in textiles and artwork to build on the central piece. Upholstered chairs in a pattern would work well. (I’d go with a stripe pattern, but that’s me.) Just be sure to vary the scale of the patterns so they don’t compete.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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I would be happy with a pretty pocket door in bedroom for closet also. It doesn't have to be hidden just pretty/decorative not an obvious door
Glass Doors: 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.
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