Expanding Your Options for Interior Doors

Your entry door may be the first door a visitor sees, but it also has to endure the hardships of the weather. An interior door can be a more decorative material at a more reasonable price. Interior wood doors don't need to have the same premium grade and exotic softwoods that would be impractical for exterior doors can add the ambiance you're looking for. Privacy is also less of an issue for some interior doors, allowing you to choose a decorative glass door in some areas of your home.

Interior Wood Doors
Even interior wood doors aren't cheap, but they won't break the bank and are often cheaper than their exterior wood counterparts. While you can still achieve the warmth of wood doors, the heavy-duty solid wood doors typical of exterior doors are often unnecessary. Instead you can focus on custom carving and designing to create a truly unique decorative door. Ordering a door prehung and prefinished will make for an easier installation, but having a contractor come to your home will ensure your decorative door works with your décor for maximum effect.

Interior Glass Doors
Glass doors are easily broken and usually aren't the best idea for exterior doors. Interior glass doors, on the other hand, can bring a polished decorative element that even wood doors struggle to compete with. You can choose between different degrees of transparency and opaqueness to meet your demands and preferences. The most luxurious interior glass doors are still encased in a wood frame but still offer the distinct look of decorative glass. Choose the glass pattern carefully. Something too ornate may simply be distracting, but you still want your doors to stand out.

Interior Door Styles
Expanding your options for interior doors is about more than just a reduced need for durability. Different styles create doors that will make your living space more versatile. French doors encapsulate many kinds of doors that can open between two adjacent rooms and nurture an open mental landscape. Closed, these doors give you two distinct rooms that allow multiple household members to have their own space.

Hinged Doors— The most traditional door is still the standard but may not be practical if the door swing interferes with the room's space. You'll also want to carefully consider which way the doors will swing. For double hinged doors, you may want to have each door open into a different room.

Sliding Doors— Sliding doors come in their own different styles. Pocket doors slide into spaces in the wall. Bypass doors slide by one another and can work especially well in three section panels.

Folding Doors— These doors combine the mechanisms of hinged and sliding doors. They open and close like an accordion. If you like the dynamics of hinged doors but have an opening too wide for conventional hinged doors, folding doors can be the way to go.