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What Does Your Front Door Style Say About Your Home?
From timeless to trendy, the right entrance door sets the scene and makes a statement. Here's how to get yours right
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You only get one chance to make a great first impression with your home, so it’s important to set the scene from the start when designing your entrance. This, of course, begins with choosing the right front door – one that starts a conversation between your interior and exterior, creates instant street appeal, expresses your personality and enhances your security. Here, we reveal three of the latest trends in affordable, architecturally designed entrance doors – complete with design tips for each – to help you choose the perfect feature door for your style and home.
Herringbone design and Round handle from Corinthian Doors’ Elements collection
Elevate Your Entry With Herringbone
A stylish front entrance is one that offers a sense of arrival every time you enter your home. The trend towards herringbone in architecture and interior design is still going strong, and for good reason. Aside from its sought-after tactile quality, herringbone embraces a clean, contemporary aesthetic as well as the timelessness of parquetry, so it won’t date despite its statement style.
A herringbone entrance door is also one of the most effective designs for bringing the same level of detail found in interior design to the facade of your home.
Elevate Your Entry With Herringbone
A stylish front entrance is one that offers a sense of arrival every time you enter your home. The trend towards herringbone in architecture and interior design is still going strong, and for good reason. Aside from its sought-after tactile quality, herringbone embraces a clean, contemporary aesthetic as well as the timelessness of parquetry, so it won’t date despite its statement style.
A herringbone entrance door is also one of the most effective designs for bringing the same level of detail found in interior design to the facade of your home.
Herringbone design and Round handle from Corinthian Doors’ Elements collection
Style Profile: A herringbone entrance door signals a love of on-trend styles that respect traditional design. To harness style-savvy herringbone in your entrance, look to front door designs that combine this pattern using the texture and tone of timber.
Traditionally, herringbone feature doors were only available through custom manufacturing, so most homeowners couldn’t ‘meet’ their door prior to purchasing it – an important step in selecting the right finishes.
That’s now changing with a locally manufactured architectural range of entrance doors, which includes a herringbone design. The range is part of Corinthian Doors’ stocked collection, which means it’s available off-the-shelf so you can see the finished product before you buy. The company offers a full solution including the door, frame and handle, to make it easier to bring the final look together.
Design Tip: If you have herringbone or chevron flooring in your interior, continue this scheme from inside to out by choosing an entrance door in the same motif. To prevent hardware from competing with the statement herringbone, coordinate yours with an Oversized Timber Pad Handle in a matching material, such as this Round design in American white oak from Corinthian Doors.
Style Profile: A herringbone entrance door signals a love of on-trend styles that respect traditional design. To harness style-savvy herringbone in your entrance, look to front door designs that combine this pattern using the texture and tone of timber.
Traditionally, herringbone feature doors were only available through custom manufacturing, so most homeowners couldn’t ‘meet’ their door prior to purchasing it – an important step in selecting the right finishes.
That’s now changing with a locally manufactured architectural range of entrance doors, which includes a herringbone design. The range is part of Corinthian Doors’ stocked collection, which means it’s available off-the-shelf so you can see the finished product before you buy. The company offers a full solution including the door, frame and handle, to make it easier to bring the final look together.
Design Tip: If you have herringbone or chevron flooring in your interior, continue this scheme from inside to out by choosing an entrance door in the same motif. To prevent hardware from competing with the statement herringbone, coordinate yours with an Oversized Timber Pad Handle in a matching material, such as this Round design in American white oak from Corinthian Doors.
Symmetrical Horizontal Planked design and D-Form handle from Corinthian Doors’ Elements collection
Channel Classic With a Symmetrically Planked Door
Gone are the days of plain front doors. Today’s entrances have rhythm and soul, and one of the most cost-effective ways to achieve this is to select a vertical- or horizontal-planked front door.
Symmetrically planked timber doors offer a rhythmical style statement, yet also harmonise with the rest of your facade. Timber-plank doors suit almost every style of home from classic to contemporary, though if your interior features timber panelling, wall mouldings or dowelled joinery, a panelled front door will create stylish continuity.
Channel Classic With a Symmetrically Planked Door
Gone are the days of plain front doors. Today’s entrances have rhythm and soul, and one of the most cost-effective ways to achieve this is to select a vertical- or horizontal-planked front door.
Symmetrically planked timber doors offer a rhythmical style statement, yet also harmonise with the rest of your facade. Timber-plank doors suit almost every style of home from classic to contemporary, though if your interior features timber panelling, wall mouldings or dowelled joinery, a panelled front door will create stylish continuity.
Symmetrical Horizontal Planked design and D-Form handle from Corinthian Doors’ Elements collection
Style Profile: The subtle, sophisticated accents of symmetrically planked entrance doors speak of their occupants’ refined style and a taste for the timeless. With horizontal and vertical designs, the texture of the timber and alternating grain – rather than the pattern of the door – is the hero.
In its Elements collection, Corinthian Doors uses sustainably sourced timbers and American white oak veneer, which is prized for its beautiful grain. Like other designs in the range, symmetrically planked doors also lend themselves well to different stain options, so you can choose from a wide range of finishes to complement your colour palette.
Style Profile: The subtle, sophisticated accents of symmetrically planked entrance doors speak of their occupants’ refined style and a taste for the timeless. With horizontal and vertical designs, the texture of the timber and alternating grain – rather than the pattern of the door – is the hero.
In its Elements collection, Corinthian Doors uses sustainably sourced timbers and American white oak veneer, which is prized for its beautiful grain. Like other designs in the range, symmetrically planked doors also lend themselves well to different stain options, so you can choose from a wide range of finishes to complement your colour palette.
Symmetrical Vertical Planked design and Square handle from Corinthian Doors’ Elements collection
Design Tip: Match the direction of your timber-planked door to that of your interior panelling – if you have vertical wall panelling, choose a vertically planked entrance door; or if the horizontal treads of your stairs are visible from the entrance, consider a horizontal orientation for your door instead. The same goes for your facade. To create visual continuity, emphasise the linearity of your fence line or exterior with a planked door that echoes the same orientation.
Design Tip: Match the direction of your timber-planked door to that of your interior panelling – if you have vertical wall panelling, choose a vertically planked entrance door; or if the horizontal treads of your stairs are visible from the entrance, consider a horizontal orientation for your door instead. The same goes for your facade. To create visual continuity, emphasise the linearity of your fence line or exterior with a planked door that echoes the same orientation.
Asymmetrical Vertical Planked design and Square handle from Corinthian Doors’ Elements collection
Go Offbeat With an Asymmetrically Planked Design
Symmetry can be pleasing to the eye, though for a twist on the traditional, consider choosing an asymmetrical pattern for your entrance door. Going offbeat instantly speaks of a personal and design style that’s confident and current. By varying the cadence of your entrance door you’ll introduce a contemporary rhythm to your facade, which is particularly suited to new builds and modern homes.
Pictured above, the vertically planked door from Corinthian Doors’ Elements collection has an asymmetrical configuration for a subtle sense of difference; while below, the asymmetrical design of the horizontally planked door creates a distinct tempo.
Go Offbeat With an Asymmetrically Planked Design
Symmetry can be pleasing to the eye, though for a twist on the traditional, consider choosing an asymmetrical pattern for your entrance door. Going offbeat instantly speaks of a personal and design style that’s confident and current. By varying the cadence of your entrance door you’ll introduce a contemporary rhythm to your facade, which is particularly suited to new builds and modern homes.
Pictured above, the vertically planked door from Corinthian Doors’ Elements collection has an asymmetrical configuration for a subtle sense of difference; while below, the asymmetrical design of the horizontally planked door creates a distinct tempo.
Asymmetrical Horizontal Planked design and D-Form handle from Corinthian Doors’ Elements collection
Style Profile: Entrances that embrace asymmetrical design elements express their owners’ signature style and the confidence to stand out from the crowd. The fresh texture and style of asymmetrically planked entrance doors can be soft and subtle or can enliven even the most conventional facade with a burst of energy. The key lies in the overall scheme of your threshold, which encompasses your choice of door and frame, as well as your handle and hardware selection.
For a bold entrance, complement an asymmetrically planked door with Corinthian Doors’ frame options and Oversized Timber Pad Handles, which you can view before you buy.
Design Tip: If you’re keen to emphasise this contemporary architectural style, consider pairing your door with a hinge frame or sidelight windows on one or both sides, which are also available in the range. For oversize entries where your door is taller, wider or heavier, opt for a Corinthian Pivot Entry Frame for optimum functionality and to ensure the longevity of your door.
Style Profile: Entrances that embrace asymmetrical design elements express their owners’ signature style and the confidence to stand out from the crowd. The fresh texture and style of asymmetrically planked entrance doors can be soft and subtle or can enliven even the most conventional facade with a burst of energy. The key lies in the overall scheme of your threshold, which encompasses your choice of door and frame, as well as your handle and hardware selection.
For a bold entrance, complement an asymmetrically planked door with Corinthian Doors’ frame options and Oversized Timber Pad Handles, which you can view before you buy.
Design Tip: If you’re keen to emphasise this contemporary architectural style, consider pairing your door with a hinge frame or sidelight windows on one or both sides, which are also available in the range. For oversize entries where your door is taller, wider or heavier, opt for a Corinthian Pivot Entry Frame for optimum functionality and to ensure the longevity of your door.
Symmetrical Vertical Planked design and Square handle from Corinthian Doors’ Elements collection
More: To find out more about the new Elements collection, visit Corinthian Doors’ website.
This story was written by the Houzz Sponsored Content team.
More: To find out more about the new Elements collection, visit Corinthian Doors’ website.
This story was written by the Houzz Sponsored Content team.
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