Manolo Langis
Inspiration for a mediterranean entryway in Los Angeles with a single front door and a medium wood front door.

Front porch of Victorian remodel
Inspiration for a traditional front door in San Francisco with a double front door and a blue front door.

photo credit: David Gilbert
Design ideas for a traditional exterior in New York with wood siding and a clipped gable roof.

My new front storm and front doors. I chose a storm door that is the same color as the trim of my house so that it wouldn't take anything away from the new black front door. I really like the color with the red brick of the house. The first storm door I bought was black to match the door, but from any kind of distance, it kind of all blended in and (in my opinion) didn't look so great. Perhaps a black storm door would work if the casing around the door and in between the door and sidelight were painted black as well? I kind of like the look of the sidelight being black and the trim matching the house, so I wanted to replicate that with the actual door, too. I've seen it done both ways in my neighborhood and the black storm door kind of just made it look like a black blob. Nothing popped out.

..... First impressions count! ..... Glass Doors and Entries that Make a Statement. Whether it's glass front entry doors, or interior glass doors the first focal point of an entry into a home, business or office are the doors, and frosted art glass doors by Sans Soucie add a unique element and a level of luxury while providing privacy AND light! From a little to a lot, the privacy you need is created for your glass front entry doors without sacrificing sunlight. Available any size, all glass doors are custom made to order and ship worldwide. Door glass will be tempered, exterior doors will be dual pane (or a single 1/2" thick pane for fiberglass doors) and come in various thicknesses and types depending on door location (interior or exterior) and the sandblast etched effect selected. Selling both the glass inserts for doors as well as doors with glass, Sans Soucie doors are available as an interior or front entry door in 8 woods and 2 fiberglass, as a slab door or prehung in the jamb - any size. From simple frosted glass effects to our more extravagant 3D sculpture carving, painted and stained glass .. and everything in between, Sans Soucie designs are sandblasted different ways which create not only different effects but different levels in price. The "same design, done different" - with no limit to design, there's something for every decor, regardless of style. Price will vary by design complexity and type of effect: Specialty Glass and Frosted Glass. Inside our fun, easy to use online Glass and Door Designer, you'll get instant pricing on everything as YOU customize your door and glass! When you're all finished designing, you can place your order online! We're here to answer any questions you have so please call (877) 331-339 to speak to a knowledgeable representative! Doors ship worldwide at reasonable prices from Palm Desert, California with delivery time ranges between 3-8 weeks depending on door material and glass effect selected. (Doug Fir or Fiberglass in Frosted Effects allow 3 weeks, Specialty Woods and Glass [2D, 3D, Leaded] will require approx. 8 weeks).

Photography: Ken Gutmaker
Design ideas for a traditional foyer in San Francisco with a single front door and a black front door.

A vivid pink dutch door invites you in. The interior of the house is painted primarily white, creating crisp contrast with outside.
Design ideas for a mid-sized beach style front door in Charlotte with white walls, light hardwood floors, a dutch front door, a red front door and multi-coloured floor.

Convert a small space to a polished eye-catching and functional home office. We used white painted maple wood veneers and solid wood painted doors, moldings and trims to give the space a formal style. This home office boasts under cabinet LED lighting, doors with glass inserts, upper cabinets surrounded by wrap around shelving for books and accent pieces and sturdy maple wood drawers for storing office supplies or filing important documents.

The Gambrel Roof Home is a dutch colonial design with inspiration from the East Coast. Designed from the ground up by our team - working closely with architect and builder, we created a classic American home with fantastic street appeal

Custom mahogany double doors and hand cut stone for exterior masonry combined with stained cedar shingles
This is an example of a traditional entryway in New York with a double front door and a dark wood front door.

Photographer: Tom Crane
Inspiration for a large traditional front door in Philadelphia with slate floors, a red front door and a single front door.

Modern - Contemporary Interior Designs By J Design Group in Miami, Florida. Aventura Magazine selected one of our contemporary interior design projects and they said: Shortly after Jennifer Corredor’s interior design clients bought a four-bedroom, three bath home last year, the couple suffered through a period of buyer’s remorse. While they loved the Bay Harbor Islands location and the 4,000-square-foot, one-story home’s potential for beauty and ample entertaining space, they felt the living and dining areas were too restricted and looked very small. They feared they had bought the wrong house. “My clients thought the brown wall separating these spaces from the kitchen created a somber mood and darkness, and they were unhappy after they had bought the house,” says Corredor of the J. Design Group in Coral Gables. “So we decided to renovate and tear down the wall to make a galley kitchen.” Mathy Garcia Chesnick, a sales director with Cervera Real Estate, and husband Andrew Chesnick, an executive for the new Porsche Design Tower residential project in Sunny Isles, liked the idea of incorporating the kitchen area into the living and dining spaces. Since they have two young children, the couple felt those areas were too narrow for easy, open living. At first, Corredor was afraid a structural beam could get in the way and impede the restoration process. But after doing research, she learned that problem did not exist, and there was nothing to hinder the project from moving forward. So she collapsed the wall to create one large kitchen, living and dining space. Then she changed the flooring, using 36x36-inch light slabs of gold Bianco marble, replacing the wood that had been there before. This process also enlarged the look of the space, giving it lightness, brightness and zoom. “By eliminating the wall and adding the marble we amplified the new and expanded public area,” says Corredor, who is known for optimizing space in creative ways. “And I used sheer white window treatments which further opened things up creating an airy, balmy space. The transformation is astonishing! It looks like a different place.” Part of that transformation included stripping the “awful” brown kitchen cabinets and replacing them with clean-lined, white ones from Italy. She also added a functional island and mint chocolate granite countertops. At one end of the kitchen space, Corredor designed dark wood shelving where Mathy displays her collection of cookbooks. “Mathy cooks a great deal, and they entertain on a regular basis,” says Corredor. “The island we created is where she likes to serve the kids breakfast and have family members gather. And when they have a dinner party, everyone can mill in and out of the kitchen-galley, dining and living areas while able to see everything going on around them. It looks and functions so much better.” Corredor extended the Bianco marble flooring to other open areas of the house, nearly everywhere except for the bedrooms. She also changed the powder room, which is annexed to the kitchen. She applied white linear glass on the walls and added a new white square sink by Hastings. Clean and fresh, the room is reminiscent of a little jewel box. I n the living room, Corredor designed a showpiece wall unit of exotic cherry wood with an aqua center to bring back some warmth that modernizing naturally strips away. The designer also changed the room’s lighting, introducing a new system that eschews a switch. Instead, it works by remote and also dims to create various moods for different social engagements. “The lighting is wonderful and enhances everything else we have done in these open spaces,” says Corredor. T he dining room overlooks the pool and yard, with large, floorto- ceiling window brings the outdoors inside. A chandelier above the dining table is another expression of openness, like the lens of a person’s eyeglasses. “We wanted this unusual piece because its sort of translucence takes you outside without ever moving from the room,” explains Corredor. “The family members love seeing the yard and pool from the living and dining space. It’s also great for entertaining friends and business associates. They can get a real feel for the subtropical elegance of Miami.” N earby, the front door was originally brown so she repainted it a sleek lacquered white. This bright consistency helps maintain a constant eye flow from one section of the open areas to another. Everything is visible in the new extended space and creates a bright and inviting atmosphere. “It was important to modernize and update the house without totally changing the character,” says Corredor. “We organized everything well and it turned out beautifully, just as we envisioned it.” While nothing on the home’s exterior was changed, Corredor worked her magic in the master bedroom by adding panels with a wavelike motif to again bring elements of the outside in. The room is austere and clean lined, elegant, peaceful and not cluttered with unnecessary furnishings. In the master bath, Corredor removed the existing cabinets and made another large cherry wood cabinet, this time with double sinks for husband and wife. She also added frosted green glass to give a spa-like aura to the spacious room. T hroughout the house are splashy canvases from Mathy’s personal art collection. She likes to add color to the decor through the art while the backdrops remain a soothing white. The end result is a divine, refined interior, light, bright and open. “The owners are thrilled, and we were able to complete the renovation in a few months,” says Corredor. “Everything turned out how it should be.” J Design Group Call us. 305-444-4611 Miami modern, Contemporary Interior Designers, Modern Interior Designers, Coco Plum Interior Designers, Sunny Isles Interior Designers, Pinecrest Interior Designers, J Design Group interiors, South Florida designers, Best Miami Designers, Miami interiors, Miami décor, Miami Beach Designers, Best Miami Interior Designers, Miami Beach Interiors, Luxurious Design in Miami, Top designers, Deco Miami, Luxury interiors, Miami Beach Luxury Interiors, Miami Interior Design, Miami Interior Design Firms, Beach front, Top Interior Designers, top décor, Top Miami Decorators, Miami luxury condos, modern interiors, Modern, Pent house design, white interiors, Top Miami Interior Decorators, Top Miami Interior Designers, Modern Designers in Miami, J Design Group Call us. 305-444-4611 www.JDesignGroup.com

This home's large pillars create a dramatic look wrapped in lush bows of evergreens and the large red ornaments are perfectly in scale. Mary Prince © 2012 Houzz

front door centred on tree
Photo of a mid-sized contemporary front door in Melbourne with white walls, medium hardwood floors, a single front door and a green front door.

This is our front door. We took a traditional craftsman door solid wood and cut it to a dutch door split 70/30, just below the windows. Put internal hidden lock in the split. This allows air movement privacy and the door remains locked if desired. The dead bolt is to low to reach over. The door was painted BEHR-SUN RAY (S-G-340) Satin. The siding was painted with Behr Masonry, Stucco- Mississippi Mud (710D-5).

ThermaTru Doors Axis Decorative Glass Pulse Collection Poinsettia paint color SW 6594 by Sherwin-Williams S83AX_D_Axis_SW6594Pointsettia_THD
Inspiration for a modern entryway in Tampa with concrete floors, a single front door and a red front door.

This is an example of a transitional two-storey exterior in Orange County with a mixed roof.

Eric Roth
Photo of a mid-sized traditional entryway in Boston with a single front door, a black front door and red walls.

DESIGN NEW ENGLAND magazine described Boston designer Lisa K. Tharp's Coastal Loft interiors - where Beach meets SoHo - as living like "an art gallery by the sea". Lisa's custom 9' tall barn doors, complete with authentic galvanized track mounted near the ceiling, are a strong aesthetic statement that also provide ultimate functionality for this serene office retreat. The room can be opened up along its entire front perimeter, or closed off completely, sharing only daylight through the upper glass. Chunky Mexican table provides ample workspace, while sailboat, antique propeller and "Old Skiff" by Jim Holland complement Tharp's nautical chart-papered wall. Photo: Eric Roth.