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163 Doors Exterior Design Photos And Ideas

An oversized mahogany door provides a grand entrance to the complex.
Operable doors and windows and doors provide fresh air ventilation off a newly created interior courtyard space.
The minimalist interiors are paneled in pin
Generous overhangs and period lighting speak to the house's era while sliding glass doors create outdoor access.
Updated siding and new windows create a cohesive exterior look.
Outside, larch-wood shutters offer the residents privacy.
A common theme of the remodel was the incorporation of salvaged material, both from the original house and outside sources. Collaborating with Peter Buley of Analog Modern, the original hemlock fir joists of the house were repurposed into the main entry door. Adjacent to the door is a bench made from a heart pine beam, sourced by Buley. The beam had been charred during a circa-1900 fire, and subsequently painted over during the last 100 years. The unique piece now finds its home in the entry foyer.
A mid-century modern color palette decorates the exterior. Brightly colored doors highlight the home's entry.
Carly and Brad rearranged the former entry closet area to form a small vestibule that would block the direct view to the kitchen upon arrival. Instead of covering it with wallpaper, they created a custom stencil and painted it themselves on Cristmas Eve. They used the colors that are used throughout the house, while the triangles take cues from the triangles that exist on the original door.
The entrance opens into a light-filled hall, with a Marcel Wanders chandelier and a Luna console table by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance.
The grand entrance to Amizmiz House in Marrakesh.
“The bank of full-height windows brings in tons of southern light, but it also gives the stable a strong street presence, and it ties into the stick-built window pattern already established at the entry to the main house,” Schaer says. The locally-sourced Douglas fir windows and doors were provided by Lindal Cedar Homes.
Living spaces are provided not only on the interior, but the exterior as wall. Large overhangs provide some protection from the elements.
Further emphasizing the indoor/outdoor connection is a water feature which extends between spaces.
A look at the beautiful wooden door at the front of the house.
Ample glazing blurs the distinction between indoors and out.
Brooklyn-based David Alhadeff intentionally chose a home for the retail setting. “The idea of locating a gallery in a more traditional space left me wondering if we might get lost in the mix,” he says. “We wanted to do something more experimental, and given LA’s incredible architecture, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to execute this concept.”
The space between the two buildings has a surf board rack.
An unpainted door, in line with Sherbanuk's stripped-down aesthetic, marks the front entrance.
The entrance to the house.
The door to the social zones swing open to connect to the terrace.
Mirrored glass allows this holiday home in Mexico to blend in with it's woodland site.
Glass windows help connect the entrance foyer to the street outdoors.
The front entrance.
The main entrance of the main cave was transformed into a wooden grid façade and glass curtain wall, allowing ample natural light to enter the space.
A side view of the front entrance.
Floor-to-ceiling wall of glass allows for expansive views of property and pond.
A lake view bedroom.
Asif Khan has been working with the manufacturers of Vantablack since 2013 and proposed its use in his shortlisted proposal for the UK Pavilion at Milan Expo 2015.
The home has sliding doors with thick wood frames.
The living room utilizes Eames lounges and a B&B Italia sofa to create a spare but comfortable environment. Sliding glass doors provide ample ventilation.
The crumbling red building reflects the site’s romantic, nostalgic feelings from its previous industrial use.
In the main corridor of the refreshed 19th century building, you’ll find original mosaic floors and lush potted plants from Alejandra Coll of Asilvestrada Plants.
Max Rippon and Ausias Perez painted the numbers on the doors in a similar style to the original signage of the building.
Mandel designed a six-by-eight-foot extension for additional space on the ground floor.
Coakley commutes an hour into London, where his two SCP stores are located. In the entryway, a pair of Jasper Morrison tables join a vintage Moroccan rug. The circa 1980s Thinking Man’s Chair, also by Morrison, is in the foreground.
An aluminum-framed door leading to the terrace provides an added sense of depth, integrating outside with inside. Here, the metal contrasts sharply with the natural birch flooring.
Entry hall with Ingo Mauer chandelier
London-based firm McLean Quinlan was asked to create a vacation home that could take advantage of its spectacular location outside Jackson Hole, Wyoming, while also blending in. The resulting design
Ian Read wanted the addition to reflect the time in which it was constructed, not the Victorian times in which the house was erected. The industrially styled doors situate the office space squarely in the 21st century.
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