Scandinavian style doors: types, color, design and decor, choice of accessories

Characteristic features of the Scandinavian style

Scandinavian style is a trend in interior design, which is characterized by natural materials, the predominance of light shades, rigor, simple geometry of lines. The premises are not cluttered and spacious with a minimum amount of decor. The main fundamental direction is not decor, but the play of contrasts, sensations and feelings. In such a design, zoning, all kinds of partitions, height differences, etc. are appropriate.

• The main task of the doors is to open and close access to the premises without attracting attention to themselves.
• Most often, Scandinavian-style doors are devoid of decorative elements and are simply painted in a certain color.
• Initially, only light wood species were used for manufacturing, or dark wood was painted in light shades. Now it is permissible to manufacture products from veneer, polyvinyl chloride and other artificial analogs.
• Particular attention is paid to the platbands. They are made as inconspicuous as possible, subtle, the tone is chosen exclusively similar to that of the door.
• The hardware is simple, without pretentious elements, usually silver rather than gold and matte instead of shiny and bright glossy.
• Often, door leaves repeat the texture of walls or floors. This technique is used to minimize their visibility in the room. In exceptional cases, Scandinavian designs are applied to the doors: patterns in the form of snowflakes, zigzags, deer and trees. Plaid and stripes are also popular.

Types of doors

There are two types of doors - interior and entrance, we will consider each of them.

Interroom

Doors in Scandinavian interiors are found mainly in light wood species: birch, pine and ash. The natural texture of the log house emphasizes the wealth of the owners and brings in the elements of comfort and warmth. Also used canvases made of PVC, veneer, lightweight with honeycomb filling, laminated.

• Compartment doors (sliding). They will help to divide the spacious room of the apartment in the Scandinavian style or make the closet and niche less visible to the eye. They give the room an urban feel, helping to feel the atmosphere of a big city in your own home.
• Swing. They give a lot of light and free space, typical for Scandinavian homes. Double-leaf models are made of solid solid or with frosted or smooth glass inserts.

The photo shows a combination of a white door leaf with a wooden floor in the kitchen and living room.

Input

Doors are selected reliable, durable and safe. The main types for a canvas with one side facing the street: paneled, solid wood, glued, veneered on a metal base. Natural cut wood looks the most attractive. At any time, it can be whitened or aged, thereby emphasizing the Scandi style and breathing new life into the subject.

Door color

Ease of creating a Scandinavian-style interior in a limited color palette.Doors are usually matched to the color of already covered walls and floors, or wood, similar to furniture. They are mounted to maintain the overall temperature in the house - if all interior elements are in a warm range, then the shade of the doors should not be cold.

Several rules are taken as a basis: all surfaces are painted in a single tone or combined in two classic combinations: white and black, red and white, white and blue.

White

Classic for Northern European style. Partitions do not weigh down the space and can be easily combined with any other tone.

Brown

A brown doorway is usually worth choosing in order to combine it with wood furniture, parquet, or laminate flooring. A variety of shades of brown will help make a room special. It is coffee, dark nutty, mahogany, beige and a shade of freshly brewed coffee.

The photo shows a wooden door in the color of the floor, faced with laminate.

Black color

Black and close ones in it: wenge and blackberry, are inferior to white in versatility. In contrast to the airy and weightless light, dark doors add sharpness, severity and grace to the interior. It is especially effective if they are decorated with metal fittings: brass or bronze with a matte finish.

The photo shows a small Scandinavian-style bedroom with a black interior door.

Grey

The color is not as "hackneyed" as white, but it is also classic for the Scandinavian style. These doors work well under floors, picture frames and furniture of a similar color. Gray looks modest, calm and at the same time luxurious and affirmative.

Design ideas and door decor

Transparent double doors with glass on a suspended base look original. If you move one of their doors, you get a full-fledged opening into the room, as if there were no doors in the room at all. Glass partitions are also a natural material, so characteristic of the Scandinavian current and perfectly convey the motifs of snow and ice.

Also, when choosing sliding doors with glass inserts, a pattern is applied to one of them in the form of animals, trees and other elements characteristic of the Scandinavian style.

Doors of a similar design are also made massive and rough wood, similar to barn doors. This futuristic solution resembles the entrance to an old factory and plays up the Scandinavian style in an interesting way.

Pictured is a Scandinavian-style living room with a barn door with frosted glass inserts.

In some cases, panels on the doors are decorated with wooden details to match the canvas itself, with discreet images or aged.

The photo shows aged brown doors in the interior of the corridor.

Recommendations for the selection of fittings

The door handles, hinges and locks are selected for the Scandinavian style, exclusively matt, have clear geometric shapes. If you want to introduce glossy or shiny elements into the design, it is better to opt for chrome fittings in silver, gray, silver shades.

Photos in the interior of the rooms

Due to the huge variety of models, you can choose the most optimal solution for a specific room in an apartment, while fully taking into account its purpose, specifics and interior features.

In the photo there is a white swing door with glass inserts in the interior of the living room.

Photo gallery

Doors in the Scandinavian style have a special laconicism and an amazing aesthetic image, thanks to which it is possible to significantly transform, refresh and harmonize the entire interior.