Interior/exterior doors

[fan-of-fans]

This might be an odd question but does anyone have an interest in exterior/interior doors. When I was a kid I used to really like the front doors that had oval/ellipse shaped glass. Another favorite were the doors that had two narrow but tall panes of glass on top with two panels below. I don't see these style of doors around anymore, but I still see a lot with the ellipse shaped glass.

I especially liked doors with leaded glass even though when I was a kid most all doors were modern copycats of older designs. I didn't know what back then though, that most of these styles had roots in like the Craftsman or Victorian era.

As for interior doors, I do like the usual six panel doors, but also ones with different styles since they are less common in new homes.

My favorite "newer" interior doors are the solid pine 6 panel doors with natural stain. You just don't see that in most homes, I guess because of the cost. I was pricing doors at Home Depot the other day. You can get a masonite 6 panel paint grade door for like $20 but to get the solid pine equivalent is $150!! Wow.

One of my neighbor's houses has pine 6 panel interior doors, the front door is a jailhouse style solid wood panel door with leaded glass. The patio doors are steel on the outside but wood on the inside. I was always really impressed by that house and how quality it all seemed. It was built in the 60s but had been remodeled in the early 90s.

Also I really like old houses with solid wood 4 panel doors and the old glass doorknobs, hinges, etc.

 

[dermacie]

My home has double doors for the front door. About 6 years ago I had the home’s original double door replaced with a full glass double door.

 

[wayupnorth]

My doors are all insulated metal inside doors and insulated full view glass storm doors outside. Full view glass gives alot of solar heat inside with the inside door opened. Up here you need everything to keep the winter outside. But inside has all 6 panel pine doors with a pickled oak stain and has never darkened in over 20 years.

 

[circlew]

My front and back doors are Masonite steel units. The front is 3/4 glass (leaded) with two panels below. The back is 1/2 glass (plain) with two lower panels. All the basement doors that are in masonry walls are Ceco steel fire-rated commercial units in steel frames. The exterior to stairs, and entry into garage are insulated. They are flush style with no glass. When finished, I'm planning to have Simpson vertical two-panel doors in maple for the main floor.

When I was about 9, I saw a building with doors that had round windows (like a porthole) in them. That was near my aunt's house in Jackson Mississippi. I always wanted one like that, but my house isn't of a style that such a door would look good on.

 

[vacerator]

We got a

craftsman style fiberglass front entry door almost 2 years ago and love it! It's from Home Depot by Milikin mills I believe. It has a triple pane leaded glass upper light with a dentil shelf. It's painted federal blue. It matches our color blocked Ralph Lauren dark blue and chanpaign entry and front room colors. The hardware is satin nickel by Schlage. The Century lever inside, u-handle outside handle set and deadbolt. A strom door isn't necessary, and not recomended without an awning or porch roof. We have one, so we also got a heavy Andersen full light storm door with deadbolt and keyed lock in white to match the exterior trim. Our old door was the original solid oak 6 panel 36 inch wide from 1968. Last of the old forest growth. It was drafty. I painted the poutside several years back and didn't cut the paint line inside the panels at the bevel. One panel had split. It made a good base for part of my model railroad.

 

[oliger]

By far the coolest doors i've ever seen are on my garage. House and garage built in 1910. They are two huge and heavy doors that slide past one another on a track like a barn. The top 1/3 is glass and the bottom 2/3 is carsiding panels. I have never seen anything else like them.