Doors in the Scandinavian style: types, color, design and decor, choice of fittings

Characteristics of the Scandinavian style

Scandinavian style is a direction in interior design, which is characterized by natural materials, the predominance of light shades, rigor, simple geometry of the lines. The rooms are not cluttered and spacious with a minimal amount of decor. The main underlying direction is not decor, but a game of contrasts, sensations and feelings. In such a design, zoning, various partitions, height differences, etc. are appropriate.

• The main task of the doors is to open and close access to the room without attracting attention.
• Most often, Scandinavian-style doors are deprived of decorative elements and simply painted in a certain color.
• Initially, only light wood species were used for manufacturing or dark ones were painted in light shades. Now it is permissible to produce products from veneer, polyvinyl chloride and other artificial analogues.
• Particular attention is paid to the platbands. They are made as invisible, subtle as possible, the tone is chosen exclusively similar to the door.
• The fittings are simple, without fanciful elements, usually silver, not gold and dull 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 drawings are applied to the door: patterns in the form of snowflakes, zigzags, deer and trees. Cell and strip are also popular.

Types of doors

There are two types of doors - interior and exterior, consider each of them.

Interior

Doors in the Scandinavian interior are found mainly from light wood: birch, pine and ash. The natural texture of the log house emphasizes the wealth of the owners and brings elements of comfort and warmth. Also used are PVC sheets, veneers, lightweight with honeycomb, laminated.

• Sliding doors (sliding). They will help to divide the spacious room of the apartment in the Scandinavian style or to make the closet and niche less noticeable. They give the room urbanism, helping in their own home to feel the atmosphere of a big city.
• Swing. They give a lot of light and free space, characteristic of the houses of Scandinavia. Bivalve models are made from a solid array or with inserts of frosted or smooth glass.

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 the canvas facing one side of the street: paneled, solid wood, glued, veneered on a metal base. A natural cut of a tree looks the most attractive. At any time, it can be whitened or aged, thereby emphasizing the style of scandi and breathing new life into the subject.

Door color

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

They take several rules as a basis: all surfaces are painted in the same tone or combined in two classic combinations: white and black, red and white, white and blue.

White

Classic for the North European style. Partitions do not burden the space and are easily combined with any other tone.

Brown

A brown doorway, as a rule, should be chosen to combine it with a wooden furniture set, parquet, or laminate flooring. A variety of shades of brown will help make the room special. This coffee and dark walnut, and the color of mahogany, beige and a shade of freshly brewed coffee.

In the photo there is a wooden door in the color of the floor faced with a laminate.

Black color

Black and those close to him: wenge and blackberry, are inferior to white in universality. Unlike airy and weightless light, dark doors give the interior sharpness, severity and grace. Especially effective if they are decorated with metal fittings: made of brass or bronze with a matte finish.

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

Gray

The color is not as “battered" as white, but it is also classic for the Scandinavian style. Such doors fit well under the floor, picture frames and furniture of a similar shade. Gray color 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 leaves - you get a full opening in 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 will perfectly convey the motives of snow and ice.

Also, when choosing sliding doors with glass inserts, one of them is painted with animals, trees and other elements typical of the Scandinavian style.

Doors of a similar design also make massive and rough wooden, like barn. This futuristic solution reminiscent of the entrance to an old factory, interestingly beats the Scandinavian style in the interior.

In the photo there 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 the tone of the canvas itself, discreet images or age.

On the photo are aged brown doors in the interior of the corridor.

Recommendations for the selection of fittings

Door handles, hinges and locks are selected exclusively for the Scandinavian style matte, 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.

Photo in the interior of the rooms

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

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

Photo gallery

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