Hoarder House Doors

Doors are such an important accessory to your home.  They are obviously super functional, but they also can really help define the tone and look of your house.  There weren’t too many doors to begin with at the Hoarder House.  In the original house there were sliding doors to the bedrooms and bathrooms. And I know that sounds cool, but just trust me, they did not work properly and had holes and dents.  We are keeping one slider, but the rest have to be replaced. And the addition side of the house has no doors because it was never fully finished.

In our last home, we bought used 6-panel oak pine doors from the Restore.  While they were very cheap (e.g. $15 a door), they required a custom frame to be built. Basically real crazy carpenter stuff. While it was an awesome learning experience, neither of us wishes to relive it again, so we knew we were going to be buying new *pre-hung* doors.

Based on Home Depot’s selection of doors, it may seem like a door-is-a-door-is-door. But really there are very distinct architectural styles that come with each door type that you have to weigh in when picking out a door. While I am no expert, I do know that in general: raised panel doors tend to give off a traditional vibe while flat panel doors have a more modern aesthetic.

In this house, we’re going for a more modern look with nods to Mid-Century Modern, and Nordic style (?? Still playing around with this). So, therefore I was targeting flat paneled doors.  There seems to be 3 primary options at the big box stores:

[lgc_column grid=”40″ tablet_grid=”40″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”false”][/lgc_column][lgc_column grid=”60″ tablet_grid=”60″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”true”]First you have the 3-panel doors. These are your CLASSIC craftsman look. They can blend the old with the new and go hand in hand with arts and craft architecture. While I do love these doors, there is a couple reasons why I didn’t want to choose them for this house. First, this house is not craftsman style, in my humble opinion. And secondly, this may be dramatic, but it feels like everybody is choosing these doors now a-days in their new homes and remodels. And while it’s all very tres-chic right now, I worry that they will become the 6-paneled doors of the last two decades that feel overdone and EVERYWHERE. *rant over*[/lgc_column]

[lgc_column grid=”40″ tablet_grid=”40″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”false”][/lgc_column][lgc_column grid=”60″ tablet_grid=”60″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”true”]Next, I see these 5 panel doors for sale at Menards, and I adore them. They are so modern and fun! But, I’m trying to embrace a simpler organic aesthetic in this home, and these feel more like GLAM. Again, I could be making that up, and I still love them.[/lgc_column]

[lgc_column grid=”40″ tablet_grid=”40″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”false”][/lgc_column][lgc_column grid=”60″ tablet_grid=”60″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”true”]And finally they are selling this single panel door. I feel like goldi-locks… “Ahhhh, just right!” We have the flat panel design, with the simple single-frame look. It’s just so classy and modern all at once. And I am sold!!! [/lgc_column]

We went into Menards to purchase the doors and as luck would have it, a large order of those exact doors had been cancelled and were half off.  So we bought those puppies right up! It’s the little blessings that get me, guys…. *sniff*

So now we have most of the doors for the house. I went in search of the perfect door knob.  I set a budget of under 20 per knob. Because there are some gorgeous knobs out there, but they can really start adding up… I was going for a matte black look as inspired by knobs like this:

via School House Electric

I ended up finding these Brooklyn Matte Black Door knobs at Harney Hardware for under budget and they had perfectly clean lines. No weird unnecessary curving, everything flat how I like it. 🙂

So now we have those ordered, the last item is to figure out what color the doors should be.  Everything is so light in the house that we’ve picked so far. The flooring is white washed and the walls are (and will remain some form of) white.  So Jake and I felt like we have to add some tone and depth with the doors so we don’t end up in one giant void of whiteness…

This door is definitely inspiring me, I love the dark dark gray (Wrought Iron by Benjamin Moore) with the black hardware. I’m pretty settled on a dark-ish gray, but I haven’t picked an exact color yet.  There is a tiny part of me that is tempted to go just barely blue in the gray like this front door in the Cortney Bishop house that I am ogling:

That’s the front door though… Is that too crazy for the rest of the doors? Also, it makes me a little nervous, mainly because our bathroom floors are black and I’m not sure how that blue would play with the tones of that room (I am overthinking this, right?). If I was really set on doing the blue-green-grey then I could always do the bathroom door in another color like white or black. Most of the rest of the doors in the Cortney Bishop house are dark grey:

See, and isn’t that dark gray so lovely? She can do no wrong…. Anyhow, I ordered a paint sprayer today, so pretty soon it’ll be decision time on the door color. What do you think I should do? Go with my gut and do a dark gray? Or go bold with a blueish gray? And if I do that, will it go with our bathroom? Help!