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Door Designs
Doors set the quality of a house before anyone touches a finish. Ironmongery and reveal detail are where the money shows.
Six styles
Door designs in six house styles
The same brief, resolved six ways. Each one carries its own layout, material specification and storage strategy. Filter to one style, or compare all six.
Chalk Minimal Flush, floor-to-ceiling Door Design
Nothing decorative survives unless it also does work. Long uninterrupted planes, shadow-gap joints, one quiet grain.
- Layout
- Flush, floor-to-ceiling
- Style
- Serene Minimal
- Palette
- Chalk · Pale Oak · Linen
- Leaf
- Flush ply, chalk laminate
- Frame
- Concealed frame, no architrave
- Hardware
- Flush pull, push-to-open
- Action
- Standard hinged, 2,400mm leaf
- Room dimension
- Double 1,500×2,400mm
Storage features
- Concealed frame set flush with the plaster
- No architrave to collect dust
- A flush floor threshold
Special features
- A floor-to-ceiling flush leaf that reads as wall
- A concealed frame with no architrave
- Push-to-open, no visible hardware
Ideal forHomes wanting doors to disappear into the wall
Charcoal Bold Dark pivot with a black frame Door Design
High contrast, confident mass, a single saturated move per room. Dark joinery held against light stone.
- Layout
- Dark pivot with a black frame
- Style
- Bold Contemporary
- Palette
- Charcoal · Oxblood · Smoked Oak
- Leaf
- Solid-core pivot, charcoal veneer
- Frame
- Black powder-coated steel
- Hardware
- Black lever on a rose
- Action
- Floor-pivot, 1,100mm wide
- Room dimension
- Double 1,500×2,400mm
Storage features
- A pivot door that needs no side frame
- A concealed floor spring
- A black reveal at the head
Special features
- A wide pivot door turning on a floor spring
- A black steel frame as a graphic line
- Charcoal veneer against pale plaster
Ideal forApartments wanting a dramatic entrance or study door
Teak Heritage Carved teak with brass Door Design
Indian craft detailing on a contemporary frame — jaali, cane, inlay and hand-finished brass, used sparingly.
- Layout
- Carved teak with brass
- Style
- Modern Heritage
- Palette
- Teak · Cane · Antique Brass
- Leaf
- Solid teak, hand-carved
- Frame
- Teak frame with a carved head
- Hardware
- Antique brass handle with a rose
- Action
- Hinged with a traditional latch
- Room dimension
- Double 1,500×2,400mm
Storage features
- A carved teak head panel above the leaf
- Brass hinges and a traditional latch
- A teak threshold
Special features
- A hand-carved teak leaf with a decorated head
- Unlacquered brass that patinas
- Craft at the threshold of every room
Ideal forCraft-led homes wanting timber at every threshold
Ivory Classic Panelled with a moulded architrave Door Design
Proportioned panelling, cornice and moulding, book-matched stone and warm gilt detail on ivory.
- Layout
- Panelled with a moulded architrave
- Style
- Classic Luxe
- Palette
- Ivory · Statuario · Gold
- Leaf
- Moulded panel door, ivory PU
- Frame
- Moulded architrave with a gilt bead
- Hardware
- Gold lever with an escutcheon
- Action
- Hinged double doors
- Room dimension
- Double 1,500×2,400mm
Storage features
- A moulded architrave with a gilt bead
- Double doors with a flush bolt
- A brass escutcheon
Special features
- A classical panelled door with a moulded architrave
- A gilt bead picking out the panels
- Gold ironmongery
Ideal forFormal villas and larger apartments
Birch Scandi Birch flush with a cane insert Door Design
Pale timber, soft daylight and muted green — Nordic restraint adapted for Indian light, dust and humidity.
- Layout
- Birch flush with a cane insert
- Style
- Indo-Scandinavian
- Palette
- Birch · Chalk · Sage
- Leaf
- Birch flush with a cane vision panel
- Frame
- Birch frame, square edge
- Hardware
- Leather strap pull
- Action
- Sliding on a top track
- Room dimension
- Double 1,500×2,400mm
Storage features
- A cane vision panel letting light through
- A birch square-edge frame
- A simple lever
Special features
- A cane vision panel keeping the passage bright
- Pale birch, square edges
- Light and unfussy
Ideal forBright family homes with dark internal passages
Emerald Deco Fluted with brass inlay Door Design
Fluting, fans and geometry. Lacquered colour, brass inlay lines and mirror used as architecture.
- Layout
- Fluted with brass inlay
- Style
- Art Deco Glam
- Palette
- Emerald · Brass · Lacquer
- Leaf
- Fluted lacquer with brass inlay
- Frame
- Brass-trimmed frame
- Hardware
- Brass fan-motif lever
- Action
- Hinged with a soft-close
- Room dimension
- Double 1,500×2,400mm
Storage features
- Brass inlay lines across the fluting
- A brass threshold strip
- A fan-motif lever
Special features
- Vertical fluting with brass inlay between panels
- A brass threshold
- Doors treated as joinery
Ideal forPremium apartments where doors are a design feature
Every design, in full
Six door designs, one page each
Each of the six carries its own page with the complete specification, sizing table and answers.
Minimal Flush, floor-to-ceiling Door
Chalk · Pale Oak · Linen
See this designBold Dark pivot with a black frame Door
Charcoal · Oxblood · Smoked Oak
See this designHeritage Carved teak with brass Door
Teak · Cane · Antique Brass
See this designClassic Panelled with a moulded architrave Door
Ivory · Statuario · Gold
See this designScandi Birch flush with a cane insert Door
Birch · Chalk · Sage
See this designDeco Fluted with brass inlay Door
Emerald · Brass · Lacquer
See this designSizing
Door dimensions by home size
The room dimension quoted on each design above is the 3 BHK figure. These are the sizes we most often work to.
| Home size | Typical room dimension | Layout that usually fits |
|---|---|---|
| 1 BHK | Standard 900×2,100mm | Flush, floor-to-ceiling |
| 2 BHK | Full-height 900×2,400mm | Dark pivot with a black frame |
| 3 BHK | Double 1,500×2,400mm | Carved teak with brass |
| 4 BHK | Pivot 1,100×2,700mm | Panelled with a moulded architrave |
| 4+ BHK / Villa | Bespoke to the opening | Birch flush with a cane insert |
Questions
Door questions, answered
What is a good internal door height?
2,100mm is standard, but 2,400mm — or full slab height — makes a dramatic difference to how tall a room reads, and it costs surprisingly little more.
Are pivot doors practical?
For a wide entrance or study door, yes. They need a good floor spring and a level threshold, and they do not seal as well as a hinged door, so they are a poor choice for a bedroom or a bathroom.
Solid-core or hollow-core doors?
Solid-core everywhere you want acoustic separation — bedrooms, bathrooms, study. Hollow-core is acceptable only for utility and storage doors.
Should door frames be concealed?
A concealed frame gives the cleanest result but must be installed before plastering and costs considerably more. A slim square-edge frame is the practical compromise.
Next step
Get your door designed.
Send the floor plan and the dimensions. We come back with a layout, a material direction and a line-by-line estimate.