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French Doors: Ooh La La

Open or Closed, Double Glass Doors Add Elegance, Function and Beautiful New Views

Margaret Everton December 13, 2010

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If you’re looking to make a grander entrance into your space, look to French doors. Both beautiful and practical, French doors allow an elegant path between two rooms. With double adjoining doors inlaid with glass, this beautiful addition opens from the middle to create an smoothly flow between the outdoors and indoors. Even when closed, French doors add style to function and provide an open view through glass.

Consider these doors as a benign barrier between the dining and living rooms, as a library entrance, or even as exterior doors to your studio for a little nature while you work. The possibilities can be endless—check out these beautiful examples.

Hoedemaker Pfeiffer

It's hard to name a favorite photo or space on Houzz, but up there for me is this tidily elegant study that merges practicality with a lush, 9th-Symphony kind of beauty.

Harrell Design + Build

It can be a surprisingly simple renovation project to knock out a solid wall and create a great view with large windows and ultra-wide French doors.

Worthington Architecture + Design

You can enjoy both a great view and the freshness of the outdoors from a gloriously simple sitting room like this.

Feldman Architecture, Inc.

This unusual modern take on the classic French door rotates on its axis to open.

Brownhouse Design, Los Altos, CA

French doors are one of the simple yet intricate details in this landing and downstairs area.

Design Studio -Teri Koss

Along with other beautiful architecture like pillars, the light and clarity provided by this series of doors makes this room.

Tobin + Parnes Design Enterprises

The arch of these French doors adds a smoothness to this boxy room and lightens it up.

Doma Architects, Inc.

And here such a door gives added svelte to this classic European-inspired bedroom suite.

Along with the windows that span the wall in this bedroom, the French doors open up.

This long hallway gets great lighting, a great view, and an aesthetic balance with each dark trim.

ZAK Architecture

See how beautifully these double doors open up the inside and merge it with the outdoors?

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Colletti Doors

Custom Iron French Doors with very slim steel framing.

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Sherry Locke

Wish someone would show an application of that really small double French door about 3-4ft in width. Would like to put one in my small bedroom going out to patio.

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lambertfamily

Beautiful

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