Bending The Trend: Round Door Designs For Your House

Rectangular structures and straight, rigid lines dominate most of the architecture in the contemporary time. Modern architecture has thrown the curves away, especially from the doorways of our houses. Gone are the days of boring usual door entrances, let us break some monotony and reimagine those marvellous arched doors of the bygone era. Open your designer minds and push the boundaries of these rectangular doorway structures as we explore the richness of these majestic arches and reinvent their use in the doorways with a pinch of modern designs.

From gothic bold round doors to our beloved Sherlock's Baker Street gateways, we will deduce every functional benefit and arrange every element present in the modern architecture to create a visually seamless and functionally stunning round door design for your house.

Why Should You Have Round-Shaped Doors?

Curves, wherever used in architecture, create an illusion of space and height. Curves in doorways give out a majestic vibe while serving the space with a smooth, seamless visual experience, which rectangular structured doorways cannot.

221B- The Sherlock Holmes Round Door Design

The fantasy of living in the house of the classic- Sherlock Holmes, with 221B Baker Street as your address, cannot be compared with any other. The spectacular design of this English round doorway design will reminisce the memories of your childhood, and incorporating this design doorway in your own house will make your fantasy come true. The classic round doorway design has a different vibe. It is outlined with a rounded panel, the door fixed in between, and a curved glass panel at the top. Just like in the image above, it is bold while being classic and rustic at the same time. You can use solid oak wood in this gate to give it a more vintage look.

Mediterranean Single Round Door Design

Famous for their elegantly curved shapes, Mediterranean doors do not have a different, separate curve at the top, like the English doors. The door itself is rounded and gives a very simplistic, seamless, smooth vibe. These doorways can be painted with some vibrant yet subtle poppy colours, which will give your house an exclusive look while being welcoming at the same time. You can put warm lamps on both sides of this door. These lamps will light up the curves and create an outline with its shadow. Undoubtedly, these doors will stand out of your neighbourhood while mixing up with the surrounding decor effortlessly. To decorate this door even more, you can separate the sides of the door and put a curved glass panel to let the natural light come inside from the sides of this gate, creating an eccentric aura inside. These types of doors are mostly used in villas and farmhouses, which have an open and green exterior.

Chinese Round Door Design

This is the most unorthodox doorway style, as these doors look massive and stand out like anything. Unlike simple half-round door designs, these doors are almost fully rounded with a flat base. Chinese-styled rounded doors need to be built big enough to complement the majesty of this design. Undoubtedly, it is a big leap in orthodox architecture, and hence, the house is to be built while keeping in mind the design of this main door. Nothing in and around your home would be able to pull attention if this door were placed at your entrance; it would leave people awestruck and could be a conversation starter as well. You can accentuate the design of this doorway by surrounding it with a bricked wall panel like in the image.

French-Styled Double Door Round Design

French doors have a very exclusive and lavish vibe altogether. The subtle curve at the top, in contrast with the rectangular panelling in the middle of the door, provides a very balanced design for this door. In the middle, you have to design an outline of a panel for some glass pieces. These glass pieces are arranged to take the shape of the outline of the gate design. You can play with the glass design in many ways, creating long, sleek rectangles or a single square, whichever shape suits the overall design of the space. The type of glass you use depends on your own choice. If you like the natural light to come in directly, you can use a simple glass, or if you want more privacy, go for a translucent glass. This doorway design style brings richness and effortless elegance to the entry of your house.

Victorian Curves

The intricate carving on the door itself characterises Victorian round doors. Decorated by designer stained glasses and elegant knobs, these Victorian doors are vintage, intricate, and royal in their design, far away from the minimalist approach of modern architecture. It is okay to vary from the trend in some places as it provides your house exclusivity and character. Though Victorian curved doors cannot be used in any house style, they need a particular look to blend in seamlessly with it.

Wooden Round Door Design in Cottage Style

These rounded single doors are small and compact. Characterised by the texture of the wood used, to create a rustic farmhouse-styled design, the wood needs to have small wood grains and a dark colour, polished or laminated for a smooth finish. They can be decorated with a small letterbox shutter or a small peeking window in the centre, making it more authentic to the original cottage-styled door. Though they are cottage style, you can easily use them in houses with a lawn or an open area to complement the rustic look of the door itself.

Gothic Styled Round Shape Door Design

The gothic design's intricacy lies in the rounded but sharp at the top structures. The curves provide softness challenged by the contrasting sharp tops, creating a visual back and forth of balance. This visual arrangement and neatly planned balance make these designs interesting to look at, and you can feel the aura of these rounded doorways even from a distance. The intricate carvings and use of metal on wood are what give these designs a character. Unlike contemporary design styles, gothic designs cannot be simple; the contrast of wood's rustic texture and the smooth heavy feel of metal knobs decorated with some intricate panelling is what makes gothic-styled doors unique, or else there would be no significant difference between a gothic and a victorian style door.

Minimalist Round Doors

With a few tweaks with the authentic round door designs, we are ready with a modern, efficient and functional doorway design while keeping the curves at the top. These arches can be used as a transition between two rooms. Simple, aesthetically pleasing, and smooth for the eyes, these arches do not need specific hinge doors to separate two spaces; they are just a simple pathway that serves the purpose of transitioning between different spaces while keeping the open spacious feel intact in the whole house. If these arches are arranged skillfully, they create an array of designs which give the whole house depth and grandeur. You can look through the whole house from a single room while the whole space is divided into rooms. They can be best used in hallways to create an interesting domino-like arrangement, which in itself is aesthetic and does not need any other design element to decorate it. You can use wooden ply like in the above image, or else solid walls with subtle shades of white and grey go well, too.

Conclusion

With these unorthodox rounded door designs, we break the monotony of those rectangular gates and add elegance and extravagance to the house. You may choose the classic French round doors or try to complement the modern design of your home with some contemporary round door designs. Anyways you are equipping your house with an exclusive design which might not be termed as a popular one, but it is unique and your own, it’s your house, it’s your entrance, so it should portray a different character, and not get lost in the ever-changing transitions of trends.

So go on and beautify these curves with your creativity or contact the designers at Interior Company to help you make a statement through your decor.

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