Basic rules for combining the color of doors and laminate

An interior door is an important interior item that is the first to catch the eye. Usually, door panels are selected at the last stage of construction, when the finishing of the floor, walls and ceiling is already complete. It is rare when the material and color of the door are combined with the shade of the wall decoration, it is preferable to take into account the tone of the flooring. As the latter, today only natural materials are used – ceramic tiles, parquet, laminate. The latter type has become the most widespread.

  • To get a successful combination, operate with the rules of matching: warm floors – a warm tone of the door partition and cold, respectively, a cold one.
  • The door leaf looks advantageous if it is a few tones lighter or darker than the laminate. Uniform color solutions are rarely chosen, while you can get a boring and monotonous interior.
  • It is not enough to choose a successful combination of floor and door leaf. It is important to pay attention to details: door fittings, door thresholds and stops, door frames and baseboards should be in harmony with each other. Dark laminate plus a light door result in a light baseboard, light laminate and a dark door suggest any type of joint.

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Contrasting combinations

Forming a contrast is a bold decision that can transform the interior, make it “live”, rich, bright and colorful. This is a combination of radically different colors: light laminate and a dark door or vice versa.

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To make this composition look effectively, you need to use the main rule: observe the general temperature of the colors. As an example, a mahogany door and beige laminate, a red door leaf and a sharp dark wenge or mahogany on the floor will look good. Think about a combination of gray and bleached oak. Such bright accents are typical for almost all interior styles.

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Doors of the same color as laminate

A complete color match of the door and laminate is appropriate for the kitchen, hallway, small room, room with limited lighting. To do this, you need to choose a universal floor covering, for which you can easily find furniture and doors. For example: white, acacia, honey birch, light alder, ash, light oak or pine.

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It is better to choose laminate with a matte finish and a pronounced structure – it will help to create a warm and cozy atmosphere.

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Monochromatic combination (shades of the same color)

Monochromatic combination is based on combining different shades of the same color with different lightness and saturation. According to designers, this solution creates the illusion of solidity, a smooth transition from one element to another, horizontal to vertical.

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It is very difficult to select the right colors due to the fact that the intensity of illumination of horizontal and vertical surfaces differs. However, if you succeed, you will get a perfect example of an expensive, fully finished interior.

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How to combine with other interior elements?

To form a certain stylistic direction in the room, it is not enough to guess the successful combination of material on the floor and doors. You need to choose the right wall decoration and furniture accessories to create a general, complete picture.

Wallpaper

When doing repairs, initially think over the texture and color of the wallpaper to match the floor covering and only then, the color of the doors. Wallpaper can be the same shade as the laminate, repeat its structure, be a few tones lighter, more contrasting, but never match the doors. With the exception of the loft style, they should be of different colors. To ensure that the openings do not get lost against the background of the walls, they are made more expressive – a tone or two darker than the cladding.

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Furniture

It is ideal when cabinets, a sofa, armchairs and other pieces of furniture are matched to the tone of the doors and baseboards. If you choose them identical to the floor, the picture may turn out bland and boring, they will get lost in the general background and will not draw attention to themselves. The most popular and environmentally friendly material for interior decoration is wood. Furniture made of natural logs, combined with doors of the same texture and color, looks rich and chic.

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The most popular color combinations

If you do not have your own idea of how best to choose doors for laminate, any designer will offer you standard, traditional complementary combinations that have already been successfully implemented in the interiors of houses and apartments.

Light laminate and wenge doors

The “wenge” color is only gaining popularity. The color got its name in honor of a tree growing in Africa. There are more than 40 shades of it in nature. In general, it is characterized as brown, with thin dark stripes-veins.

Against the background of light flooring, such doors will be a real decoration of the room, its bright accent and the most noticeable detail. Such interiors look chic if the skirting board framing the pastel, neutral floor is also selected in wenge color. This combination is best suited for spacious living rooms, halls and bedrooms.

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Brown and gray

This is the combination option when you need to use contrast: gray can be dark and cold, and brown, on the contrary, warm and light. Using such a range, you can play up the hallway, bathroom or kitchen, covering the floor with brown laminate, and choosing gray walls and kitchen furniture.

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White under gray

Gray belongs to the category of cold colors and has several tones: dirty gray, milky, smoky. The combination with light laminate will be successful if the gray is naturally soft, and the white is creamy, sweet, for example: coffee with milk, light caramel, milky and creamy white. Such combinations are typical for interior designs in the styles of modern, hi-tech, pop art, loft.

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Gray and beige

The shades also combine well if you choose a gray that is not cold, but smoky, with elements of brown, beige, light nut. The color of wet asphalt will be appropriate if you shade the baseboard, doors and furniture in beige.

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White and brown

A universal combination that can be found most often. These are combinations of warm, sunny shades that create maximum comfort. At the same time, white should not be cold, gray, snowy, but crème brulee, creamy, closer to beige.

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