subject: Front Door Surrounds Add Interest to New Front Doors [print this page] Front Door Surrounds Add Interest to New Front Doors
When one is considering the purchase of new front doors, it can be easy to forget some of the details. That, of course, is why you should work with a specialist who truly cares about you and your home. A specialist of this sort will make sure that the excitement of new front doors doesn't make you forget a very important part of the picture: front door surrounds.
Quiet, modest front door surrounds have their place, and some will want to choose those. However, home and business owners who wish for more dramatic front door surrounds should consider all possibilities. Sidelights can be a lovely adornment to a composite door, and there are many different kinds from which to choose. You could even choose to have a sidelight on only one side. The glass in these sidelights can vary as well, from clear glass to carefully patterned translucent glass. Many different patterns are available, so many that it can be truly difficult to decide on just one! Who, after all, is to say that glazing in the door itself must exactly match glazing in a fanlight?
Front door surrounds can include the option of sidelights in addition to the fanlight on top. Such a design makes for an especially distinctive entrance. One can imagine ladies and gentlemen from a simpler time entering through such doors. That is not to say that such front door surrounds are old-fashioned! The light entering through a fanlight and sidelights can truly enhance the beauty of the inside of your home as well as the outside.
Sidelights can also aid in home security. You always have the choice of transparent glass for sidelights, but consider that a translucent variety might serve you better. Knowing that one is safe can be especially important for the elderly, stay-at-home parents, or those who are ill. It can even be useful to see that there is somebody at the door before you actually commit to opening it.
Instead of a sidelight, you might choose a flag that is, a window as part of the front door surround that comes only partway down the frame instead of all the way down, as a sidelight does. Indeed, you can design a very striking front door surround with a flag on only one side.
Arched door surrounds can be very attractive as well. Consider the many options that present themselves: arch sides, with a fanlight on top and full sidelights with a slight arch extending from the fanlight; keyhole, very similar but with flags instead of sidelights; or just an arch fan, just an arched fanlight on top of the door.
Depending on the design of the door itself, you can create very different looks with different front door surrounds!
Find out all you need to know about composite front doors and stable doors, as well as the different styles and colours they are available in when you search online.
