Summer house with linoleum doors
Doors in natural materials add personality to sleek and simple architecture
“We didn’t want a holiday home that looked like a show house, so using white smooth doors was never an option. The door materials have a textural quality that gives the house soul and personality.”
explains the builder and architect about his new holiday home.
The basic architecture of the house is simple and a little austere. The architect’s take on softening this is largely created through the choice of materials on all surfaces from doors to tiles, wall treatments, fixtures and furniture.
Doors covered with linoleum
Adds personality and soul to your holiday home.
Beautiful petrol blue color
Adds warmth to bright rooms.
Linoleum is a natural material
Which is pleasant to the touch and easy to maintain.
The color green
Fits perfectly with the brass hinges.
Brass door handle “Skodsborg” from Kyner & Co.
is a perfect fit for a seaside holiday home, according to the architect.
Natural materials on all surfaces of the house
to soften the building’s austere architecture.
The beautiful glass door in dark oak
in perfect harmony with the rest of the interior.
Sliding door in Douglas fir veneer
creates a Nordic, light and natural atmosphere.
Sliding door in Douglas fir veneer
has a beautiful patina after a few years of use.
Fire doors that don’t look like fire doors
beautifully emphasized by the painted hamburger hinges.
Beautiful materials and colors
is the foundation of the soul of the house.
Sliding door in oak and glass
creates a beautiful separation between two sections of the house.
Summer house atmosphere
with a sliding door as a nice element.
Sliding door in Douglas fir veneer
Most often left open.
Modern doors in various natural materials – Douglas fir, oak and linoleum.
It started with the wooden doors
The collaboration with Vahle started with the client’s request for Douglas fir doors. We ended up with both a sliding door in Douglas veneer and an oak sliding door with glass.
After 2 years of use, the Douglas door has acquired a patina, especially in the form of color differences in the wood on the door leaf. It’s pretty obvious that the sliding door is usually left almost completely open. But it’s patina that builders love. It’s a natural material that evolves, and it’s allowed to.
Linoleum doors – a sustainable and beautiful natural material
“I have been a fan of linoleum as a material throughout my career as an architect”
explains architect Vibeke Garder, and continues
“Those of us who grew up in the 60s remember hallways with ugly linoleum, and many have a strained relationship with the material. But linoleum is a really nice natural material, not at all like vinyl, and it’s very easy to maintain”.
Brass was chosen for all the doors, but also for other parts of the interior.
“We live close to the sea, so it had to be brass. We associate brass with wooden boats, where it is used because it is a metal that can withstand salt water. Brass patinates beautifully and we don’t think it should be polished to a shine. So it also solves our desire to make the house maintenance-friendly”. Handles from the “Skodsborg” series by Kyner & Co have been chosen in the same design as the hinges.
“We are very happy with our doors. They’re super-gorgeous. But I would also like to commend the collaboration with you. Usually, when I describe the choice of doors in projects, it’s based on a catalog. But with you, it’s been completely different. You have been involved in the project with professional sparring that has been very valuable to us. You started by asking what we wanted the doors to do for us. And you just have an amazing knowledge of materials and what they can do.”
Quote: Architect Vibeke Garder
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