Shaker Style 2 Light Lami Glass – White

This interior door model is a perfect example of elegant simplicity.

A number of unprecedented technological breakthroughs already achieved in this century has given our engineers and designers more freedom than their predecessors could even dream of, and our customers access to luxury at amazingly low prices.

Without going into detail, suffice it to say that in addition to being more efficient and far more sophisticated than the traditional finishing process, the “wrap” method effectively fuses the finish and the surface, making the resulting interior door fade-proof, warp-proof, and scratch and moisture resistant, while taking the sound-proofing and thermal insulation properties to an entirely new level.

… The Shaker movement, originating in the middle of the Nineteenth Century and quickly spreading westward from New England, was, in a sense, a reaction to the proliferation of Baroque elements in the Neoclassical style in architecture, as well as in furniture manufacturing. The American and French Revolutions essentially ended the Baroque period. All excessive ornamentation characteristic of its final stage (known as Rococo) was suddenly viewed as poor taste. Classical themes – Greek and Roman – came back with a vengeance, with their austere appearance and unapologetic disdain for excessive luxury.

All major cities were experiencing a transformation – from the extreme sumptuousness of palaces surrounded by asteroid belts of poorly designed elemental squalor to the more humane and relatively democratic multi-story buildings lining up the paved and well-lit avenues. Old habits run deep, though, and here and there in-your-face luxury started to make a comeback. The Industrial Revolution made a lot of formerly nameless folks astoundingly wealthy, and ambitious new wealth will always want to show off as much as possible – to dazzle, shock and overwhelm the unsuspecting innocent bystander with its power.

Annoyed by these developments, groups of New England craftsmen launched a counter-movement, emphasizing simplicity above all, going, not just back to the basics, but all the way back.

It is in that spirit that this line of interior doors was created. In addition, this particular model follows the truly classic two-panel interior door design, with the higher panel larger than the lower one. Like the three classical Greek column orders, this theme has been around forever and is wonderfully easy on the eyes.

The advantages of laminated glass are well known. It is impact-resistant, shatter- proof, and cancels out any type of glare.

As it is with all Almes Doors, this interior door comes with all the enviable features characteristic of our company, such as, to pick one at random, the state-of- the art hardware. This includes the Italian-made 3D-adjustable self-lubricating concealed hinges, with their enormous aesthetic value (not to mention that they make the installation process a lot easier and ensure that your interior door will never creak); the soundless magnetic lock, precise and highly reliable; and the automatic sweep activated when the door is closed.

Elegant simplicity is a tricky concept, requiring the designer to be imaginative and highly innovative while keeping within the boundaries of good taste.

This is a bit tricky. Isn’t White the default finish that would look great on any interior door? Well, not quite.

W. is the color most often associated with perfection, honesty, cleanliness, newness, neutrality, and exactitude. The pigment has been known and used by humans since prehistoric times. In ancient Egypt, W. symbolized purity. Roman patricians paraded around in W. togas to distinguish themselves from the common folk. It was the color of choice of French monarchs. Architects of all epochs used W., with considerable enthusiasm, in various projects and for various reasons. In the United States, architects favored it when designing churches, capitols, and municipal buildings – which is, in fact, a tradition they inherited from classical and Renaissance architecture. According to some experts, most of the buildings in the celebrated Forum were either made of, or clad in, W. marble. In Taoism, it represents the yang or masculine energy, one of the two complementary natures of the universe. Many authors, both classical and contemporary, have referred to W. as a sign of purity, either physical (like William Shakespeare, whose treacherous usurper monarch wishes a heavenly rain would cleanse his blood-stained hand, washing it “white as snow”) or spiritual (like Tennessee Williams, who named his lead character Blanche (derived, incidentally, from the Germanic word blanc)) as a symbol of her innocent child-like spirit, perceptible from the moment she makes her first entrance (through the interior door stage-left).

Back in the Seventeenth Century, Sir Isaac Newton discovered that sunlight is composed of light with wavelengths across the visible spectrum which the human eye perceives as W. It is the lightest of the spectrum, and achromatic (hue-less) to boot, because it fully reflects and scatters all visible wavelengths of light, absorbing none. W. objects stand out in the dark. Depending on the surroundings, an interior door with W. finish might come off as emphatic or tactful, dominant or complementary. It blends seamlessly into most types of decor and, once the owner’s needs and disposition are taken into account, can symbolize – oh, so many different things, while bringing back a myriad memories: from those glorious snowy Alpine slopes and peaks to the fluffy tops of the wayward herd of cumulus cloud heap over the horizon on a balmy afternoon in the Caribbean. Tropical sand beaches are W. due to the high quantity of calcium carbonate they get from tiny bits of seashells ground to powder by the waves. In a number of cultures W. can also symbolize festivity, and be used lavishly to brighten up weddings, birthdays, and anniversaries. It is beautiful. Make sure it goes well with your interior door model, though.