Shaker Style 3 Eq Panel-White

As it is with all interior doors in the Shaker Style category, this one is a no-frills interior door model designed in keeping with the Shaker cannon.

The Shakers’ furniture, as historians assure us, was made thoughtfully, with functional form and proportion. Rather than using ornamentation (such as inlays, carvings, metal pulls, or veneers, which was seen as bluntly arrogant or needlessly deceitful), creative solutions were developed, such as “asymmetrical drawer arrangements and multipurpose forms to add visual interest.”

And so forth. Apart from the style’s pointed – and occasionally elegant – simplicity, it is worth noting that eschewing inlays, carvings, and so forth can significantly reduce costs.

And so it is with this interior door model. Don’t get me wrong. This interior door is just as dependable as all other Almes doors, and easy on the eyes, which is to say that its quality is not affected by the lower price. Not at all.

And, because it is part of the Hi-Dur category … Well, about that.

Thanks to the amazing technological breakthroughs of the recent years, the “wrap” finish is, in fact, superior in some aspects to the traditional finishing methods. The process works on molecular level, essentially fusing the materials together through heat and pressure. This makes the interior door warp-proof, which is highly important where places with high humidity (especially in coastal areas) are concerned. It also makes it fade-proof, which is to say that this interior door will continue to look brand-new year after year. Scratch-resistant? Of course.

Let’s not forget the awesome hardware that comes with all our interior doors, including the Italian-made 3D-adjustable self-lubricating concealed hinges. The adjustability guarantees quick and easy installation. The self-lubrication guarantees that the door will never creak. Concealed means just that: when the door is closed, you won’t see the pin from either side. In fact, there is no pin.

There is also the soundless and highly reliable magnetic lock and, of course, the automatic sweep activated when the door is shut – this raises the door’s sound-proofing and thermal insulation qualities to levels well above the industry’s standard. The former ensure privacy; the latter will work miracles with your electrical bill.

As for the three panels of equal size:

The number 3 is the first odd prime number that has been an inspiration to humanity throughout history.

Earth is the third planet from the Sun. There are three types of galaxies: elliptical, spiral, and irregular. Orion’s belt is made up of 3 stars in a row.

The information in DNA and RNA is stored and transmitted in the form of a triplet codon system.

Humans perceive the universe to have three spatial dimensions, i.e. the length, width, and depth.

Three Roman gods, Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto represented, respectively, air, water, and earth.

The three Roman Graces were Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia.

Three is the number of novels or films in a trilogy, as well as the number of interconnected works of art in a triptych.

The three great values espoused by the French Revolution were liberty, equality, and fraternity.

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.