Shaker Style 5 Eq Light Lami Glass – White

This interior door model is designed to resemble a French door without the attendant French door qualities that some folks might deem undesirable, which is in keeping with the Shaker principles.

The Shaker movement, which emphasized simplicity, utility, and honesty in all products, may resemble the minimalist approach, but, unlike minimalists, their cabinet makers (as well as interior door makers) fully understood and appreciated elegance.

Our ability to create interior designs that are meaningful and have character depends entirely on our ability to define space: to apply syntax, terminology, rhythms and patterns of architecture in order to inform us who we are. The purpose of interior design is two-fold: to organize your dwelling or working space where you would feel entirely comfortable; as well as to be a manifestation of your personal taste – to be appreciated by those you invite over for dinner or a business meeting.

Our interior design informs us not only where we are geographically (northern decors differ sharply from their southern counterparts), but also who we are culturally, where we come from and where we’re going.

Historically, confidence has been a major factor in selecting – or creating – the right type of decor for one’s residential or commercial quarters. Some Roman emperors were content with modest living arrangements; others had palaces built for themselves, the most notorious of which would be – well, you know. Domus Area was a vast landscaped palace fitted with marble, jewels, and ivory. One could only imagine what the interior doors in that place looked like. When the emperor entered it for the first time and looked around, he uttered these words: “Finally, I can live like a human being.”

Whereas Emperor Aurelian, who in the five years of his rule restored the Empire to its former glory, effectively ending the Crisis of the Third Century and built a new wall around Rome, had no use for personal luxury.

Louis XIV, the Sun-King, found the Louvre (and the Palais-Royal across the street) unsuitable and was not satisfied with his living arrangements until the Versailles Palace whose construction he supervised personally was completed (next time you visit the place, check out those interior doors!) His ancestor, Louis IX, ruled the Kingdom while sitting under his favorite oak in Vincennes and went to sleep every night in a nearby hunting lodge. Was he more confident in his power than his descendant?

Anyway … Whatever your idea of a perfect decor may be (unless it’s thoroughly and unquestionably Baroque, in which case you might want to explore some of our other interior door collections), this interior door model will blend seamlessly into it thanks to its simplicity and quiet elegance.

Like all other Almes products, this interior door comes with state-of-the-art hardware, including the Italian made 3D-adjustable concealed hinges (making the installation a walk in the park, augmenting the overall elegance of the design, and ensuring that your door will never creak); the soundless magnetic lock (once you’ve tried it, you’ll never go back to the traditional type); and the automatic sweep, ensuring privacy and taking the sound-proofing and thermal insulation qualities to the next level.

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.