Bedroom doors

Bedroom door design

A bedroom door is the door you close most often, so it has to be quiet, solid and easy on the eye. The design usually follows the rest of the house: a flush veneer door in walnut or oak for a contemporary villa, a painted panelled door with a brass lever for a classic one, or a full height door with a concealed frame where the architecture is minimal. For a master bedroom the door is often taller or a pair, drawn so it reads as the entrance to the main suite rather than another corridor door. Children's rooms take the same door as the rest of the floor so the corridor stays consistent, with a lever that is easy for small hands and a privacy turn that can be released from outside.

Simple bedroom door designs that work

The simplest designs age best. A flush leaf in a single veneer with a slim architrave and a black or brass lever. A flush leaf painted to match the wall with a shadow gap frame so the door almost disappears. A two panel shaker door in white or a soft colour with a round rose lever. A flush door with three or five routed horizontal grooves for a little texture. Each of these can be made in a standard 900 mm by 2100 mm size or taken to full height, and all of them are available in the door designer so you can see them drawn before you decide.

Quiet, solid, private

What separates a good bedroom door from a builder's door is the core and the seals. We use a solid core leaf, which has the weight to close with a soft click and cuts corridor noise, a frame with perimeter seals, and a magnetic latch or a quality sash lock so the door is silent when it latches. A drop seal at the bottom closes the gap under the door for light and sound, which matters for a nursery or a bedroom facing a landing. Concealed hinges are an option on flush doors so no hinge is visible from either side.

Hardware for bedroom doors

Bedroom doors take a lever handle on a rose with a privacy turn, or a lever on a plate with a key for a guest room. Soft close hinges are available on hinged doors as well as sliding ones. Smart locks are usually reserved for the main door, but a fingerprint knob suits a home office or a bedroom used as a studio. Browse the Olivari, Tupai and Devon collections on the hardware pages and match the finish to the rest of the house.

What a bedroom door costs

Interior doors start from AED 3,800 for the door and frame in a paint or veneer finish. Installation, removal of the old door, the lock, the handle, the hinges and the architrave are itemised on the quote, so you choose the hardware brand and see what it adds. Grooves, mouldings, inlays and other design work are additional, and the finish moves the price: PU paint in matt or gloss, a veneer press in oak, walnut, teak or ash, or a laminate finish. Most bedroom doors fall between AED 3,800 and AED 8,000 depending on these choices. A whole floor of doors is quoted as one package.

Matching frames and a whole house package

Most of our bedroom door work is a package: every bedroom, bathroom and corridor door on a floor, made to one design with matching frames, architraves and hardware, measured together and installed in one visit. It costs less per door than buying them one at a time, and the house reads as one scheme. The designer lets you add each door with its room name and quantity, so you can send the whole schedule in one enquiry.