I. Appearance Design
Versatile Styles
Modern Minimalist Style: Folding doors in this style have simple and smooth lines, and their colors are usually neutral colors like black, white, and gray. For example, a white aluminum alloy folding door can have a matte texture on the surface and can blend well with various modern home decoration styles. Whether it’s a Nordic style, industrial style, or modern Chinese style interior space, it can match them perfectly. The modern minimalist style is the choice of most people because it’s a popular style. Many luxury houses or sea-view houses nowadays adopt this simple design style. Because this simple, elegant, spacious and bright design style is really appealing and also brings a comfortable living experience. It can also show one’s high-profile taste.
European Classical Style: For residences in European style, folding doors can be designed with wooden structures with intricate carved patterns. For example, using high-quality woods like walnut to carve patterns like Roman column patterns or European scroll patterns, and pairing them with gorgeous handles, such as gold retro-shaped handles, to show the luxurious and elegant atmosphere of European classical style. The classical European style is a retro style, so the design of folding doors can also be in this retro color. For example, the exterior design can be in an antique bronze color, which is more in line with the classical European style. For this classical style, using gorgeous decorations, magnificent crystal chandeliers and exquisite shapes can create an elegant and luxurious effect.
Natural Pastoral Style: Consumers usually prefer folding doors with natural textures and colors. They can be made of bamboo or PVC materials with wooden textures. In terms of colors, choose wood colors close to nature, such as light oak color, dark cherry wood color, etc. Meanwhile, some simple pastoral elements can be designed on the doors, such as glass inlays with patterns of small flowers and birds to create a warm pastoral atmosphere. The pastoral style is relatively light, and most of the colors chosen are light ones, using light colors like khaki for decoration. For folding doors in the pastoral style, it’s better to choose those with light-colored frames, such as white, gray and other light colors that match the tones of the pastoral style well
Reasonable Color Matching
Coordinating with the Overall Environment: When choosing the color of folding doors, the overall color scheme of the indoor and outdoor environment should be considered. If the interior is mainly in warm tones, such as beige walls and wooden floors, then warm-toned folding doors like light orange or light coffee can be chosen to make the space look more harmonious and unified. If the interior is in a modern style with cold tones, like a Mediterranean style decoration mainly with blue and white, then white or silver-gray folding doors will be good choices. You can choose the colors you like according to the home decoration. Color matching is one of the important prerequisites for environmental coordination. There are many decoration styles. So what colors of folding doors have a high degree of compatibility with the indoor decoration style? For example, indoor colors like gray, white, gold, etc. These colors have a high degree of compatibility. So, the above colors have a high degree of compatibility with any style. For the indoor decoration style, if it’s a rather niche style, then doors and windows that match this style should be used.
Two-color Design: Folding doors with a two-color design are also very popular. For example, the outside of the door can be a dark gray similar to the color of the exterior wall to resist wind, rain and dust, while the inside of the door can be a light wood color that matches the indoor decoration style. In this way, there is a difference between the inside and the outside, increasing the design flexibility.
High-quality Material Texture
Metal Material: Aluminum alloy folding doors are quite common. The surface of high-quality aluminum alloy folding doors can undergo anodizing treatment to form a dense oxide film, which not only gives the doors good corrosion resistance but also makes the appearance texture fine and gives them a metallic luster. Some can also undergo wood grain transfer printing treatment to simulate the texture of wood, combining the sturdiness of metal with the beauty of wood.
Wood Material: For consumers who pursue a natural texture, solid wood folding doors are a good choice. Solid wood materials like cherry wood and oak have unique textures and a warm touch. After fine grinding and painting treatment, they can show the natural beauty of the wood, and the texture of solid wood can give people a high-end and comfortable feeling.
Glass Material: Using glass on folding doors can increase the transparency of the space. If tempered glass is used, it has high strength and good safety. Meanwhile, treatments like frosting, carving or colored coating can be done on the glass. For example, using glass with frosted patterns on the folding doors between the kitchen and the dining room can ensure lighting while protecting privacy.
II. Functional Design
Flexible and Convenient Opening Methods
Manual Folding: The track design of manual folding doors should be smooth to make it convenient for users to fold the doors easily. The track can be made of high-quality stainless steel to reduce friction and have good load-bearing capacity. The position of the handle should conform to ergonomics, with a moderate height for people of different heights to operate conveniently. For example, the height of the handle can be set between 90 and 110 centimeters from the ground.