Dutch doors, once associated with country cottages and Colonial revivals, are enjoying a chic contemporary makeover. Here’s a guide.
of the screen door was a slam in the face of Dutch doors, a 17th-Century split design that kept animals and dirt out of houses while letting air and light circulate in pre-A/C days. But renewed interest in historic-home details—and nods of approval from design mavens like Joanna Gaines and Martha Stewart—seem to have spurred a revival of the obsolete style.
Sales of Dutch portals at McCleary, Wa., manufacturer Simpson Door Company quadrupled from 2011 to 2021, said product development manager Brad Loveless.The allure is both functional and aesthetic. Instead of livestock, today’s versions corral pets and kids. Some versions, with the top open, provide a landing-pad ledge for Postmates deliveries rather than cooling pies.
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