ᐅ Reverse doors with full-height paneling up to the ceiling

Hello everyone,

I would like to share a few pictures of my newly installed interior doors. I thought they might inspire someone. The design may appeal to some or not, but it is definitely not a standard option.

These are reverse-swing doors, veneered in natural oak, lightly brushed and lacquered.
Ceiling height is 250cm (98 inches), with a clear passage height of 218cm (86 inches).
Tomorrow, doors will be installed on the ground floor. There, the top panel is 20cm (8 inches) higher, since the clear ceiling height is 270cm (106 inches).
We are very satisfied with the carpenter’s work.

Before any negative comments like “What’s the point of this post?” or “Are you trying to show off?” come up...
This is a forum and a source of ideas. Maybe other builders are looking for something similar and can hardly find real pictures online...

Well. Nice. I don’t usually get my inspiration for the house from the office hallway.

Kati2022 schrieb:

Hello everyone,

I would like to share a few pictures of my newly installed interior doors. I thought they might inspire someone. The design may or may not appeal, but it is definitely not standard.

These are reverse-opening doors, veneered in natural oak, lightly brushed and lacquered.
Ceiling height is 250cm (98 inches), clear passage height 218cm (86 inches).
Tomorrow, doors will be installed on the ground floor, where the top trim is 20cm (8 inches) higher due to a clear ceiling height of 270cm (106 inches).
We are very satisfied with the carpenter’s work.

Before any negative comments like "What’s the point of this post?" or "Are you trying to show off?" appear...
This is a forum and a source of ideas. Maybe other builders are looking for something similar and can hardly find real pictures online...

Overall, aside from the finish, quite nice.
What would bother me, though—I would have liked doors like these as well—is that in your case, the real highlight of this type of door is lost in my opinion. It doesn’t sit flush with the wall but rather on top of it. That would bother me.

I have never actually seen it like that before! How does it look from the room side, is there a trim panel as well?
We also have reverse-opening doors, flush-mounted. It was a long debate whether the additional cost was really worth it. But every day I’m happy all over again because it turned out exactly the way I imagined it. You can really look forward to that feeling of having stuck to your plan!

bortel schrieb:

In my opinion, this type of door loses its main appeal with you, as it doesn’t sit flush with the wall but rather on top of it.

Yes... that would be ideal. Unfortunately, we couldn’t create larger door openings (which are necessary for doors flush with the wall) because the wall is simply too short. The frame, which protrudes by 16mm (about 0.6 inches), is now aligned with the baseboards.
Only on the ground floor in our storage room under the stairs was it more or less possible. It looks kind of awkward.

Costruttrice schrieb:

What does it look like from the room side, is there also a cover panel?

There is no cover panel on the inside. We deliberately chose not to have one because, from the inside, the door leaf doesn’t sit flush with the wall (frame). An applied cover panel would look a bit strange.

Hi,

first of all, thanks for the post. Since a few people here have done it – what are the approximate additional costs of a standard flush door compared to a reverse-swing door?

Thanks