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Section 6: Interior Details
Let’s move on to doors, trim, and wall details. These are important finishing touches that add continuity and personality to your home design.
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Let’s move on to doors, trim, and wall details. These are important finishing touches that add continuity and personality to your home design.
Let’s start with Interior Doors. Your home’s included interior door style is a raised panel, hollow core, white painted style door. This is a great and versatile style that works with a variety of design palettes. If you want to mix it up with some alternative looks or solid core doors, we have a variety of other choices that you can select from. Solid core doors are more soundproof and are a great addition for laundry rooms, bedrooms, or bathrooms, or any place you’d like some additional privacy.
One unique door style that we offer is called the Craftsman or Shaker-style door. This style is very distinctive and adds a lot of character to any space. It’s often used in cottage style interiors or craftsman style interiors. Another eye catching feature you could consider investing in is a barn door. There are a variety of choices including Single Doors, Double Doors, or Frosted Doors. Barn doors can be painted an accent color or left the same color as your interior trim. Every application is different but these doors definitely give your guests something to talk about.
Don’t overlook your Interior Door Hardware. The style and color you choose will help pull your overall design together. Be sure to check out our choices our Design Center.
Now for Interior Trim. This is another very important detail that can dramatically change the look of your home! The majority of home plans include a painted white Colonial-Style casing and base molding. Alternative choices can be added for additional investment such as Craftsman Style Trim and wider-width millwork. Each has its own flair, and your Design Center Professional will help you to determine which one will fit you best.
Another detail not to be forgotten are your stairway posts and balusters. If your home plan has a second story or basement, you will have a stairway that typically has some portion of a half wall built into it. If that is the case, one other very impactful design detail that you could consider adding would be open railings in place of half-walls, and detailed newel posts, balusters, or both.
Round newels, and turned balusters offer a more classic and traditional look.
Craftsman-style balusters are very versatile and compliment everything from a more modern style to a craftsmen style.
Wrought-iron-style balusters add contrast and a completely different texture to your interior.
Another important place to add striking detail is on ceilings. If you added ceiling details with your New Home Sales Professional prior to contract, you can add further detail in the form of crown molding, paneling, or beams with your Design Center Professional.
Lastly, we are going to talk about wall details and paint!
When it comes to wall details, Wainscoting can add depth, architectural character, and visual interest to the walls of your home. It can vary in height and color and adds some spice to any space or accent wall. There are a variety of styles out there that will enhance any design.
For paint, we offer you the choice of 4 neutral base colors. If you prefer a whole house color that remains neutral but is just a little deeper, you do have the choice to invest in one of our whole house colors. You also have the choice to choose accent colors at an additional charge if you’re looking to personalize things a little.
If you’re not confident in selecting colors, don’t worry! Your Design Center Professional will be there to find choices that will fit your style.
Interior details are the small stylistic touches that help convey your home’s theme and the choices available through the Design Center are abundant.