Wenge Interior Doors And Their Varieties With A Description And Characteristics, As Well As Options For Combinations Of Shades In The Interior

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-17 22:26

Wenge doors - a drop of chocolate for your interior

Wenge doors were all the rage a few years ago. Since then, designers have radically changed their favorites - white canvases have entered the thread, but wenge is still not losing ground among consumers. What is the secret of dark interroom?

Content

• 1 Choice of wenge doors

  • 1.1 Wooden doors wenge

  • 1.2 MDF wenge doors

    • 1.2.1 Veneered wenge doors
    • 1.2.2 Wenge doors coated with eco-veneer
    • 1.2.3 Laminated wenge doors
    • 1.2.4 Wenge PVC-coated doors

  • 1.3 Wenge-colored metal doors

    1.3.1 Video: choosing interior doors by material

  • 1.4 Important nuances of choice

    1.4.1 Video: designer tips on the size of interior doors

• 2 Wenge doors in the interior

  • 2.1 Combination of flooring with wenge doors

    2.1.1 Video: color combination of doors and other interior items

  • 2.2 What walls are combined with wenge doors

    • 2.2.1 Wenge in neoclassicism
    • 2.2.2 Wenge in contemporary
    • 2.2.3 Wenge doors in a light Scandinavian interior
    • 2.2.4 Glamorous wenge
  • 2.3 Photo gallery: wenge doors in a stylish interior

Choice of wenge doors

Real wenge (panga-panga) wood is very expensive. Due to its increased hardness (denser than oak), insect resistance (emits natural oils) and the unusual color of the solid, this material belongs to especially valuable species. But his imitations are much more affordable and they differ not only in price, but also in purpose and degree of similarity. Therefore, in this article we will talk about wenge as a color, not a material.

Wenge wooden doors

These are canvases made of solid oak, beech, ash or pine, which are tinted in dark brown. They do not exactly repeat the appearance of the source, but they have a distinctive texture (each species has its own characteristic pattern of annual rings). One of the main advantages of wenge-colored wooden doors is naturalness and environmental friendliness.

More than once in practice I observed an important disadvantage of the array - sensitivity to moisture. It really is not completely eliminated even with 8-10 coats of varnish, no matter what the sellers promise.

Warm shades of wenge look best on wooden door panels

Therefore, wenge wooden doors are used as interior doors. Only oak and larch canvases, as well as heat-treated ash, which, due to the density of the wood, almost do not absorb moisture, can become entrance. But these breeds are valuable in themselves and usually they are not tinted under wenge, but retain their original color. Nevertheless, such doors can be made to order.

Natural wood is best suited for home furnishings, it adds coziness to an apartment or a country house. Due to the safety of the material, the wenge wooden door is most appropriate in the bedroom and children's room.

Wenge doors from MDF

MDF is a material based on finely dispersed wood (i.e. wood flour), which is pressed into homogeneous boards. Instead of synthetic binders (as in chipboard), a natural glue - lignin is used here. In fact, MDF consists of the same components as solid wood, only structured in a different way. That is why MDF products are considered safe for health and environmentally friendly. Doors made of MDF are budget-friendly, durable, resistant to moisture, fungi and high temperatures.

More complex paneled canvases have a similar filling.

But seemingly "naked" MDF is unattractive, so in the doorway it serves only as a base. For aesthetics, it is complemented by lamination, PVC film, veneer and other materials. It is on them that the final price of the canvas depends, the features of its appearance and practicality in operation.

Veneered wenge doors

Veneered doors are a base made of MDF or cheap wood, covered with the finest cuts of noble wood, which has retained its natural pattern. This is a budget analogue of an array, which in appearance is often difficult to distinguish from it. The coating of the canvas is natural and safe, besides, the pattern of the tree on it looks very natural. It is interesting that such doors hardly react to high humidity. If you have to find that the door leaf in the bathroom has ceased to fit into the frame, you will undoubtedly appreciate this ability of veneered MDF.

Veneered wenge canvases are very well combined with a dark floor and a light sand carpet

At the first meeting with veneered wenge doors, I naively thought that they were pasted over with a thin layer of real rosewood. But it turned out that there are no such paintings on sale. Natural wenge-colored wood is so hard and resinous that getting veneer out of it is worth a titanic effort. Therefore, veneered doors are covered with oak or ash and simply painted in the desired tone. By the way, it doesn't make them worse. My friends have had such doors for about 7 years and look like new ones, even in the bathroom no detachments are visible - I looked closely. But this already depends on the manufacturing factory and the degree of accuracy of the hostess.

The better the door, the thicker the veneer layer on it

Veneered MDF is the highest quality and most durable analogue of the array. Best of all, it is able to show itself in living rooms, since in high humidity there is a possibility of flaking (especially if you are not sure of the reputation of the manufacturer or seller). For public buildings, such canvases are too expensive, but if it is important to emphasize the solidity of the institution, it is worth choosing veneered doors in wenge color. A more expensive array in conditions of tougher exploitation can fail.

Wenge doors covered with eco-veneer

Eco-veneer is another variation on the theme of wood base and polymer components. In this case, not chips (as in OSB and chipboard) or flour (as in MDF) are used, but long wood fibers. They are painted separately and only then glued along the length. This technology, on the one hand, allows you to protect the fibers from swelling due to moisture, and on the other hand, it more reliably imitates the structure of wood, both due to the texture and due to the difference in the shades of the fibers and the base. As a result, eco-veneer looks like natural and is able to reproduce any type of wood.

In order not to observe differences in texture, it is advisable to select platbands and skirting boards from the same material under the door leaf with eco-veneer

Eco-veneer is equally in demand both for homes and for visited institutions. If quality, durability, price and appearance are on the scales, it is he who wins.

Wenge laminated doors

Lamination is a technology of covering a frame or solid door leaf with a film. When a single layer of decorative material is applied to the product, at the transition from the panel to the frame of the strapping on the door, it is easy to notice the overflow of the pattern (on the array and more expensive lamination, you can see the joint of elements with a longitudinal texture and strips with a transverse direction of fibers). Such moments quickly give out an inexpensive imitation, so laminated wenge doors are suitable for budget repairs.

MDF strips perfectly complement the laminated door leaf

Several materials can form the basis of a decorative film:

• paper. In fact, the door is pasted over with an analogue of wood-patterned wallpaper with little or no protection. The quality of such a canvas is extremely low, so most manufacturers abandoned this material. But some continue to make cheap doors for utility rooms and as a temporary option during the construction period;
• melamine-impregnated paper (this material is usually used to decorate the ends of the chipboard in furniture) or "multilayer plastic". The addition of resin to the paper made it possible to increase its wear resistance, but such a decorative finish is quite fragile, it can crack from impact or temperature drop;
• fiberglass. Doors with fiberglass lamination are durable, imitate the texture of wenge well, retain their original color for a long time and do not lose strength characteristics. The only drawback is the price, which sometimes exceeds the cost of solid wood and natural veneer. For entertainment establishments with a claim to luxury, fiberglass lamination is a profitable option, but for home it is better to prefer materials of natural origin;
• two-chromic polymer. The material is completely artificial, but it does not deteriorate due to temperature, moisture, household chemicals, UV rays. But it requires careful handling because of sensitivity to scratches (thin film). Wenge doors in such material look decent and are inexpensive.

When buying a laminated wenge door, be sure to specify what material it is trimmed with. After all, the service life of various films differs by an order of magnitude.

Wenge doors with PVC coating

PVC or polyvinyl chloride is a plastic, the film of which is used for decorative finishing of interior doors. Such products:

• can imitate any shade of wenge color and faithfully display the texture of wood, which is especially important for solving design problems;
• cheaper than most analogues;
• not affected by moisture (the film completely protects wood materials from the influence of water). Therefore, doors with PVC lamination can be installed in bathrooms and they are not afraid of wet cleaning with soap.

Even a thin decorative film can give a door a very beautiful look

Doors in wenge color with PFC lamination are perfect for the office, as they create an impression of solidity and adjust to the working mood. At the same time, they do not require careful handling, which can only be provided at home, and will not cost too much (in a large office with dozens of rooms, this is an important factor). Such canvases will also be appropriate in other public places - cafes, shops, administrative offices.

As for the use of doors with PVC lamination under wenge in houses and apartments, the opinions of experts differ. Many argue that this plastic is hazardous to health and not suitable for living, others insist on its practicality and moisture resistance. But it is known for sure that PVC collapses under the influence of ultraviolet radiation (burns out in the sun), does not tolerate high and low temperatures, and is not resistant to scratches.

Therefore, remember - wenge-colored doors with PVC film will look beautiful, but they will not withstand a long period of active use. As an option for a pantry or utility room - great, in a room - only temporarily.

Wenge-colored metal doors

The color of wenge is given to the door by painting the metal, by lamination or thanks to decorative MDF overlays. Such canvases are made only for entrance, for interroom canvases they are too heavy and expensive. When choosing, take into account the strength of the canvas and the quality of the locks, the color in this case is not very important. But if design is in the first place for you, choose doors with MDF overlays, then you can replace them with more suitable for your interior.

For the interior, in the end, only the design of the inner lining matters.

Video: choosing interior doors by material

Important nuances of choice

In addition to the material and shade of the interior door, it is also important to consider other factors. Among them:

• type of execution (deaf or with transparent inserts). Traditionally, blind canvases are picked up in bathrooms, technical rooms and storage rooms, in living rooms - more solemn models with glass. In the bedroom, nursery and kitchen - depending on preferences and type of glazing. If the inserts are small or narrow, they will not interfere with privacy. If more than half of the door is occupied by glass, it is desirable that it be frosted, tinted, corrugated or mirrored. It is better to use transparent inserts in private rooms together with curtains, so that, if necessary, it remains possible to close;
• opening method. In addition to the traditional hinged door, sliding, folding and pendulum models are available in wenge color. If space is important to you, be sure to consider these options (go to the store and experiment with how comfortable you are to use them). If you wish, you can install several opening systems in the apartment, the assortment allows you to choose the same canvases with different fittings;
• height and width of the web. If you do not plan to change the opening, just measure the dimensions of the existing door and find a similar one in the store. In other cases, either select the desired door and correct the opening for it, or bring the hole in the wall to the desired parameters, carefully measure it and ask the consultant to choose the model taking into account the allowance for various types of boxes. The first option is usually cheaper, since you pick a model from the manufacturer's standard range. For the second case, individual production may be needed, but your wenge doors will be completely unique;
• door thickness. The thickness of the leaf varies depending on the material, so a different frame will be needed for a new door, and sometimes additional door fittings, which are used to decorate the portal in the wall.

All these points are relevant for doors of any other color.

In such a stylish, slightly futuristic interior, a different shade of door leaves would seem out of place

Video: designer tips on the size of interior doors

Wenge doors in the interior

Those who want to achieve the perfect color combination in the interior should first decide on the style and shade of wood. Usually, wenge means a dark chocolate tree with a pronounced texture or light veins. But in nature there are also slightly pinkish and yellowish tones, as well as colors of medium saturation with a noticeable bias towards mahogany, ink, gray, marsh green.

An array of real wenge wood is able to acquire all these tones without additional staining

A completely neutral shade of wenge does not even exist in nature, not to mention the available range of manufacturers of ready-made doors and varnishes / stains / waxes / paints for wood. Therefore, if you decide to install wenge doors at home, you need to be very responsible in choosing the rest of the interior items.

You can identify harmonious color combinations using the color wheel. It is it that designers use if they have doubts about the correct selection of shades.

Recommended shades to pair with dark chocolate

The circle suggests that in a room with wenge doors, you can safely use accents of red, pale orange, turquoise and light green tones. It is enough to paint an accent wall in bright shades or pick up small accessories - sofa pillows, vases, figurines, lamp shades, etc. Dark colors are better suited for furniture, that is, a wenge door will look good next to dark blue, dark green or burgundy leather sofa. It is interesting that all the shades indicated in the table can be combined in one interior and it will look harmonious. But if you wish, it is easy to choose only one or two accents.

In this interior, the designer demonstrated a competent combination of wenge with coffee and milk colors and bright red and turquoise decor.

In addition, wenge goes well with traditional neutral colors - gray, white, black. Since chocolate and coffee are warm shades, they always look good next to bleached tones of the same range: beige, ivory, pale yellow, sand. These light colors will be appropriate for large spaces - walls, ceiling, floor, floor carpets, curtains, bedspreads (in the bedroom).

Combination of flooring with wenge doors

According to traditional ideas, the color of the floor should ideally match the shade of the door, baseboard and platbands. But in the case of wenge, this approach is very dangerous. If there are so many dark brown surfaces in the room, it will seem like a cramped uncomfortable closet. Therefore, it is better to use the advice of modern designers. They combine only the door leaf and platbands with plinths into a single composition, and the floor is selected by contrast (for example, bleached oak) or strongly highlights it (for example, golden oak). The thin lines of wenge color make the interior more graphic, and the door is a great addition.

A gray wooden floor without a yellowish tinge is best in harmony with the cold tones of wenge

I have four wenge-colored doors in the hallway (the entrance is almost black, the interior doors are closer to dark walnut). At the same time, the floor is light, made of gray tiles interspersed with pinkish-heather. Dark chocolate is repeated in the skirting board, the changing chair and the frame of the growth mirror. Platbands are light, to match the whitewashed lining walls. Based on the experience of the user, I can say that this combination looks very beneficial, even for a small room it is not overkill. But if you add a few more dark accents, they really would be overwhelming. I am especially glad that we abandoned the idea of a dark floor in time in favor of a light gray - it turned out to be practical and the contrast is not as strong as it would be with a white or beige flooring. Therefore, if in doubt, do not be afraid - wenge doors + light floor is a very successful combination.

Pay attention to the combination of door textures - the canvases are corrugated, and the platbands are smooth

With a dark floor, wenge doors are recommended to be used only in such cases:

• most of the floor will be hidden under carpet or furniture and will not have a strong effect on the interior;
• the door leaf is decorated with inserts of lighter wood, glass, mirror (this minimizes the effect of the door);
• the rest of the furnishings are white or very light and darkening is needed to harmonize the space;
• the room is very large and needs to be visually reduced to make it seem more comfortable;
• the room is a walk-through and its shading is needed to make other rooms appear larger. In this case, the walls and ceiling are also often made quite dark and even a subdued main light is used.

Consider an important rule of designers - in a dark room it must be possible to turn on a bright light. It may not be used all the time, but powerful lamps will come in handy during cleaning, receiving guests or on gloomy days.

Here, the entire interior is built on a combination of beige and brown tones of different saturation.

If contrasts and dark rooms are not to your liking, you should use another recommendation - to decide the interior in shades of the same color. For example, for an almost black wenge door, you can choose a floor in the color of chocolate and complement the range with walls in the color of coffee with milk. The main thing is that the walls are the lightest, and the door and the floor differ in saturation. This makes the perfect backdrop for brighter accents. And thanks to the combination of warm colors, the room will seem cozy, even if it is quite spacious.

Wenge laminated fabric goes well with the same laminated floor

In addition to the color of the floor, the material is also important. Here it is advisable to adhere to the rule "to a wooden door - wooden floor". If the canvas is from an array, next to linoleum it will look inharmonious. The opposite rule also works - for a parquet floor, you should not choose a wenge door made of laminated MDF, it is better to tint a budget pine canvas on your own. But MDF and laminate together look quite dignified. That is, the main thing is to choose materials of a similar price range. Otherwise, against the background of a more expensive budget one, it will seem of less quality.

Video: color combination of doors and other interior items

What walls are combined with wenge doors

Since the color of the walls is often dictated by style requirements, it is worth considering this issue from this point of view. At the same time, the style will allow us to consider how the wenge-colored door will be combined with furniture and other furnishings. After all, not in every interior shades recommended by the color wheel will be appropriate.

Wenge in neoclassicism

Neoclassical or American classics are characterized by walls of complex tones (light or medium shade), wide white platbands, baseboards and moldings, as well as light furniture. Such a background just perfectly highlights the wenge-colored doors; they become one of the brightest and most stylish interior accents.

In a white pratal, wenge-colored canvases do not look alien

For walls, you can choose any tone from a warm range, as well as gray with the addition of green or blue. If desired, shades of lavender and heather are acceptable.

All proposed shades will be harmoniously combined with wenge door leaves

Neoclassicism welcomes unobtrusive background walls, so wallpaper with drawings will not work here, maximum - paintable wallpaper. But any paint can be used, including textured and with pearlescent particles.

Wenge in contemporary

Contemporary is exactly the style that we call minimalism in everyday life. It supports practical solutions and simple forms, but unlike true minimalism, it is good friends with the decor (but not lurid) and an abundance of little things - books on the shelves, cushions and blankets, dim figurines, etc. That is, going to make in the apartment modern renovation, most of them strive for contemporary.

It is interesting that the combination of a modern wenge canvas with a white classic skirting board does not bring dissonance to the interior.

In a solution with white walls, it resembles scandi, but unlike the latter, it allows for rather dark floors. And the walls themselves can be painted in almost any pastel shades, including quite complex ones (for example, lavender-gray or yellowish-olive). The style gravitates towards inconspicuous and built-in furniture, but the doors can be accentuated, which allows us to combine wenge canvases with light walls. Platbands can be matched to the tone of the door, but it is better to take the baseboards to match the tone of the walls (if you need to visually expand the room - to match the color of the floor).

The walls must be monochromatic (in addition to accent), therefore painting or textured plaster is preferable. If you like wallpaper, you should look for a model with a very small pattern or simply textured. One of the best options is paintable glass wallpaper.

The wenge door frame merges with the wall so much that even a huge glass insert almost does not give it out

Watching the repairs on TV and in life, I noticed that it is the wenge-colored doors that are easiest to use as hidden ones. For lighter colors, you need to select smooth canvases and special boxes, but dark colors dissolve against the same background without additional effort. If you paint the accent wall exactly to match the door (pasted over with similar wallpaper), neither the platbands nor the gap around the canvas will give it away - it will really become invisible. I think this technique should be used in modern apartments where the living room and bathrooms are not separated by a corridor. A dark wall will perfectly hide the entrances to the utility rooms, add coziness, but will not darken the living room itself (after all, the wall farthest from the window always seems darker). Besides,this technique will allow you to use the effect of expanding the space when moving from a dark zone to a light one without darkening the entire room.

Wenge doors in a light Scandinavian interior

If your home must be light, this is not a reason to give up wenge. Scandinavian style - a reflection of the winter nature of the northern countries. And nature is not only snow, but also dark silhouettes of trees, red berries of frozen viburnum, dark green spruce. Therefore, the wenge door, despite the southern origin of this tree, will very organically fit into scandi.

For scandi, the darker your wenge door, the better

It will look good against traditional white walls and light floors. In this case, platbands and plinths are best matched to the tone of the walls or floor, and the door leaf itself should be supported with other furnishings, ideally with thin dark lines. This can be a floor hanger for clothes, a floor lamp with a black base, shelves on the wall.

Glamorous wenge

The glamor style itself is rather lurid, so wenge helps to add a share of noble chic to it. Dark woods will work well with style-specific mirrors, lacquered surfaces, silver and gold décor.

Do you still doubt that wenge is combined with fuchsia?

In glamor, wenge can be used with contrasting walls, bright shades of pink, and dark surfaces. It is advisable to select patterned wallpapers so that they use chocolate tones. There are no restrictions for plain wallpaper or painted walls. Glamor is not alien to graphic design, therefore platbands, baseboards and moldings can be tinted to match the color of the door leaf.

If your room has light walls, you can also decide to install such a luxurious door leaf at home.

In addition to the described styles, wenge will make friends with classics, various ethnic trends, noble oriental (not bright Morocco, but restrained Japan), kitsch, boho, colonial and English styles. For a loft, a wenge-colored door is one of the most profitable solutions, along with white and gray. That is, having a sense of proportion, a wenge door can be entered into any style, as long as you choose a suitable model (for the classics - paneled, for functionalism - smooth, etc.).

Photo gallery: wenge doors in a stylish interior

The black arched door visibly enlivens the delicate marshmallow interior

Even when the wall is noticeably lighter than the canvas, the wenge door does not distract attention from the accent decor

Dark emerald color, traditional for England, is a worthy pair for a wenge door

If the wenge door is supported by one interior detail, the furniture can be of any color

Platbands are matched to the wenge canvases, and the window profile to match the floor is an unusual and stylish solution

Dark doors and furniture + gray walls - the best combination for minimalism

The wenge door is supported by many accents - a little old-fashioned, but effective

The laconic interior is perfectly enlivened by dark door leaves

Are you also touched by the dark charm of wenge? Then now you are armed enough with knowledge to easily choose not only beautiful, but also high-quality durable doors for your home.