Architectural Ornament for Doors
Your front door is more than a means of entry, it is an expression of you, and the focus of attention when visitors come to your home. Let Urban Revivals help you with your grand entrance or interior doors, to revive or embellish this important part of your home's architecture. We can add pilaster columns, regular columns, keystones, and other architectural accents, for a more exciting door surround.
Historic Styled Switch Plates are a simple touch that adds something artistic next to your door opening.
A newel post with period-style lamp is a great way to greet visitors into your home, and improves lighting on stairs.
Simple whimsical imagery above your door will lighten your day each time you pass through. Consider decoupage techniques near your doorway.
⇧ Click Cover to Buy at Amazon
Decoupage of pictures from antique books or tapestry prints are an inexpensive way to adorn a doorframe (here shown on stippled walls by Urban Revivals)
Very tall doors benefit from a three part Victorian wallpaper scheme shown here in brown striped paper, embossed cream borders, and picture rail.
Oversize moldings are needed for rooms with tall ceilings. This fluted molding dates from 1899 and is 6" wide.
Doorways in rooms featuring Aesthetic Movement (1870s-90s) decoration often have ornamental door casings and passageways featuring wood inlays in the floor, as visual thresholds. Decor by Urban Revivals.
Stencilling door panels is an ideal way to convert doors from plan to ornate. Stencils created using pigmented waxes.
Ceilings and passageways benefit fromoversized corbels that decorate the corners of the opening.
White Victorian cut glass is highly desirable, as shown, doors can also be enhanced by adding glass with etched (sandblasted) patterns.
