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THIS ACCORDION DOOR IS THE ALTERNATIVE YOUR HOME NEEDS

Find out why we’re falling for folding doors🚪
By Sandy Sanchez
July 12, 2024
Dooor conceals the kitchen from the living room inside Silvia Allori and Luca
Romagnoli's home in Milano.Photo: Federico Covre
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During the first month at my new apartment in Brooklyn, my bedroom was doorless.
In typical brownstone fashion, my apartment is a 1.5-bedroom, meaning there’s
one big bedroom with a small room attached to it. I decided to use the bigger
room as my study and the small room as my bedroom.

This small room, though, had no door, which was going to be a problem that I
needed to solve quickly. My options were limited: I could install a cloth
curtain, but I wanted something studier and more soundproof. I could go for an
actual door, but there wasn’t much clearance, and honestly, I just didn’t want
to deal with the install. But after many nights of being deep in door research,
I came across my unexpected source of inspiration: a 1950s ad for accordion
doors on Pinterest.



Accordion doors are exactly what they sound like—a door that opens by folding
back in sections or panels, just like an accordion. Accordion doors were
extremely popular in the ’50s and ’60s for creating new “rooms” in your home.
People used them to create more bedrooms, laundry rooms, and overall just for
more separation at home. Advertised in old JCPenney and Sears catalogs as
“luxurious-looking doors at a low price,” they appealed to people everywhere.
They were made from real wood or, most commonly, vinyl, and then coated with a
wood-like finish. They came in all types of colors and sometimes even in
washable fabrics.




At Maison Perron in Quebec City, the baby pink accordion door feels so dreamy.

Photo: Vincent Drouin

Though, sadly, we can’t get accordion doors from JCPenney anymore in 2024, I
found out that you can find modern versions at Home Depot and Wayfair in the $60
to $200 range. I’ll admit, the photos on the product pages look pretty
questionable, but I had a vision and that was all the motivation I needed to
place an order. Three days later, the door arrived on my doorstep and, after
unboxing it, I was head over heels in love. Sure, it wasn’t a traditional
door—there wasn’t a door knob, but there was a handy little handle with magnetic
closure. Also, the panels looked like pleats, which was extremely satisfying to
look at.

An accordion door used as the entrance to the author's small bedroom.

Photo: Sandy Sanchez

I casually shared a little home decor update on my TikTok and was surprised by
how many people were falling for the folds too. “This is exactly what I’ve been
looking for!” “Where can I get an accordion door?” “I didn’t know accordion
doors could look so good!” I woke up the following day to a DM from the viral
matching couple Young Emperors asking where I got my accordion door.

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During this whole door dash, I was shocked by the lack of accordion door brands
specifically. All I could find were the sterile-looking photos from Wayfair and
Home Depot. But the Pinterest algorithm gods finally came through and I found a
whole world of gorgeous folding doors. Dooor (no, that’s not a typo) was one of
the most impressive brands I could find. They’re a small Italian folding door
brand working with interior designers on homes, offices, and restaurants all
over the world. On the website, they describe themselves as a brand that
“combines tradition and foresight, awareness and passion, simplicity and
innovation, functionality and refinement.” Their account is filled with
elegant-looking doors in the most gorgeous colors—butter yellow, bubblegum pink,
and so on.




A Dooor dressed by TorriLana with a checkered pattern featured in the 2023
exhibition “Gianfranco Frattini: ieri, oggi e domani.”

Photo: Max Pescio

According to Sara Spagnuolo, head of marketing and communication at Dooor, “the
folding door made its debut in the ’50s, inspired by the pioneering intuitions
of architects such as Gianfranco Frattini, Gio Ponti, and Joe Colombo. They
interpreted the folding doors as a furnishing accessory that can be used to open
up, divide, or screen off an indoor area without losing the sense of unity.”
Dooor is the project of Francesco Mascarucci, who decided to make use of the
experience he gained in his family’s business—a folding door production company
founded by his grandfather in 1962. Dooor is addressing “the contemporary need
for osmotic and fluid living spaces and gave the folding door an unmatched
stylish twist, still backed by decades of technical expertise.”



In regards to cost, Sara points out that “the prices are tailor-made, based on
the cladding, dimensions, and accessories. Being handmade in Italy and entirely
bespoke, the price range can be considered mid to high level.” If I’m ever in
the market for a custom door, I now know exactly where to get it from. In the
meantime, here are six unexpected ways to bring an accordion door into your own
space.



The loft inside a former paper mill turned contemporary residential complex by
Studio Caramob features a bright yellow folding door from Dooor.

Photo: Giuliano Radici


A DOOR TO THAT AWKWARD LITTLE ROOM OF YOURS

The accordion door I ended up getting was the 48'' Hollow Flush Accordion Door
by LTL Home Products. I opted for the Pine finish, and it’s everything I could
have wanted in my imperfect, slanted door frame. It cost me $94.05 and the
installation was easy (yes, I made my partner do it). We just had to drill a few
holes into the top and sides of the door frame, add a few screws, and we were
good to go. Because of the slanted door frame, though, we did have to trim a bit
of the bottom of the door with a small razor saw, which wasn’t too bad. The
doors are designed to be trimmable, so if you’ve got a wonky doorway, don’t
worry.

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Studio Atomic worked with Dooor for the doors in their Brooklyn office.

Photo: Jonathan Anders Hökklo


A (FUN)CTIONAL PART OF YOUR WORKSPACE

As someone who works from home every single day, I’m always looking for ways to
create separation. There’s also this need to bring the office vibes to our
homes, and we’re even seeing “corporate fetish” trends where our generation is
being inspired by outdated office spaces. Accordion doors can be great for
creating those intentional rooms that serve different purposes and are more
concrete than a simple room divider. When it comes to setting up stylish
boundaries, Ariadne Tzika, studio manager at Objects of Common Interest, says
that “[they] create pathways and plazas, areas of movement and pause, populated
with objects for resting, slowing down, and exploring the senses—[it] offers new
passages and openings, suggesting new interactions of color and people with the
objects, with each other, with uncanny reflections.”

For small studios and start-ups, an accordion door at the office could really
help divide working areas and meeting rooms—all while looking incredibly
sophisticated. “When we moved to our current office space, we needed to create a
meeting room and an editing room while maintaining the flexibility to open these
rooms into the rest of the office for space and communication needs. We knew we
could achieve this by incorporating the Dooor system. The entire team loves the
colorful elegance and durability of this solution,” says Paola Pietrantoni,
cofounder of Studio Atomic.



Dooor created a clay red door for Studio Atomic in Brooklyn, New York.

Photo: Jonathan Anders Hökklo


A MIDCENTURY STATEMENT IN YOUR MODERN LIVING ROOM

Believe it or not, there are so many modern takes on accordion doors. But at
their core, they’re truly midcentury pieces, like the one in the living room of
1957 House Down South, a home designed by Charleston-born architect Maynard
Pearlstine. If you want that classic look, consider some wood accordion doors to
create a divider in your living room.


A NEW KIND OF BATHROOM DOOR

I’m always pleasantly surprised when I go to restaurants and bars and come
across a fun bathroom with funky doors, interesting sinks, and—maybe
controversial—rotating soaps. If you’re looking to add something unconventional
to your bathroom, an accordion door fits the bill. “[Folding doors] represent a
choice, an attitude of openness, a preference for reversible partitions and
flexible structural elements rather than fixed walls,” Sara adds. What better
place to go against the norm and make a choice than in your bathroom?

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A glossy red accordion door is the perfect accent for this Milano bathroom.

Photo: Arch Feresin


AN EASY-TO-USE CLOSET DOOR

My next project might just be swapping my ugly closet doors for accordion doors.
Closet doors are often overlooked, but they’re the perfect place to experiment
with different types of doors. Whether you’re trying to cover up what’s inside
your closet, or need to improve your organization, an accordion door can help
optimize your closet space because of how far it can open.


A SUBTLE TOUCH OF LUXURY

Sometimes, you need functionality, but other times, you just want a little
luxury. Put an accordion door anywhere you want to create a special moment.
Install, slide, and enjoy your little nook. “Folding doors match the vision of
those who like a space to be reconfigurable, who enjoy the switch of
perspectives, who appreciate the possibility to create a space inside a space
when necessary, be it for working reasons or for more personal intimacy
purposes,” Sara explains. “With its entirely made-to-measure approach and the
almost limitless combination of configurations, accessories, materials, and
colors, Dooor can be considered an ‘haute couture’ brand of folding partitions.
[It has] a particular appeal to those who appreciate wearing something that
nobody else has.”


SPECTRUM CHERRY ACCORDION DOOR

$84

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LTL HOME PRODUCTS OAK ACCORDION DOOR

$88 $86

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ARK DESIGN WHITE ACCORDION DOOR

$95

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$86 $84

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