Bespoke entrance doors

A hinged door turns on hinges fixed to the frame. It is the proven solution, the cheaper one, and it takes generous sizes as long as you stay sensible about weight.

A pivot door turns on an offset axis, at floor and head. It allows far wider and heavier leaves, and gives that slow, silent movement associated with fine entrances. In exchange it requires a floor able to take the pivot and a recess planned before the screed — a site decision, not an option added at the end.

If your structural work is already poured, tell us at the first conversation: we'll steer you towards a wide hinged leaf rather than sell you a pivot that cannot be fitted.

Walnut has a depth of grain nothing imitates; it is the species of entrances that get noticed. Oak is lighter, calmer, and ages very well under the Moroccan sun when it is properly protected.

On an entrance, the facing design matters as much as the species: wide vertical boards for a calm reading, close-set slats for a play of shadows that shifts with the sun, or a plain surface when it is the façade that should speak.

An external door works hard: sun on one side, cool on the other. We allow for that in how the leaf is built and in the surface protection we choose, and we tell you frankly what a south-facing exposure will need by way of upkeep.

An entrance is rarely a simple rectangle. A glazed sidelight brings light into a hall without opening a window, while keeping privacy if you choose frosted or reeded glass. A secondary leaf — a narrow second panel, fixed or opening — lets a piece of furniture through on moving day.

These elements are drawn at the same time as the leaf so the lines answer one another: that is what separates a fine entrance from a door set in a hole.

The bar handle, in bronze or brushed stainless, is chosen to the height of the leaf. The lock is multipoint on an entrance; rotation hardware is Blum or Hettich, with the manufacturer's warranty.

We do not sell certified security doorsets and we won't pretend otherwise. Our work is the joinery and the finish; if your project requires a certified burglary-resistant doorset, tell us and we'll say so plainly.