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Shoji Door KitsView our Room Dividers category |
Experience the delicate and timeless beauty of Asian art and home furnishings by installing a Shoji door, using a Shoji door kit! Shoji doors are seeing an unparalleled popularity in American interior design and now you can hang a Shoji door in your very own home.
The Start Of Shoji Screens
Exemplifying a perfect marriage of art and functionality, the Shoji door is both beautiful and useful. Chinese in origin and dating from the eighth century AD, the original Shoji screens were intended as immobile works of art. Later, the Japanese reinvented and re-imagined the screens, using lighter woods and rice paper so they could be moved easily throughout the home. The Shoji screen divider has since evolved, and styles can be found as a sliding door (also known as a "pocket" door), or folding door, serving as a beautiful space-saving and simple blend of art and function.
Ancient Art Form Meets Modern Functionality
If you have been looking for a way to create a meditative, intentional retreat, then using a Shoji door kit to install your own Shoji door is the perfect first step.
As easy to hang as any modern-day door kit available from the lumberyard, Shoji door kits are perfect for the novice or experience DIY-er's home improvement project. Double-sided, high quality door frames slide easily onto either tongue and groove construction or double routed wood on wooden tracks. Available in several different colors, most Shoji door kits include a hand-varnished door, perfectly framing the soft glow of the highest quality rice paper. Each individual sliding Shoji door measures 36 inches wide and 80 inches high. Installed, the completed size reaches approximately 73 1/2 inches wide by 83 inches, perfect for most standard door or closet openings.
Some Reassurance About Rice Paper
Many Westerners worry about the durability of a paper door. They are afraid that it is too flimsy for something that receives constant, daily use. They need not fear. The rice paper used in Shoji doors is tough, hard fiber rice paper. It is actually quite difficult to puncture; yet it filters light with a soft and radiance - offering privacy and translucence at the same time.
Whether you are looking for the calm serenity of traditional Japanese style, or if you seek a blend of East and West, Asian screen doors are an elegant and sophisticated home improvement. Shoji door kits are the way to achieve the look.
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