Dutch style doors

DUTCH STYLE DOORS

All of our windows are made from properly kiln-dried genuine tropical Camphor hardwood. On special request we may use different materials such as Bangkirai, Merbau, Teak, Mahogany or Meranti.

A Dutch door, stable door, or half door is a door divided horizontally in such a fashion that the bottom half may remain shut while the top half opens. The initial purpose of this door was to keep animals out of farmhouses, or keep children inside, while allowing light and air to filter through the open top. And when the top half was open they also allowed the breeze, but stopped the wind from blowing street and lawn dirt into the house. This type of door was common in the Netherlands in the seventeenth century and appears in Dutch paintings of that period. They were also commonly found in the Dutch cultural areas of New York and New Jersey before the American Revolution. 

DOOR OPTIONS (both exterior and interior).