New fashion for old doors

As the theater begins with a hanger, and any house begins with the doors. And this makes more sense than seems at first glance. In Roman mythology revered Janus - the god of doors, entrances, exits, and various passages, as well as all sorts of initiatives and started in time. As the theater begins with a hanger, and any house begins with the doors. And this makes more sense than seems at first glance. In Roman mythology revered Janus - the god of doors, entrances, exits, and various passages, as well as all sorts of initiatives and started in time. Under the auspices of the Janus (Latin Ianus, from ianua - «door") were all the doors - a private house, the temple of the gods, or gates, and as he led the count of the days, then on the fingers of his right hand was drawn CCC (300) and on the left - LXV (65), for a total mean number of days a year. Today, antiques, pieces of genuine historic interiors, and especially - the doors provide a reputation for not only the palaces and the most prestigious hotels in the world, but also any private home. However, it is an old door in the interior of your home can be read by, not only as a historical thing, but as a symbol of history and time in general, as the door, as we already know, is a symbol of time. It turns out that the only true door open you link to the past, postpone a real time, making way for the mythological time. The real myth is to express the idea of ??a special kind of prestige - prestige of aristocratic and noble origins. Surprisingly, it turned out that the original function of the door does not play a significant role in the interior: the true front door and "cancel" time, as made out of that door, wall panel, panel, or table top for a coffee, or coffee table. To feel "at home", a modern person is not important functionality, it is important to feel in a timeless reality. Original, historic doors open up such opportunities. In this regard, an interesting case Dutch, which have long entered the fashion for historical style in the interior. About forty years ago, the cunning Dutch figured out how to wash the paint from the provincial peasant furniture, and thus have revealed the world "white" antiques. An old tree, persisting for a long time under the paint, has acquired a beautiful amber color. This echoes the main principles of the world of restoration, where an increasingly valued conservation (preservation) of true subject, only building and maintaining it come down to our times as a counterweight to the reconstruction, when virtually re-rebuild damaged or lost part of the historical subject. Recently, the U.S. has entered the fashion for "aged" at home. Builders are trying to make a completely new mansions slightly used form, using the scrapes, bruises, or even mashed decor items. To create the illusion of dilapidation, architects and designers of paint on the cracked, frayed pasted wallpaper, carpets and curtains were selected with muted, as though faded colors. Such old-fashioned style mansions gave a special flair, and this gave rise to construction companies to raise prices tripled. But not on the commercial side of things meant. Soon it turned out that customers of high society, wealthy owners of these mansions, began to insist on the antiquarian, almost to the bins and flea markets looking for old tiles or pieces of cypress paneling at home. Both confirmed the idea that true gentility and inner nobility of genetically seeks only to the historically authentic piece of furniture. Antique market values ??in Russia is developing its own laws. On the one hand, it is becoming larger and more expensive. Although civilized, that is collecting demand exists only in some traditionally developed areas. This is - used books, numismatics, painting (Russian school). Collecting arts in Russia has not yet become a truly serious matter. Even seemingly in strong demand for Ampire furniture, the price of genuine mahogany furniture, for example, is relatively small. Not to mention the original doors - not the palace, namely, residential interior. On the other hand, appear in this niche of the first signs of collectors, restorers, which in addition to the old doors have in their collections and fragments of stoves and fireplaces, antique mailboxes, cast iron sinks and faucets, and, of course, antique door furniture made of copper and brass. After all, even the door handle - is also part of the story when you learn that she hails from the front, where there were Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Mussorgsky ... Such realities of the Russian market is definitely on hand applied antique antique lovers who want to arrange your home. Indeed, the absence of the market - this is the lack of price differentiation. So even those who do not have fabulous money while still being able to buy favorite rarity in the form of doors and door hardware. It is only important to be able to see really rare thing. Source: http://www.vashdom.ru/articles/livedoors_1.htm