FBS Articles - Finishes & Design
Architects: Here’s What You Need to Know About Pivot Doors
If you haven’t yet encountered a client looking for a pivot door during your architecture career, you will at some point — probably sooner rather than later (and if your clients haven’t asked, you should definitely suggest it). Pivot doors are perhaps the hottest item in luxury home design. Whether they’re internal or external, they add an air of elegance and style that no other door can possibly bring to a home. Every architect we’ve met who incorporates pivot doors into their work loves them. They work in nearly every space, and the clients are always happy with the final product. If you’re less familiar, here’s what you need to know about pivot doors. What Makes Pivot Doors So Unique Hinge doors are easy for people to conceptualize because they’re so accustomed to using them. YouRead more
Incorporating Home Security Doors into Luxurious Home Design
When designing the luxury home of your dreams, you may be looking into security alarms, cameras, and fortified doors and windows. You might also be getting discouraged by how unsightly most of your options are. After browsing through numerous ugly options, you’re probably convinced that you have to choose: you can either have security, or you can have a beautiful home. We’re here to tell you that there’s no compromise necessary. You truly don’t have to sacrifice your aesthetic for security. Yes, you can build yourself a fortress that doesn’t look like a prison cell. In fact, it will look and feel more like a modern palace than anything else. Welcome to modern, secure, gorgeous luxury home design, free from ugly cameras and faulty alarm systems. Here’s how you can get everything you want in yourRead more
Why You Should Upgrade Your Luxury Door to a Security Door
The majority of our clients contact us because they’re looking for a security door — but not just any security door. They also want a beautiful luxury front door, bedroom door, or sliding glass door. Fortunately for them, we can make all of these dreams come true. Sometimes people call looking for a custom front door and end up also getting a sliding door and a fire door so they can secure every entrance and exit point. Once they realize that we can create beautiful doors, they see that the upgrade from “beautiful door” to “security door” just makes sense. And when they’re one and the same? It’s the perfect solution. Here’s why you should upgrade your custom luxury front door to a security door. Public Access and Safety People building new luxury homes or purchasingRead more
Why Pivot Doors are Perfect for Luxury Homes
Our clientele is not your typical shopper. We’re not working with people trying to buy doors in bulk for their new upper-middle-class home. We’re working with people who are looking to create custom doors for their luxury home. They can afford to spend time and money creating something unique. Something one of a kind. And for that, we (almost) always recommend pivot doors. We’ll explain more about why we love them so much, but the fact of the matter is that pivot doors elevate your design. They add an element of sophistication and (candidly) surprise to whatever opening you’re working with. No one expects a door to open from any other point than the very edge — it’s what we’re used to. So when they open from the middle, or part of the way into theRead more
Double Doors Don’t Have to Be Less Secure
Designing the luxury home of your dreams can be an overwhelming prospect. Even purchasing an existing home and remodeling it to fit your own aesthetic creates an endless string of decisions that can quickly lead to enormity paralysis. This is a major reason you have a team of designers and architects — they can help you narrow things down and only show you options that will suit the overall vision. Somewhere in all these choices will be doors — do you want double doors, single doors, or pivot doors? It’s very possible that you’ve never given much thought to doors up until this point, let alone did you know how many options would be available to you once you got here. But nevertheless, here you are. We’ve helped architects and interior designers complete hundreds of luxuryRead more
