When you live in a home with
classic mission style architecture, you want all the design elements to match the historic fashion, including
the windows, colors, furniture, and doors. Rustica’s line of handmade mission style doors reflect the key
characteristics of this architecture beautifully. If you’re searching for the perfect door to match your mission
style home, consider these interior and residential front entry door options:
Mission Style Interior Doors
1. Grandeur Interior Door
2. 5 Panel Interior Door
3. Estate Interior Door
4. Mountainland Interior
Door
Mission Style Front Doors
5. Boat House Front Door
6. Four Corners Front Door
7. Rocky Point Front Door
8. Whittamore Front
Door
9. Highland Front Door
10. Alpine Front Door
Each of
these doors stays true to the characteristics of mission style architecture. But what exactly are those key
characteristics? What makes a mission style door any different than any other door?
By the end
of this article, you should have a better understanding of this historic style. Plus, you’ll receive important
highlights, descriptions, and customization options for each of the doors listed above.
Whether you
want to replace an interior door or spice up your entryway, we’re confident you’ll find the perfect match for
your mission or classic style home.
What is a Mission Style
Door?
In order to
understand what a mission style door is, it’s important to illustrate what mission style architecture is as a
whole. This is because a mission style door is merely a reflection of the greater design scheme.
Mission
style architecture is rooted in the Spanish mission movement from the 1700s-1800s; when Spain occupied Mexico
and California. During this movement, large Catholic cathedrals were built and inspired by Mediterranean-style
architecture. However, they were unique because they had to use the materials available to them. This created
large buildings with thick stucco/plaster walls, low-pitched roofs with expanding eaves and clay roof tiles,
arched openings, open courtyards, exterior colonnades, and natural wood materials.
A few key
aspects of this style are the simple details and an emphasis on natural, hand-made material. Mission style doors
use these elements with a few unique characteristics of their own. These include simple vertical lines that
frame one or more panels and a clean glass feature towards the top of the door. The most important element,
however, is to highlight the natural wood grain of the door, as mission style architecture is all about
emphasizing natural tones and exposed wood. That said, there are a few exceptions to this rule, as some historic
buildings painted the mission style entry door a bright, contrasting paint color—such as cool blue or
blue-gray.
Because
mission style doors have a basic foundation of simple vertical lines and natural wood tones, there is quite a
bit of variance. This flexibility allows the several door styles below to all vary in appearance while sharing
the same mission style characteristics. These doors are also sometimes referred to as a craftsman style
door. While these doors are labeled “mission style,”
their simple and classic design can match a wide range of interior design styles, including Mediterranean, Spanish
colonial, French colonial, ranch, traditional, contemporary, and farmhouse.
Mission Style Interior Doors
1. Grandeur Interior
Door
Let the natural
light flow into your home with the Grandeur Interior Door. This door features a simple, yet elegant
layout of with a large eight-panel window grille design using a wooden frame. The bottom of the door has
a single recessed panel.
The Grandeur
Interior Door reflects the mission style with its simple lines and clean window pattern. The best part? You can
customize the wood
species, glass style,
door stain
or paint color, and texture to
match your exact interior design needs.
To maintain
privacy without sacrificing natural light, consider a decorative
glass option, such as vintage
or crested. These glass patterns distort images behind the glass, making them perfect for interior
residential spaces that need a bit of privacy without sacrificing that light and airy feeling.
2. 5 Panel Interior
Door
The 5-panel interior door adds a modern twist to a classic mission style
interior door design. Rather than the focus being on vertical panels, this door centers on five horizontal
panels that span the length of the door. These panels are divided and framed by wooden stiles and
rails.
What makes
this simple design truly unique is you can choose what material you want the panels to be, including wood,
glass, smooth aluminum, or distressed aluminum. To make it a traditional mission style interior door, choose
wood as your panel insert. This traditional look would also make a lovely colonial door.
Aluminum is
great for a more modern look, while stylish glass inserts add a contemporary flare. Every design aspect of
this door is customizable, including the height, width, wood species, texture, and more!
3. Estate Interior
Door
If your interior
design style straddles the divide between modern and traditional, simple and extravagant, you’ll love the Estate Interior Door. This interior mission style door perfectly
combines simple and modern design. It achieves this through its unadorned, wooden frame that encloses a
full-length window free from metal grilles.
Ready to
make it uniquely yours? Customize the finishing touches, such as the door stain, glass style, and wood finish.
For a splash of texture (and privacy), consider one of our decorative glass options, such as palm, overcast, or
spectrum. You can also opt for a mirror instead of traditional clear glass to give the door added function.
4. Mountainland Interior
Door
The Mountainland Interior Door emphasizes mission style vertical lines
with a large window towards the top of the door. This simple and classic design features multiple thin, vertical
panels enclosed by wooden stiles on either side and the bottom door rail. These panels are separated from the
window by an intermediate rail.
The large
glass feature is simple and clean in design. As a traditional and beautiful interior door, you can customize the
wood with a specialty stain that highlights the natural wood grain.
When
ordering your custom interior door, you can also pick your preferred wood species, glass style, door dimensions,
and more so that your door perfectly fits your space in both style and function.
Mission Style Front Doors
5. Boat House Front
Door
This exterior
door closely resembles the Grandeur Interior Door design, as it has a prominent glass feature separated into six
panels by a wooden grid with a simple recessed panel near the bottom of the door.
Th Boat House Front Door is perfect for adding simple elegance to your
mission style entryway. Highlight the natural wood tones through as the glass allows warm sunlight to shine into
your home. Customize the finishing details to make this wooden entry door uniquely yours, such as adding sidelights or making it a
double
door.
Crafted by
Rustica’s experienced woodworkers, these high performance doors are made to withstand the elements. With our
top-of-the-line materials and unique craftsmanship, your wood exterior doors will last for years to
come.
6. Four Corners Front
Door
Wooden front doors are a staple element for many classic architectural
styles, and the mission style is no exception. At Rustica, we like to honor those traditions while adding a
contemporary twist to our wood entry doors, and the Four Corners Front Door is a perfect example of
this.
This entry
door references its classic mission style roots through its natural wood frame and clean lines. However, it also
has a nod to modern design with its prominent window and minimalistic wooden grille pattern dividing the glass
into four large panels.
7. Rocky Point Front
Door
If you’re
looking for traditional craftsman style exterior doors to match your craftsman style or mission style home, this
is the perfect door for you. The Rocky Point Front Door has three recessed vertical panels making up
most of the door, with a small six-panel window near the top of the door. The vertical panels highlight the
vertical lines classic to mission style doors.
The true
element of any craftsman style entry door is the presence of a dentil
shelf. This unique component
is included on the Rocky Point Front Door just beneath the window. Dentil shelves add character and
historic relevance to exterior doors, making the Rocky Point Front Door an instant
classic.
8. Whittamore Front
Door
Welcome in the
sunshine with the Whittamore Front Door. Featuring a broad wooden frame and four large
paneled windows, this mission style entry door is perfect for a classic, contemporary look.
Customize
each component of this door to make it the perfect addition to your space. Honor its mission style elements by
choosing a wood species of a similar nature—such as mahogany. This luxurious wood species has a
tight vertical grain pattern that is ideal for modern mission style homes. Finally, choose a simple
stain to complement the natural wood grain, such as clear or glaze.
9. Highland Front
Door
Want to add a modern
twist to your classic mission style home? Spice up your entryway with the Highland Front Door, which features a series of thin horizontal
windows running the length of the door. These long, thin windows are evenly divided by wooden rails that are
slightly wider than the glass.
Because of
the simple, contemporary style of the Highland Front Door, it can fit a wide range of architectural styles,
including colonial, ranch, mid century modern, and beach house. Customize this door to make it unique yours by
choosing your preferred glass style, wood species, door stain, and more!
10. Alpine Front
Door
This craftsman
style entry door takes the classic wood-paneled window found on many traditional-style doors to another level.
Meet the Alpine Front Door—featuring a full-length glass window divided into 21
equal square panels by a wooden grill. These windows are framed by strong wooden stiles and rails.
Impress your
guests and boost your home’s curb appeal with this elegant, yet classic front door. Add sidelights to increase
the amount of natural light in your space, or opt for a decorative glass option to enhance privacy and
style.
With
Rustica’s impressive customization options, you can make this door a one-of-a-kind addition to your mission
style entryway.
Mission Style Doors are a Stunning
Classic
Mission
style architecture blesses the world of design with its stucco/plaster walls, open courtyards, arched door entryways, clay roof tiles, and
natural wood materials. This home style is simply stunning, which is why you need the perfect mission
style door to complement its elegance and traditional appeal.
Browse
through our catalogue to find your ideal mission style door today! Whether you fell in love with a door on this
list, or want to bring a new look to life, Rustica’s design team will be by your side every step of the way.
Contact us today to get started!
