Jib doors: The Elegant Mystery of Hidden Doors

Jib doors have nothing to do with mystery anymore.  They no longer are meant for secret passages, high power secret operations and/or certainly not for hiding the ugly side of a freakish double life.  So, if you were planing to partake in one of the above activities then you’ll have to find another way of keeping it to yourself.  Now a days Jib doors are too popular to disguise what’s behind.  It is more for aesthetic purposes than anything else and that’s ok, you should not panic!  Jib doors have just decided to catch up with the 21st century and it’s doing the right thing now.  Mostly used in European estates for centuries, it has slowly come to take part in American design.  Actually the oval office has a jib/hidden door.  Jib door is a concealed door that is meant to blend with it’s surrounding wall.  It’s usually frame-less and it carries on the design of the walls around it.  It grants everybody the freedom to camouflage a kitchen that happens to be in the wrong place.  It also gives homeowners and designers the flexibility of keeping their wallpaper intact without any door frame disturbing the view.  So as you can see Jib doors, also known as hidden doors and mystery doors are the coolest thing now a days and it provides a seamless design.   Enjoy!

jib doors, with shiplap via belle vivir blog

jib doors, covered with chinoiserie wallpaper via belle vivir blog

jib doors, via belle vivir blog

jib doors, with boiserie via belle vivir blog

jib doors, ideas with grisaille wallpaper via belle vivir blog

Stunning work on this hidden door with Grisaille wallpaper and ornate molding.

jib doors, interior design via belle vivir

Jib doors, painted in blue and white stripes via belle vivir blog

jib doors, by Jean Louis Deniot via belle vivir blog

jib doors, interior design, Francisco Costa via belle vivir

In Francisco Costa’s home the jib door with concealed hinges to make the door even more disguised.

jib doors, interior design jeffrey bilhuber via belle vivir

 

2 thoughts on “Jib doors: The Elegant Mystery of Hidden Doors

  1. therelishedroost

    When I first looked at my 200 year old farmhouse, I hoped to find one of those hidden gems but no such luck!!!

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