What Are Frameless Interior Doors & Are They Right For Your Home?

Framing around a door, be it interior or exterior, can really showcase your aesthetic while paying homage to the style of home you live in. Victorian framing is decorative with fluted boards. Craftsman style doorframes showcase cleaner lines with a touch of whimsy in the details of the cove and plate rail. Then, there are frameless interior doors, which are exactly what they sound like — a doorway with no casing or trim. If you can't conjure an image, it's a very sleek and minimalistic look that fancies a modern home.

Nearly every type of door features casing, also known as trim or moulding. Casing is the functional framing that encloses a door and hides the ugly stuff like gaps, the jamb, and strike plates. It can also serve a decorative purpose, which you'll notice was all the rage in historic homes. Frameless doors throw caution to the wind and do away with all of that. It's all clean lines for a seamless transition from wall to door, where everything is hidden.

The aesthetic of a frameless door can be a huge pro for modern and contemporary homes. Even in other home styles in where it would be a massive eye-sore, it can work as a "secret door" to conceal other aesthetically subpar spaces, like closets that you can hide in plain sight. The seamlessness of this type of doorframe is also great if you want a minimalist feel to your room. A frameless door gives off the appearance of more wall and less door, creating harmony by opening up a room.

The obvious con to this type of door is that it will stick out like a sore thumb in a historic, Victorian, or otherwise heavily textured space with intricate details. There is also the cost factor of creating this very precise look. Adding frameless interior doors requires precision and the specialized hardware necessary to maintain cohesion requires an expert to install – which, yes, is an extra cost.

If you're transitioning your home to include modern touches, like a modern farmhouse style, consider adding frameless interior doors for a beautiful blend of minimalism and warmth. You may already have a sleek modern home, in which case it will beg you to add this feature for a serious wow factor. Even one door that you make frameless will take your modern aesthetic up a notch. Perhaps you don't have a modern open concept home and instead have closed off rooms that feel cramped — you could benefit from a frameless door to visually expand your walls.

Frameless interior doors aren't the only option if you like this concept and decide it's right for your home. Exterior frameless doors exist too! So, if you're looking to convert to frameless and want to let light in as well, a modern french door alternative may be just the ticket to blend frameless doors throughout your entire home for maximum cohesion.