We are sure you have been there before. Trudging towards your living room whilst carrying eight bags of groceries whilst trying to open the door using your elbow … only to hear it smash into the wall with a loud bang. Awkward situations like these are easily avoided with a doorstop. Moreover, a doorstop is the kind of unexpected accessory that gives your interior that finishing touch, especially when it is matched with your door fittings.
Stopping your door and serving as a decorative element
The fact that a doorstop blocks the door is self-explanatory. With a doorstop behind your door, it can no longer slam into the wall, which prevents nasty damage. A doorstop in front of the door prevents it from snapping shut. Which comes in handy when you have your windows wide open and a draft is coming in through the doors. By keeping your door open, you are also protecting the hands of any defenceless small children around the house. Without a doorstop in place, young children’s natural curiosity and need to explore can soon result in a mishap.
Alongside these practical benefits, doorstops are also simply great fun to have as decorative elements. The only way to create a beautiful interior is by being mindful of all the details. In other words, the best thing to do is to match the style of your doorstop with that of your door fittings. For a playful effect, why not stage a recurrence of the white accent of the Gemma door handle in your doorstop, for instance.
Different types of doorstops
Doorstops come in all shapes and sizes: narrow or wide, high or low, round or square. In addition, there is a wide selection of materials to choose from. An industrial style is given added oomph by using doorstops in stainless steel, chrome, ‘raw’ metal or ‘raw’ bronze. In doing so, they will also be a perfect match for the designer door handles in that material. A natural bronze doorstop in turn is an unexpected extra that will lift any country-style home to a higher level.
In addition, there are detached as well as fixed doorstops. Fixed doorstops are screwed into the floor or the wall. The simplest loose variants are flat discs with a rubber edge, although you can be as creative as you like in this respect!
