Doors can be dramatic, add flair to home

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Photos: Door heights are expanding and designers and manufacturers are putting more focus on a variety of doors.

As interest in doors increases, some manufacturers are offering patio doors that retract or fold up, opening up interior rooms such as the family room, breakfast room or keeping room, to the outdoors.

Pocket doors can create a unique entrance into a bathroom.

An arched pocket door in a home library designed and built by Ray Bergeron.

A series of pocket doors allows a kitchen to open up to the dining room in this Atlanta home.

A 1910 bungalow in Candler Park includes a huge formal dining room with the original pocket door and wood paneling.

People frustrated with pocket doors that went off their tracks may find that today's pocket doors are sturdier and less likely to malfunction. Pocket doors generally cost about 30 percent more than traditional doors, but homeowners often are willing to pay when space is at a premium.

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As interest in doors increases, some manufacturers are offering patio doors that retract or fold up, opening up interior rooms such as the family room, breakfast room or keeping room, to the outdoors.

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