If you want to completely change the look of your home then consider buying an arched doorway kit. These kits add a decorative curve over any entrance in your home. You don’t have to cut into the wall or anything invasive. Arched doorways are elegant, affordable and easy to install for most people because they are more tacked onto the door and covered with drywall. There is not a lot of altering of your home to do.
Until these archway kits appeared in our lives you would have found yourself paying a contractor to install this type of decorative touch in your home. The great thing is that enhancing the doorways like this really does make it appear like you have spent thousands on renovations when you really have not done anything of the kind. The really amazing thing is that you can get these arch kits for about thirty bucks and also install it in about half an hour. What a great way to add an architechtural touch that adds value to your home.
These arches have been associated with all kinds of classic architechture in the past including Spanish and Roman styles. You also seem them identified with more Gothic styles of décor.
Doorway arches have been associated churches and museums for many years. When you replace your square door frames with arched doorways you also get an architectural effect that is more Spanish or Graeco-Roman in effect. They are also associated with medieval buildings so if you are into a more Gothic style of décor you will love the look that doorway arches give your home.
There are several different styles of archways. The ones that arc up in a half circle are called “half rounds” and give a Spanish flair to a doorway, Elliptical shaped archway kits have a gentle raidius in the center with a tighter radius in the corners and are reminiscent of the Edwardian style of design. Eyebrow arches are square and sharper in appearance and have a more contemporary post-modern feel.’
If you like you can buy pre-fabricated doorway arches but these arch kits are the way to go if you really want to do things cheaply. Prefabricated doorway arches can cost anywhere from $60 to $500 depending on how decorative they are in style. The other thing to remember is to keep it simple! The simpler the arch the easier it will be to install by yourself!