In the days before air conditioning, rooms in many apartment buildings were outfitted with not one door, but two: A solid piece of wood, and a lighter screen with wooden slats, which one could close ...

Old doors often boast a particular kind of vintage charm not usually found in modern-day prefab and manufactured doors. Usually made of solid wood rather than the hollow core doors of the past few ...

Standard wood paneling behind the living-room sofa is flanked by custom-louvered doors and maple, which covers almost every surface in the two-bedroom apartment. Photo: Allyson Lubow for The Corcoran ...