Do all doors need to match?

[Anonymous]

Okay, so we would like to replace our hollow core old doors. We are doing solid wood doors and looking at different styles - three panel, five, and six. Three story home.

Basement doors are 6 panel and not being changed.

Do all the doors on the first and second floor need to be the same? Does it matter if closet double doors match or do not match?

Is there a rule?

[Anonymous]

I mean, like, the police are not going to come.

The most important thing is that the style of the doors makes sense with the style and age of the house and all the other trim and molding. We can't tell you the answer but you can look it up.

I would try really hard to have all the doors on each level match each other. Yes, the closets too. I'm sure there are times and reasons why the design would vary, but it should be in the same family. Like yeah, maybe double closet doors would be slightly different but they should be from the same design. Like a narrow door might have one raised panel instead of two but it would be the same type. I'm not making sense maybe. Like how a sink faucet and a tub faucet won't be exactly the same but they have the same design name and design features.

If the doors on other levels won't match, I would try to have them make some sense. Probably it would be okay if the upper floor doors were a more simple version of the same design.

[Anonymous]

Good on you for going solid wood - makes a big difference.

[Anonymous]

No, they don't all need to match.

Yes, they should match in the line of sight (so you don't doors in the same hallway that are different from others).

If they will bother you, just replace them. Especially if the old doors look crappy.

It would have been awesome to replace all of our doors post-renovation to be the same, but that also would have cost another $4-$5k; which just wasn't justifiable at the end of the project. The old doors were nice, we just changed the panel design on the new doors. I'm sure I'll regret it, but we need to draw the line somewhere on this project that has experienced significant "requirements creep."