Sure, you can go with a standard hinged door, but once you discover pivot doors and what sets them apart from the rest, you might be hooked. Pivoting doors rotate on fixed hinges that are mounted at ...

A pivot door is a swinging door that rotates on a vertical axis; a spindle. It is different from regular hinged doors, where the hinges are attached to the side of the door and the adjacent wall.

Pivot hinges are most commonly encountered in commercial glass doors, especially those without a mullion frame, as they rely on top (ceiling and/or wall) and bottom (floor) anchoring.

“I like hinges that disappear, because there are not so many beautiful hinges,” said Mr. Boon, who favors pivot hinges that attach at the top and bottom of a door, rather than at the side.