Preserving Old Wooden Doors and Windows: Handling the Interface Between Old and New

Render a Taiwanese apartment interior where selected original timber elements have been kept and everything new is detailed to meet them cleanly. Show an old panelled timber door with its original brass lever and escutcheon, the paint stripped back to reveal grain and old repairs, hung within a crisp new plasterboard wall — with a deliberate shadow gap recess around the frame so the new wall never touches the old timber directly. Include an original timber window with fine glazing bars retained on an internal wall, now serving as a borrowed-light opening between rooms. Detail the new work as unambiguously new: flush white walls, a pale micro-cement floor, a slim blackened steel shelf. Let the contrast in age be the subject — the warm, worn, slightly irregular timber against flat contemporary surfaces. Include a woven floor mat and a ceramic vase. Soft directional daylight bringing out the timber grain and the shadow gaps. Photorealistic, eye-level three-quarter view of the door within its wall.