Remember all those homeless {or shall I say roomless} doors down in our newly decluttered basement? Ever wonder where they all came from? Well, one is from our hall closet turned mini mudroom. Another is from my craft closet. And the rest we just recently removed from the master bedroom and bathroom. We removed 2 narrow and cumbersome double doors from the entrance to our master bathroom. {See the nearest doorway in the picture below.} They never opened or closed very easily. They were always getting jammed and sticking. Plus, I didn’t like the way they opened into the bedroom. As soon as we took ’em off, going to the bathroom got a whole lot easier…well, getting to the bathroom not going to the bathroom, I guess.
We don’t plan on leaving the entrance wide open. In fact, Handy Hubby has been hard at work using up more of those fence boards from his family’s old farm. {Yes, that is a hint.} Good thing. I’ve been burying myself with pillows in the mornings to keep the bathroom light out of my eyes while Handy Hubby is getting ready for work. While we were at it, I went ahead and removed the door to our water closet, too. Including a linen closet door and the glass shower door, our bathroom came with 4 doors! Really? Who needs that many doors in a bathroom? Plus, you can’t even see the toilet unless you’re on it, so removing these doors has opened up the space nicely and made it easier to maneuver around in there.
And since I already had the screwdriver out, I took off the door to our bedroom closet. The previous door opened into the closet which took away some walking and {future?} wall storage space. I plan on hanging a fabric curtain from the inside to keep closet clutter out of view from the bedroom.
That means we’ve got a lot of this going on right now…
We’re rockin’ the wood putty. Well, Handy Hubby is rockin’ the wood putty. My job is to sand and paint it. That’s on my to-do list. Somehow it keeps getting shoved down.
What about you? Have you ever removed a door in your home to improve mobility and traffic flow? I find it very freeing. Obviously. That’s 6 doors I’ve put out of commission since we’ve lived here. I may be taking the open floor plan concept to the extreme.
images: all Dana Miller for House*Tweaking
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