I’m so glad I went forward with this choice to take away the doorway from the hallway. I can’t imagine how a lot of a distinction it made. All the pieces seems a lot larger and open now. I imply, I knew it could look extra open, however I didn’t fairly anticipate this impact.
Sadly, I don’t suppose that footage fairly do it justice, however since I can’t give each one in all you a private tour, footage must do. Simply as a refresher, that is the place we began off just some days in the past…
After which I eliminated the cupboard to open up the hallway. As soon as that was eliminated, we might really see the opposite bed room door. That bed room will quickly be our closet and laundry space combo.
And now the doorway into the opposite bed room (i.e., the one we used as our house gymnasium till the ground was destroyed, which led to all of this redo within the first place) has been fully eliminated to make this one steady, uninterrupted house.
Going from having a cased door there to having no doorway in any respect widened the world 11 inches. I assumed it could be 12 inches, however we acquired 11 inches as an alternative. It went from 32 inches to 43 inches. It feels so large now! It is going to be a lot simpler and extra handy for Matt as he passes by way of that space. No extra bumping into door jambs as he tries to get by way of the door.
The mudding and sanding isn’t fairly completed but, as you’ll be able to in all probability inform. He’s coming again right now to complete that up. And as quickly as he’s completed, I can get in right here and begin on my half, starting with putting in the flooring.
Right here’s a glance again from the opposite route earlier than the doorway was eliminated. I’m standing within the bed room trying again in direction of the hallway. First, with the door closed…
And a view with the door open (and with the hallway cupboard nonetheless there)…
And right here’s what it seems like now…
Isn’t that tremendous?! I feel even these of us who don’t use wheelchairs would favor that extra open house even when only for ourselves, however are you able to think about how a lot better and simpler this can be for Matt?
Now you’ll be able to see why all of those choices needed to be made earlier than I acquired began on the room. The very first thing that must be completed is putting in the brand new hardwood flooring. However earlier than I might try this, I needed to know precisely what wanted to be eliminated and changed, if something. With the doorway fully gone, I’ll now must take away these boards and change them.
It’s a lot simpler to try this at the start of the flooring set up course of than to have to return again later and restore these areas.
So I’ll must take away three boards, after which that can be my place to begin for the flooring set up within the bed room.
However significantly, can we simply sit and stare and take this in a bit extra? I can’t get sufficient of this new view.
Now, about my bed room suite door choice, I’ve determined to go together with these 10-lite 24-inch doors from Home Depot.
I don’t want prehung doorways because the doorway is already cased, and likewise, the door jambs on the prehung doorways aren’t large sufficient for our partitions. Many partitions in our home have shiplap below the drywall which provides to the thickness of the partitions, so prehung doorways aren’t helpful to me. However two of those slab doorways will work simply completely.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and enhance the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
