Alen3 Actually I've been thinking about the same idea, making it smaller and making people bend when they enter it :) But if I go with that, I'll most likely choose to shorten the entrance portion that's on the floor. Because that'd give me more space for the actual entrance to the apartment. chiflipper Thank you for your suggestion :) I did not know about the whole activated charcoal trick and I'll definitely use it. Yet, it would be better if I could find a final solution to the problem, but I guess I'll just have to live with it and try as much as possible to make the smell as less noticeable as possible. wednesday morning You are wright, The smell can be caused by the whole apartment and not just the wine cellar, yet, when I installed the door down there, the smell did decrease significantly. But it still remained. So, since I still have a small portion of that brick wall tunnel open to the apartment, I'm guessing that is the main source of the smell. Yes, there are windows in the apartment, but they are quite small (you won't be able to crawl through them in case of fire). I'll be posting some more pics of the apartment since everyone's interested :) And these are the windows And since everyone got so intrigued, I'll also post a pic of the wine cellar down there. So, this pic was taken when I started renovating the old cellar. when I bought the apartment, the cellar had been painted in white by the previous owners (and the government was not happy about it). So, what I did was, I peeled the whole painted off the brick walls and then covered them with transparent sealer (which was suggested by the biggest local store I could find). I also did some electricity down there and that's when I took this picture. Nowadays I have wine racks and the shelves down there, and I a tiny wine table in the center for people to enjoy the wine in the old atmosphere. And just old traditional furniture and decoration. But I wanted to show you this pic so that you can understand the type of the building that this is. Even though it looks pretty modern from the outside (the building), it hides some really ancient stuff inside :)

I need advice on window trim and door colors for my house. I’m not that creative and need your creative minds! Thanks!!

Yeah that looks to me to definitely be structural (the entire thing actually). It is basically in the exact same place as the wall to the left of the opening and doing the exact same thing which is holding up the front of your roof.

@HU-161159613 awwe what a sweet comment. I totally agree, but it felt good to hear someone else say it! I have really, genuinely appreciated the advice - i've taken what I felt would help things feel more organized, and i've left the nasty comments and any suggestions to remove my tree because - it's me! & my gorgeous, 'designer's nightmare which defies all society rules and accepted norms' tree will remain indefinitely - making me smile every time i pass <3 that's the beauty in this life, if you aren't a fan of keeping a 'christmas tree' up....then go get you a ficus! Not gonna bother me one bit :)