I haven't seen "What Lies Beneath" and found Jack Nicholson's character in "Something's Gotta Give" too distractingly irritating to really notice the decor (maybe I need to watch it again with the sound off! LOL), so I can't really help you with specifics there. :-) Since you've got a simple ranch, I would keep the doors very simple too. I can easily see a Shakerish two-panel or even a single panel to echo your cabinetry, unless you're going very fussy with your new moldings which I think would be incompatible with your architecture. Because they're all on a different floor mixing in the six-panel style isn't as big a deal, although that's one of the very few things I do have a bit of a fetish for consistency about... PO put an addition on our house and used six-panel doors when the rest of the house has four-panel, and I think they just scream "addition". (Thankfully there are some of the old four-panel doors in the shed so we can swap them out eventually. Why he didn't use those instead of buying new doors is beyond me, considering how cheap he was on everything else!) I did go dig up some pictures of the SGG set and noticed a lot of use of French doors - would you consider using French doors (singles) on rooms that don't require privacy? Oh, and if you know the name of that discontinued SW paint, they'll almost certainly have the formula for it in their computer. Just for giggles, I'm daydreaming about a (partially) white and (faux) soapstone kitchen too, although it's much warmer... I've linked to pictures that have been serving as inspiration for said daydreams below. I don't know whose kitchen it is, it's probably from a magazine, but someone gave them to me a couple of years ago. Unless we win the lottery, mine'll be Ikea and Formica instead of custom and soapstone, but I think it'll still get the point across. BTW, you don't need a special tool to open the privacy knob sets that have a hole in the knob. We've always just used a nail or a bobby pin... in fact, in the houses where I babysat, the parents usually kept a nail on the top of the door casing because their mischievous little monstersoffspring ;-) would lock themselves into various rooms!

I thought this eHow article was useful. (See link.) I've always done mine off-center and have never thought they looked bad at all. To me, the centered knobs actually look "less centered" overall b/c they are so far from the crease where the hinges are, which would be the true center of the entire bifold. I know it's the most common way to do it, but the "centered" approach looks weird to me since the knob is 3/4 of the distance away from the pivot. I don't like it, personally. I have always had paneled closet doors, so I have lined them up with the edge of the panel closest to the hinge on the non-pivot door, centered vertically between the panels in the "open" space. This placement also makes the doors easier to open & close. I had a rental w/them centered, and my in-laws' are centered. It's minor to some people, but it does take more force to open & close them and could make a difference if you struggle with any arthritis or mobility issues. To me, the easier to open, the better. (Sorry for the bad lighting in my photo; I just used my phone's camera instead of getting out my good camera.) Here is a link that might be useful: eHow article

deltag, Got this from another web site and saved it to my computer: Use a Simple Guide to Enlarge a Lockset Hole When I need to enlarge a hole in a door for a new lockset (say, from 21/8â³ to 23/8â³), I use a shop-made guide and a standard hole saw. The guide is a scrap piece of ½Ⳡplywood with a hole thatÂs sized to accommodate the lockset. Use the paper template that comes with the lockset to locate the hole in the guide (Guide Layout Detail). After cutting the hole with a hole saw, align the guide on the door. (I attach scrap blocks to the guide to register it flush with the edge.) Now clamp the guide in place, and use the same hole saw to enlarge the opening in the door. The guide keeps the hole saw straight, ensuring an accurate cut. Good woodworking, Best of luck, rredogg

Why are the trims of different dimensions? I'm not following? Are you talking about how the trim on each side of the door is a different width? It's because the doors were put in when we were still planning on 4" wide trim and not the 1 x 6 trim we wound up doing. I'm okay with that because if you look at old homes you'll see that happened quite often where the door was in a corner so the trim didn't match completely. Oh thank goodness you're painting the hatband! I thought it might be stained. I think with the new height and the painted hatband, it will look really good and intentional. I would have LOVED to stain all the woodwork and doors, but alas it's way out of budget. Hence painting all the woodwork instead.