Door swings and door wars
Hello,
We are remodelling our kitchen and powder room. At the moment, our powder room, which is across a small hall from the kitchen, opens into the kitchen and we very much want to change this. Also, because we are opening up the kitchen to the dining room, it will be even more visible, as you would be able to see the door opening from some parts of the dining area too.
I tried hard to find a way to move the door to the another wall and swing in, but our contractor thinks that will be too tight and recommends we swing out. If so, we‘d be swinging out onto the hallway which is also at the top of the basement stairs. Because that’s just too many doors, we could remove the basement door, which we’re fine with. Does this solution seem ok? I know it‘s not ideal but I think its better than opening to the kitchen which is driving me crazy.
Also, the hallway will be opened up to the living room (I’ve marked the opening) so there is a direct passageway.
Thank you!
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Maria V
4 years agolast modified: 4 years ago
greg_2015
4 years agoThinking totally differently, what about closing off the kitchen/hall access (blue line) and opening up the closet as the hallway (red arrow is the path from back door to dining room/kitchen).
Then just leave the bathroom the way it is. You won't see it from the kitchen or dining room.
greg_2015
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoHU-527663426
4 years agoMaria V
4 years ago
scottie mom
4 years ago
cpartist
4 years agoMaria V
4 years agoCpartist - it’s 1938.
This is the layout I have in mind. I would like to swing in so we don’t swing out into the hallway at the top of the stairs. If we have to do that, though, the layout would stay the same.
Do you think this could work? We tried to stage it and it seemed fine.
cpartist
4 years ago
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