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What can I do???

11 months ago

last modified: 11 months ago

So we bought this house 7 months ago and im moving fast with projects because there are not a lot. However, this little spot in my hallway is driving me insane! Someone obviously measured completely wrong! Anyone have any ifea what i can do? it seems to be a beam somewhere in the wall which makes me believe that is why it is so off.

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NagyMama

11 months ago

In my other house, they mounted the carbon monoxide detector smack in the middle of the only blank wall. Silly. We removed, patched and placed a new detector above our cabinets. It’s not mounted and works fine, actually alerting us one day. Your smoke detector is in an odd place, but you’ll need to find another spot if it bothers you. Drywall over everything. I’m so grateful to have a handy nephew who does all this stuff for me. 😁

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ffpalms
11 months ago
I’d place a quirky ”shelf sitter” there to distract the eye. Search Pinterest to find something you love.
bichonbabe
11 months ago
Have it drywalled in . It seems to serve no purpose .
Melissa Thomas thanked bichonbabe
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So this is open on both sides and the back of the TV is exposed in the other room? Was this once a doorway or a passage way between two rooms? At first I thought it was a recessed space. It looks that the problem is not the floor, which does appear to run under it, but it looks as if it has been attached to the wall, made to look as if it were continuous with the wall, and you will need considerable wall repair once it is removed. I advise that you not worry yourself much about whether you have baskets on those shelves ,or whatever. It is your house and your stuff and it is not messy. Now that I realize that it is between rooms, or spaces, it looks awkward and I can see why you would want to remove it.
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Shasta
11 months ago
Seems they are trying to distract your eye from seeing the smoke detector and thermostat. It looks so busy that it draws attention to them instead. That thermostat looks high, not in a practical place. I would drywall it and maybe move the smoke detector to the ceiling and the thermostat somewhere less obvious. Replace it with a family picture or maybe nothing.
Melissa Thomas
Original Author
11 months ago
last modified: 11 months ago
This is a great idea. i have noticed that the smoke detector and theromstat was in a odd place and was originally in the ceiling. I will return it to its first place and consider using dry wall. Thank you.
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
11 months ago
doesnt the thermo seems ridiculously high??? .. how do you even see it with shelf sticking out.. or is it all phone driven???

is the detector also a gas detector for a dryer??? .... if so.. why isnt it in the laundry room ???

i see the laundry room.. and wonder if the cubby wasnt an access panel for water supply in a previous life ...?? ... is there a laundry tub behind it??? .. that might answer why the hidden beam is off center???

so many questions... so little time...

ken
Melissa Thomas
Original Author
11 months ago
I actually took a look again and that is not a thermostate but a carbon monoxide detector. So there is a smoke detector and that. I didnt even think about an access panel. This part of the house was a add on. So there are so many questions! LOL
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Melissa Thomas
Original Author
11 months ago
Thank you, i think drywall makes sense. I have no clue why they put the smoke detector there. I think i will repostion it.
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