My Closet Doorway Decision – Addicted 2 Decorating®

Should you’ll bear in mind, this room had a pocket door on it earlier than I began remodeling it from a bed room to a closet. Right here’s what this space regarded like after I eliminated the built-in cupboard from the hallway. So this is able to provide you with an thought of what it will appear like once more if I added the identical door and window trim that I take advantage of all through our home after which add a door again in there.

The primary drawback is that I solely have 8-foot ceilings, and transoms work higher with at the very least 9-foot ceilings. There’s no approach I may use my customary trim plus a transom since there’s solely somewhat sliver of wall house left between the highest of my customary trim and the crown molding, as you may see right here on this picture of the cased opening between our front room and kitchen that I shared in yesterday’s put up.

However somebody linked an image of a very stunning cased opening with a transom, and it simply occurred to have that very same nook element design that I used on my closet cupboards. So I made a decision to do a duplicate and paste of that entire factor onto my image and see the way it seems to be. Clearly, this can be a very tough mockup, and this isn’t the type of wainscoting I plan to make use of. However it offers us an thought of the general look.

So we thought that if I have been to do one thing like that above the closet, then I might essentially should do the identical form of factor resulting in the bed room. Once more, that is only a fast mockup, but it surely would possibly look one thing like this…

I really love that look general, however I really feel like that’s type of going backwards. I began off with two doorways main to 2 bedrooms off of this hallway.

After which the entire thought of eradicating the doorway resulting in the bed room was (1) to make the realm large open visually, but in addition (2) to widen the opening to the bed room as a lot as potential to make that passage wider and simpler to maneuver for Matt. In order that total doorway, plus all the framing round it got here out.

So then we talked about my unique concept that I shared yesterday of conserving the doorway as excessive as potential and operating the crown molding straight throughout to cover these prime 2x4s.

My mother agreed with a number of of you that that will look awkward to don’t have anything beneath the crown molding. So she instructed that I deliver the doorway opening down just a bit bit, even when solely three or 4 inches (most likely the thickness of two extra 2x4s), to permit for at the very least somewhat little bit of wall house/grasscloth above the doorway after which wrap the grasscloth and wainscoting round these jambs. That might make the crown molding above the doorway make sense. And I believe that is the successful thought.

I like that it’s easy. It doesn’t flip the closet into the characteristic of the bed room suite. And it permits me to maintain that steady move of the wall remedy from the lobby into the bed room. I believe, on this case, easy is the best choice. And it’s very uncommon that you just’ll hear that coming from me. 😁 I’m usually a “extra is extra” type of individual, however on this occasion, I do suppose I have to maintain it easy. This straightforward choice permits a peek into the closet with my fairly cupboards, wallpaper, mirror, and so forth., whereas the uninterrupted grasscloth and wainscoting lead the attention from the lobby into the bed room. So mark the date. That is the one time I’m selecting the straightforward choice.