My Closet Doorway Decision – Addicted 2 Decorating®

In case 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 could offer you an concept of what it could appear to be once more if I added the identical door and window trim that I exploit all through our home after which add a door again in there.

The primary downside is that I solely have 8-foot ceilings, and transoms work higher with not less than 9-foot ceilings. There’s no approach I might use my normal trim plus a transom since there’s solely a bit sliver of wall house left between the highest of my normal trim and the crown molding, as you possibly can see right here on this picture of the cased opening between our lounge and kitchen that I shared in yesterday’s submit.

However somebody linked an image of a extremely 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 replica and paste of that complete 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 form of wainscoting I plan to make use of. But it surely provides us an concept 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 need to do the identical type of factor resulting in the bed room. Once more, that is only a fast mockup, however it may look one thing like this…

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

After which the entire concept of eradicating the doorway resulting in the bed room was (1) to make the world broad open visually, but additionally (2) to widen the opening to the bed room as a lot as attainable 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 authentic concept that I shared yesterday of protecting the doorway as excessive as attainable and operating the crown molding straight throughout to cover these prime 2x4s.

My mother agreed with a number of of you that that might look awkward to don’t have anything underneath the crown molding. So she prompt that I convey the doorway opening down just a bit bit, even when solely three or 4 inches (in all probability the thickness of two extra 2x4s), to permit for not less than a bit little bit of wall house/grasscloth above the doorway after which wrap the grasscloth and wainscoting round these jambs. That will make the crown molding above the doorway make sense. And I feel that is the successful concept.

I like that it’s easy. It doesn’t flip the closet into the function of the bed room suite. And it permits me to maintain that steady movement of the wall remedy from the lobby into the bed room. I feel, on this case, easy is the best choice. And it’s very uncommon that you simply’ll hear that coming from me. 😁 I’m typically a “extra is extra” form of particular person, however on this occasion, I do assume I have to hold it easy. This straightforward choice permits a peek into the closet with my fairly cupboards, wallpaper, mirror, and many others., 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 easy choice.