Well, I'm happy to report that some progress has been made in the way of additions to the house. While so far much of the renovation has been focused on the removal of walls, doors, electrical fixtures, etc., it is nice to actually be putting something new into the house. This weekend David and I were able to install one of two new bedroom doors. The front bedroom of the house will be getting the least amount of overhaul (new carpet, new paint, new lighting). While I would like to eventually replace the existing ceiling at some future date, this is the one room in the house that works well for the most part, with a closet that amazingly is deep enough to hang clothing in (quite a novel concept). But because the existing 5-panel doors throughout the house weren't really congruent with the contemporary look that I'm going for, not to mention that they were thin, had ugly (fairly new) brass skeleton key hardware, and didn't latch, the doors warranted replacing. Because this is a smaller house, and I wanted to allow natural light to be shared from one space to the next, I opted for full-lite frosted glass doors. I purchased
Feather River interior doors from Home Depot with a primed finish with their privacy glass option. The frosted finish on the doors offers enough opacity to ensure privacy. A second door will mirror this one on the rear bedroom across the landing. Another benefit of installing a new door here is that I was able to reverse the hinge side of the door. Now, rather than having to either shut the door or squeeze past it to get around the end of the bed, the door opens in the opposite direction, making it easier to move into and around the room. In a few weeks I should have the new hardware for these doors -- stainless steel lever privacy sets from
Omnia. As for the old doors, I've already donated four of these to
Community Forklift, a local non-profit organization which takes and sells donated surplus, salvaged, and green building materials, and hope to do the same with these.
Well, I'm happy to report that some progress has been made in the way of additions to the house. While so far much of the renovation has been focused on the removal of walls, doors, electrical fixtures, etc., it is nice to actually be putting something new into the house. This weekend David and I were able to install one of two new bedroom doors. The front bedroom of the house will be getting the least amount of overhaul (new carpet, new paint, new lighting). While I would like to eventually replace the existing ceiling at some future date, this is the one room in the house that works well for the most part, with a closet that amazingly is deep enough to hang clothing in (quite a novel concept). But because the existing 5-panel doors throughout the house weren't really congruent with the contemporary look that I'm going for, not to mention that they were thin, had ugly (fairly new) brass skeleton key hardware, and didn't latch, the doors warranted replacing. Because this is a smaller house, and I wanted to allow natural light to be shared from one space to the next, I opted for full-lite frosted glass doors. I purchased Feather River interior doors from Home Depot with a primed finish with their privacy glass option. The frosted finish on the doors offers enough opacity to ensure privacy. A second door will mirror this one on the rear bedroom across the landing. Another benefit of installing a new door here is that I was able to reverse the hinge side of the door. Now, rather than having to either shut the door or squeeze past it to get around the end of the bed, the door opens in the opposite direction, making it easier to move into and around the room. In a few weeks I should have the new hardware for these doors -- stainless steel lever privacy sets from Omnia. As for the old doors, I've already donated four of these to Community Forklift, a local non-profit organization which takes and sells donated surplus, salvaged, and green building materials, and hope to do the same with these.
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