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So, the time has come to replace the doors in our kitchen. There are 3 doors in the kitchen, 1 entry door (to the garage) and two interior doors. There are also two other doors on the same floor, visible from the kitchen, so we figured if we wanted to change the door style, we'd change all five doors at once -- so everything on the first floor (except the front door) will be the same style door. However, I'm second-guessing my door choices and hoped for some input.
1) The house is a center-hall colonial. It's built in 1980, so there's no historical architectural significance. But would it still be better to stick with the standard six-panel colonial doors that everyone around here has? I'm not too fond or them personally, but I don't want the doors to look out of place if we go with a different style.
2) Even if we change the interior doors, we would still keep the front door the old style. It looks like this, except that the window at the top has divided lights:
Would that look odd to have the front door a totally different style than the interior doors? There's only one interior door (a narrow closet door) that would be visible from the front door.
3) These two styles are currently our favorites: Do you think these doors would look out of place in a center-hall colonial? (For what it's worth, we're gradually changing all the molding in the house from the current colonial molding. The new molding will definitely go with these doors, but it would go with the six-panel doors as well.)
4) Our kitchen cabinets are Stat. Do you think the door with the grooved panels would be: A) a nice compliment to the Stat grooved doors B) too much faux beadboard in one place C) odd-looking because they're not the exact same faux beadboard as the Stat
5) One of the three doors in the kitchen is the entry door to the garage. They don't have the grooved style in an entry door, but they do have it in the plain. If we end up using the grooved door, would it be better to have the entry door be a slab door, or the plain groove-less paneled door (in other words, the entry door would have panels the same size and shape as the interior doors, but without the faux beadboard effect).
6) I plan on having the new doors have brushed nickel knobs and hinges. The front door will have to remain brass, according to the HOA rules (though I might be able to get away with aged brass instead of shiny). Do you think it would look bad to have different hardware colors, considering there will be a narrow closet door with nickel hardware visible from the brass-hardware front door?
7) Since the second-story doors are in decent condition, it will be a long time before we replace any of them. Do you think it would look bad/odd to have the second floor doors a completely different style from the first floor doors?
Thank you for your patience in reading this far. I really appreciate any input you can give!
i love the bead board doors but the different garage door is sticking with me. are there any other styles you like? (i keep getting stuck on the rounded top of the panel)
can you change the interior handle of the front door? if not it's fine, it "is what it is"
oh, and i don't think it's too much faux bead board if that's what you end up with. i would just like to see a squared top panel. (and i like the other door too. i REALLY like that you're thinking of changing them out.)
and back to my own world: i plan on having different doors from first to second floor, but i'm also going for a very strong "look" on the lower level. i think continuity on a floor is fine.
Thanks, Dulci! Can I ask, do you not like the rounded top because of personal preference, or because you think a square top would be more in keeping with the colonial house?
We're not totally committed to either of the doors I posted. Short version of the door saga: With six weeks (or less) to go before the baby's arrival, it has suddenly occurred to us that it would be really, really good to finally finish the first floor powder room, so my post-partum self will not have to traipse upstairs everytime I need to use the facilities. Which means a door has to go on it pronto, which means we have to pick a door style.
We saw a similar faux beadboard door in a parade of homes house we saw a couple years ago and loved it -- but that was a farmhouse-style house and we have a colonial. So, if the doorstyle works in a colonial then it would be awfully convenient to have a style picked out and not have to spend hours poring over different choices. It's entirely possible that there's another style that we'd like just as much, or almost as much, that would go better with our house. But it could involve a lengthy quest to find it, and we've got quite a few other demands on our time right now. On the other hand, since we're committing to (eventually) having the whole house have this doorstyle, we don't want to settle for something that looks odd just because it's easiest. Hence the dilemma.
With six weeks (or less) to go before the baby's arrival, it has suddenly occurred to us that it would be really, really good to finally finish the first floor powder room, so my post-partum self will not have to traipse upstairs everytime I need to use the facilities.
Really, really good idea. In fact, claim the room. Allow no one else to use it, and keep all your "stuff" in there. It's the best thing I did (I'm 8 weeks post partum) - finish our tiny second bathroom and had it be my space to take care of me and make me get better. Plus, you'll not want to put everything away, nor are you going to necessarily want to share it with your inlaws
Good luck on the baby! Not sure if it's your first or not, but it's so awesome.
You may now return to your regularly scheduled program about doors. I'm just into babies right now
NBeth -- thanks for the link. I'm a little scared to find out what their prices are, but the doors sure are pretty!
Kristen -- yep, this is our first. DH had been carefully saving vacation time, both to stay home after the birth and to finish fixing up the house beforehand. Then he unexpectedly had to switch jobs a couple months ago -- goodbye banked vacation days, hello running around like chickens with our heads cut off. We keep trying to remind ourselves that the baby won't care what condition the house is in. But of course, the flip side is that we also won't have any time for house projects after his arrival. And I found out at my last dr. visit that they'll schedule an induction for before my due date, because they absolutely don't want me delivering late. PANIC PANIC PANIC
Tom: There's a good chance that whatever interior door style we wind up with, we'll have the garage door be a plain slab. That's how it is now and it doesn't look too weird -- it just would be nice if we happened to pick an interior style with a coordinating entry door. Sigh. Too many decisions!
You certainly don't need to answer this, but I find myself wondering why on earth they would schedule an induction before your due date. It's not commonly known, but left to themselves, first timers generally go a week + "late." But "late" is a pretty meaningless concept until sometime past 42 weeks--unless there are other medical concerns. Which might be the case here, of course! If not--you might want to push back against this timetable or at least make sure you have a favorable Bishop's score before agreeing to the induction. Easier for you and better for baby if all systems are ready to go!
Sorry I didn't get back sooner, i've been swamped!
I like the idea of the garage door just being slab and then you can do whichever door you want!
As far as the rounded vs squared off: i was thinking more about how the stat is squared off. i don't know about the colonial aspect, but would be interested since i own one
Oh! I didn't even think about the squared-off-Stat-vs.-rounded-door aspect ... I was too busy pondering the cottagey-doors-in-colonial-house thing. (DH has been no help in that regard -- he keeps saying, "But we really liked those doors in that other house." Yes, sweetie, the cottage/farmhouse-style doors did look great in the farmhouse-style house. Doesn't automatically mean they'll look great in a colonial. ) I'll have to give this some more thought.
NBeth: The induction's due to some pregnancy complications. But thank you for your concern and good wishes.
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) I'll have to give this some more thought.
