Doors for the Dream House

In our current house design, we don’t have a lot of light in the main living space if you compare our layout to the typical new construction houses that have everything along a wall of windows. Our current house has a lot of light so while we’re lucky with that, we are often blinded by the sun around dinner time. That said, I think we’ll regret not adding in light where we can (hence the front door inspo below!). I think this door is so grand for an entry space, especially if you want to keep things simple by not adding a lot of extra furniture to the space. Truly my dream door!

We plan on having a glass door in between the office and kitchen to give quicker access to coffee and snacks (since we both work from home). Plus, if we’re home most of the day and investing a lot of money into our kitchen, we at least want to be able to see it while we work! These doors should allow light from the office to flow into the kitchen, but I could see us going with an arched doorway instead to soften up the space.

For interior doors, I always thought I’d want painted doors that could be repainted as they get wear and tear. However, I threw some wood doors in my SketchUp software, and I love the warmth they add. I would love to have simple interior doors like this:

(I realize that most of the pictures I’ve shared are not only from the same designer, but the same project!)

With our current layout, there are a handful of places where barn doors make the most sense. I tend to lean more contemporary/modern, but there are a few barn doors that I like. With being short, I guarantee even if I didn’t like the rustic look of the hardware, I would hardly see it enough to remember.

Our current layout has a barn door on each side of the entryway (one going to the mudroom, the other as a second entry into the office). I wasn’t too interested in having to decorate the entry (knowing how easy it is to clutter up entryway tables or knock stuff over when carrying things in), so I love the idea of the barn doors acting as a functional aesthetic. We may still have room for pictures or sconces in the entry, but the doors will eat up enough wall real estate where we shouldn’t have to save too big of a furnishing budget.

We also want to put a barn door on the laundry room doorway. It’s right next to our primary suite (currently), so it’d be nice to just leave that door open when we’re having a big laundry day.

I realize it’d be a lot easier to include my SketchUp renderings in these posts, but we are finally so close to working with a builder that I’d rather wait. In a couple months, we should be in the blueprint phase, and not only could I share concrete plans, but I could also show how what we wanted compared to what we landed on with the build team.

Happy Holidays!

Davien