I am in the process of buying a new house. Ive always said that in my next house I want a kitchen/dining/family/toy room all open plan, plus a separate sitting room that is toy free (I can hear you all laughing) and that is sort of the grown-up space for just relaxing. Idea is that it will be just a massive comfy sofa, that is also a sofabed for overnight guests, TV, book case coffee table and that's about it. When I imagined this room it was a completely separate room.
However, in the house we are hopefully moving to, its a sitting/diningroom knocked into one, with double doors through to a kitchen/breakfast room. Idea is that double doors come out and wall comes down as much as possible to make the kitchen/breakfast room and dining room all one room. Now, do we put a wall up across the sitting room part (would also need to knock door through from hall, although I think there will be an existing one there that has previously been blocked up), or get some internal bi-folding doors with opaque glass to create a separate space, but allow for it to be one room if we need the space (at xmas, parties etc).
I am weighing up the pros and cons and I cannot decide. I like the idea of being able to open up the spaces, BUT if we use bi-fold doors then its never actually going to be a completely separate space is it? Can you guys tell me what you would do and why?
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Separate rooms with wall or room dividing bi-fold doors?
BauerTime · 03/12/2014 09:44
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