Hi everyone,
My wife and I disagree over whether to block a doorway leading from the kitchen to a front reception room (study). The study already has one point of entry from front hallway and this second door would be out of back of room into brand new kitchen.
If we block the door up it would be a separate room entirely which wife says could be classed as a downstairs bedroom.
My point is that keeping second door leading into kitchen would also give more convenient access to new downstairs toilet and shower room which we are getting put in just off side of kitchen.
The kitchen is open plan on other side leading round to a diner and living room so in effect we would be able to circulate around entire downstairs floor space in a circle if we keep this second door in study.
If we block it off, to get to downstairs toilet from study would be a longer walk back in opposite direction.
What do people think? Would blocking doorway be a wise move so our study is a quiet separate room? Or would keeping door through directly into kitchen /downstairs corridor be a more practical use of space? My wife says it would feel like a glorified corridor but I disagree. I think being able to walk right round house in a circulating fashion is handy.
As you can see, fact I'm writing this at 3.45 am shows you how stressed I am about making decision about doorway. Plasterers are in this week so need to decide asap!
Attached are some photos of how it would look with doorway unblocked
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DJDawn83 · 27/03/2017 03:53
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