Do you agree with me or my joiner? Aesthetic advice needed!

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My joiner is fitting a door on an alcove in my bedroom. He has bought a door which matches the door to the room, but narrower. As the alcove isn't as high as the main door he will need to cut it down by 7.5cm, so we've been discussing the best way to do that. Options are:

1. Take the full amount off the bottom of the door so that all the mouldings are 7.5cm lower than the adjacent door.

1. Take the full amount off the bottom of the door so that the mouldings line up, but there's a narrower border between the mouldings and the top of the door.

1. Take some off the top and some off the bottom.

My joiner was originally inclined towards number 1, whereas I was inclined towards number 2, so we've compromised on 3. He's currently planning to take 2.5cm off the top and 5cm off the bottom, but until he makes a start there's still time to change tack.

Opinions?

3 because 1 or 2 will looked like something has been chopped off and it will look deformed.

I think this would be a great place to put a door with a mirror OP, have you considered that? Makes sense when it's got clothes inside too

Hidden door.

Then you just have match the skirting board - photo for example.

I’d want it so the handles were at the same height.

anything so the handles are on a level

If you don't want mirrored them I would get a flat white door and put hooks on it.

I wouldn't use the door you have, may a white framed door with frosted class panels

Louvre is good. Also allows a bit of air flow which is always good for clothes.

Knock the house down and start again so both doors match.

Louvre - No way, option 3 would be my choice the others would make me uneasy, it needs to look like its supposed to fit the door space nothing else.

Not louvred doors - they collect huge amounts of dust and it'll just look mismatched. A panelled door will look very busy in the space and you've already highlighted the problem of getting something to fit/ match. I'd go with hidden or mirrored.

I think a plain door with handles in the same place would look best if you really dont want a mirrored door.
Easier to fit and less labour than he faffing around trying to make the current one right.

I wouldn’t go Louvre , but plain or even hidden.

I'd think anything but the door you have. Something definitely different almost always looks better than "matching but not quite".

I even toyed with the idea of taking the door frame above the alcove so you could have the door full height, but even then it wouldn't be full width so still wouldn't look right.

1. The mouldings being even wouldn't distract me from what would be quite a small space between the moulding and the edge of the door.

I would do 2 but agree with others you see better to go with a different door. I would go flat white to match the wall if you don't want a mirror.

Option four-different/hidden door!

Definitely 2!

I think with option 2 having a tiny gap between the top and the mouldings won't look very good. But if you do option 3 I'm not sure how the handles will work, think the handles need to be lined up. I think you need a new door sorry!!

Ex Joiner
I'd have been inclined to have sourced 4 panel door and chopped the top off. Keeping the bottom and centre stile inline. failing that a simple plain flush door in matching paint and hardware would have gone unnoticed.

Why do you even need a door?

if its veneer you can only take a few mm so assume its solid wood?

We had sloped ceilings in a previous house. The doors and the architraves were cut at an angle (as a previous poster mentioned.) it looked fine. Would this be an option for you? It would mean everything would line up.

We had an issue a bit like this- could you have the door the same height- and have the rope left frame moulding and door cut at an angle to accommodate the sloping roof on one side? Nobody would know when the door is closed that the inner cupboard isn’t as high at the doorway next to it- then you wouldn’t have to take anything off the door.

I would go flat door or even curtain. Definitely not any of the panelled options.