Block up lounge door?

[badkitty]

We have standard layout Victorian terrace, lounge/dining room knocked through but still 2 doors from hall - one into dining room, one into lounge. We only ever use the dining room door and the other one just has crap piled in front of it all the time. It annoys me and the door takes up wall space where the sofa could be - its not a massive lounge area anyway. So I would like to block it up, but DH thinks that if someone was looking round to buy (we might sell in a couple of years), they would expect a door to be there. I think the lounge would look a lot better without one. What do you reckon it would cost to get it blocked up and would it really backfire and put people off?

I don't know how much it would cost & as with all building work will vary as to where you live as well!! Unless your DH is really not handy at all he should be able to do it himself....

It wouldn't put me off buying, but it might be wise when the time comes to let the agent know - so that they can tell buyers that a door could be re-instated if they wanted to do that (saves them worrying if it's load bearing or anything, not all buyer would know that a door would be normal there in a Victorian tce!).

Have you tried living with it as though the door wasn't there (ie putting the sofa where you'd like it)??

Yeah we could do that, I just think it looks a bit daft to have furniture blocking up a door (even if not used!) I realise this is probably me being a bit of a perfectionist!

Oh LOL - I wasn't suggesting it as a long term solution - just a week or two to see if you actually like it like that!!

Oh ok - yes maybe will do that! Is it not just me then that thinks it looks silly to have a door blocked up with furniture?

PMSL - no, it would really grate even for the couple of weeks, but I'd still do it to see if I liked the room like that before making persuading DH to do it!!

I saw an article recently about someone who had done this type of thing, but they blocked it up with glass bricks and said it was really good re light.

Hmm - I think that would still look silly with a sofa in front of it.

Not to mention the fact that glass tiles are so 80's to me, I just couldn't do it - which is a shame as it's a great way to let in light... but they make me shudder

I think you should keep the door as it is, it's original. You'd then walk along the hall, go in what would have been the dining room door and then have to turn to get to the lounge bit. No, keep it as it is.

I see your point, but it is all one room now anyway so doesn't really need 2 doors (which are less than 2 ft away from each other!) going into it. The dining room door is more convenient to get to from kitchen and stairs than the other one anyway.