The sunny weather last weekend made me realise we need to crack on with our plans for the downstairs spare room. As I mentioned in my post a few months ago we’ve decided to put French doors in this room so it would be good to get it all done and dusted soon so we have new access to the garden during the summer.
Anyway back to these patio doors. I’m wondering if I can get away with something a bit different for this room or if I have to stick to the same design as the doors we have in the rest of the house.
Bi-folds aren’t required as the opening will be too small, and the same goes for pocket doors and sliding ones. Obviously the dream would be to have aluminium Crittall style but who am I trying to kid? Let’s all have a look though just for some inspiration. That stunning image from Homes and Gardens with the planters above it suggest you can bag yourself an alumininium set for around £10K, which is a shame as that’s my budget for finishing the entire house.
Current options are the following:
Mirror The Existing Doors
Getting another set of uPVC doors will keep the look consistent and keep the budget on the lower side. Here are a few instagram snaps of the current doors and back of the house. In the image with the tree and pergola, the window to the right will be replaced with doors.
French Doors
We could move into more of a french door style territory and get a set of white timber doors with a panel at the bottom that wouldn’t look out of place with a decadent cremorne bolt. Then I can pretend I’m ever so slightly Parisian but look out over a shed rather than the Eiffel Tower. Although that panel at the bottom isn’t going to offer heaps of privacy I think it might be a better option if this room will be used as a guest room.
We could also get roller shutters for my business made for the outside at some point similar to the image below from Canada Custom Shutters. Rather than the minty green louvre doors we would probably go for the same paint colour as the new fence.
Colour
With the french doors above we’ll stick to white wood, however one option that I did consider would be to use a coloured door frame set against the same coloured backdrop. I love this image from Remodelista and think it really highlights a separate living space away from the rest of the house.
