I absolutely love, love, love french doors. I love them au natural, painted white, painted black, and especially painted in a fun, bold color. We had painted white french doors in our house in Virginia and I loved the look. This was a corner of our living room and the french doors opened to a sun-room -- or playroom as we called it, it was such a perfect layout...
The playroom in our new house also has painted white french doors on the entry way (think office), but today..... they were taken off. As much as I love french doors they just weren't working for the room. The doors took up way too much space when they were opened, almost three feet on each side!
I want to give the kids as much space as possible to play, so the doors had to come down (curtains too). Ahhh, I feel like I can breath now.... sooo clean! It probably helps that some of the walls are now a lighter color (Floral White by Benjamin Moore) and the carpet has been updated (Martha Stewart for Home Depot).
Now, here's a little secret.... I decided not to patch the trim where the hinges were since the doors may eventually go back on (ya never know) and I'd hate to have to ask my super, sweet husband to carve away trim for door hinges. So, I just painted the holes the same color as the trim and hopefully it'll blend so it's not such an eye-soar. If you're ever in my house, just don't look to close :) Shhh....
The next time I read a blog, I hope that it doesnt disappoint me as much as this one. I mean, I know it was my choice to read, but I actually thought you have something interesting to say. All I hear is a bunch of whining about something that you could fix if you werent too busy looking for attention.
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