apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

In the picture, the doors appear badly positioned, as if they could slam into each other. I don't think the glass insets are worth the danger they pose. As the mother of a rambunctious toddler, I shudder at the poor design. The door to the left in the picture might be better off as a sliding pocket door.

Every single one of our inside passage doors is frosted glass like the picture - it is amazing for letting light through and it can work with a variety of styles. Guests do get a little paranoid the first time they use the bathroom though, but you can't see anything at all unless you're right next to the door.

Since I live by myself and rarely have overnight guests, plus a cat that will scratch at any closed door until he's let in, I removed all my doors.....including my upstairs bathroom (likely a temporary thing).

I now have so much more flow now....no awkward, unused doors taking up space.....and it's brighter in the hallway.

It's almost "loft like" in is spaciousness....hahaha

we are huge fans of removing doors completely where they're not needed to create a larger sense of space. as cool as pocket doors may seem, they do tend to always slam open and shut awfully noisily - we've experimented with those too!

I'm looking for interior glass doors. I definitely agree - I think this can make a nice upgrade.
Any good sources? I've seen the Jeld-Wen doors at HD, but are there other affordable options?

Thanks

the closed door clearly opens into the next room. no slamming hazard.

asinner, is this your house? do you mind drawing a little floor plan? i've been curious about the relation of living room to bedroom since the article ran last year.

One thing to consider when changing out doors for openness is that doors may have a part-time privacy need. Solar screens are thin and can roll up and out of the way completely when not needed, have no clunky cords or rods, and can easily be pulled down for privacy, security or to block sun and heat.

High opacity shades will effectively block the room anytime, low opacity provides a measure of privacy and sun blocking without taking away all the openness you just created with the glass door!

When I rented the place Im living in, I notice how mush space the bedroom doors took away as they opened into the rooms; then to gain more space I decided to replace the old solid doors for light material folding doors. These are way more practical and functional than the original ones.

We replaced all our interior doors with glass-paneled ones, and we love it.

Timely post. I'm thinking of doing the glass-paneled doors for many of mine when I re-do the doors. More pictures please!

I'm also thinking of doing mini-french doors (I'm not sure if there is a specific name for these) on some doors. Secifically in areas where the door swing ruins the flow of the room or takes up space. A post on those would be welcome. *hint*

Our condo. association started replacing our old, rotting glass-paneled exterior doors with (still glass-paneled) steel doors.

I sanded the dumpster-bound doors down, painted 'em and replaced the interior doors with them - so now all the doors look cohesive and light can move from room to room. One of my better (and less expensive) maneuvers -though it did take huge amounts of effort.

asinner is right about privacy not being a problem.

I just removed the large sliding doors between my bedroom and living room (http://www.flickr.com/photos/petunkalunka/3854163578/). It makes both rooms feel a lot more open and connected. It also means that I can't shut my rabbit away unless I coop him up in his cage, so I've been waking up with bunny whiskers in my face.

I dunno. Replacing a normal door with a see-through one, then getting privacy shades (or something) on top of that seems to be too much fuss.

We're moving into a house where the closet doors in the bedrooms take up way to much floor space, we've decided to just remove them!