What to do with dining room built-ins?
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Tina Franzen on Apr 02, 2014PS, the top 1/2 of the wall will be a tan/camel color. the floors will be a Tavern Oak hardwood-look laminate.Helpful Reply
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Olga C on Apr 02, 2014you need both storage for your stuff and the kids papers, so take top doors off and use for decor and leave bottom half to hide papers for kids. Install shelves as needed and if you do need to prevent dust collection, install glass doors on the top half.Helpful Reply
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Shaun Ballard on Apr 02, 2014I would absolutely take the doors off top to bottom. You can create a lighted display space on top for pretty items and put lined baskets it the bottom areas for the kids things. All neat and organized AND attractive. Good luck with the project!Helpful Reply
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Lorene Murray on Apr 02, 2014Take of the top doors. and leave the bottom. that way you can hide the things you don't want others to see in the bottom and you can put a display of some kind on the top.Helpful Reply
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The Garden Frog with C Renee on Apr 03, 2014What a neat feature-my thoughts are to make the built in for display and add some trim to the doors to jazz it up. I would find a buffet, dresser, or other piece to paint and double as storage and a place to store the kids stuff. You could even cut out the bottom doors and add glass to match the top and BOOM you have more display space. Add lights and paint the accent color you have chosen. good luckHelpful Reply
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Tina Franzen on Apr 04, 2014I am currently looking for a buffet or dresser. :) thanks so much for your input!!!!!!!!Helpful Reply
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Pat on Apr 04, 2014Tina, just for my curosity....what room is on the other side of that cupboard? How deep is it? Could it be taken out completely and be made a door? Or close it off in your dining room side and open it up into the other room. Otherwise.....others have had great ideas....doors off the top with decorative items and doors on the bottom for school papers and storage.Helpful Reply
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J K Weigle on Apr 04, 2014Change color or paint, but doors keep dust out!Helpful Reply
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Jeanette S on Apr 04, 2014I would not take off the doors because secured out of sight storage is hard to find. And kid's stuff tends to get very messy. A buffet or some sort of open storage piece could be used to store pretty things you want to display.Helpful Reply
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Wanda sinnema on Apr 11, 2014I'd leave the doors on, add bit of trim to the front of them and add new hardware....My mouth dropped when I saw this..I fave the SAME SOLARIAN SUNDIAL floor in orange (YUCK) and the same wanna be wainscotting, in the same color.... thought I was the only onestill dealing with those 2 horrible things.... I feel for you..Helpful Reply
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Wanda sinnema on Apr 11, 2014also the exact same heat registers....my home is brick built in 1949....Helpful Reply
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Tina Franzen on Apr 13, 2014LOL thanks for the tips. The floors are having purgo-type floor put over it this week YAY! I dont know how anyone lived with this floor for so long. I personally LOVE RETRO, MOD furnishings but this floor is just TOO MUCH! LOL Oh, and the registers have already been replaced. LOLHelpful Reply
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Cindi on Feb 24, 2016Maybe chg. out the doors, so there is more glass. And then put everything inside in basket or box, or something colorful and decorative. Then paint the doors either white, or some bright color, depending on what colors you go withHelpful Reply
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Snapoutofit on Oct 13, 2016I love the idea of painting the inside and leaving the doors on. But instead of painting the inside wall, how about using modpodge and some decorative wrapping paper, or fabric or kids artwork? OR paint the back and modge podge the shelves?Helpful Reply
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