How can I camoflauge double doors that take over a wall?
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Ron
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Hi all,I'm looking for ideas on how to deal with my double door problem. We are remodeling our basement and part of that is to expand the are in one of the spaces. We are going to move a wall back about two feet which moves it closer to the furnaces and makes the furnace room smaller. Doing that means that I still need access to the back of the furnaces. So that new wall is going to have double doors that will open out into the room. The wall is not that long and will be mostly door when it's done.My Wife doesn't like that thought that the whole wall is going to be door. I'm looking for ideas on how to make these doors blend into the wall. The room has rough cut cedar wainscot and drywall above. I was thinking of continuing the wainscot by maybe gluing it on the doors and maybe painting the upper part of the doors the same color as the walls. The project is in framing right now but I'm looking for any ideas or alternatives to the doors to make the "wall of doors", less looking like a "wall of doors."
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Hi ! When I was young we had a laundry area being a hidden door . The wall in that room was paneled . I don't know what the name of the mechanism is called , but someone at a hardware store would ! All you had to do is push on the area of paneling and it would pop open ! To close it you just pushed it back til it caught .
if you white washed the panelin g , it would look like shiplap , also now , there are so many kinds of paneling ... Some look like brick or barn wood ! Good luck !
Ron,
Can you change the configuration to just one door or a sliding pocket door? Sliding barn-style doors are popular too.
The first thing that came to mind was sliding barn doors. (I am certain you know the ones I am refering to, with the hardware above the door.) Then you mentioned that the 2 doors were basically the entirety of the wall. However.... Must both doors be opened at the same time? If not my idea could possibly work. Of course, if you liked it. 😁
Make the doors like Pamela suggest using the wall materials. No frames needed. Make out if 1 x4 s behind half inch plywood. Set back in frame half inch the thickness of the drywall so all is flush when done.