Doors Galore

In addition to the funky window inside the shower, our bathroom also sported three doors.  That’s four escape routes for a very small room—heck, five if you count the door to the bath closet.  At first glance, three doors didn’t concern us.  At least the bathroom was accessible, right?  We loved that there was a door connected to the master bedroom, along with an entrance immediately off the living room.  The only door that seemed a bit frivolous was the one leading into the back guest bedroom.  But like I said, we weren’t too concerned.

Then the rents came to town.  Parents—gotta love ‘em.  Especially my dad, who is the epitome of a self-made handyman; if he doesn’t know how to do it, he’ll bulldoze his way through it.  Dad, if you’re out there, you know I love this about you!  As we gave them the house tour (or should I say the stand-in-one-spot-and-you-can-pretty-much-see-the-whole-house-at-a-glance), we asked them if they thought all three bathroom doors were really necessary.  After a quick hash through the pros and cons—where the pros far outweighed the cons—they both agreed that two doors would be quite enough.  And within about two minutes, my dad and Matt were making a list of all the supplies they would need from Home Depot.

Looking back, I’m glad I didn’t realize how insane we were to try to refinish floors and knock out a door / frame in a wall—which, by the way, also tacked on a plumbing project, as well as the removal of some wall tile, since the pipes had to be adjusted—because this ended up being one of the absolute best changes we made to our house.

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Despite the stress.  Despite running to HD a bazillion times within 48 hours.  Despite the fact that we then had to reconfigure our bathroom vanity situation, which meant returning the adorable pedestal sink we had already purchased and *cough* removed from its packaging (note to self—do not remove packaging until you’re installing item)—more details soon to come on how we picked out our new vanity.  Thank goodness Home Depot allows you to return nearly anything without raising a fuss about it.  Plus, if you buy items using your credit or debit card, they can look up your purchase without the original receipt within a 90 day window.  Gotta love a customer friendly store.

After two grueling days of sanding floors and knocking out a door in the midst of it all, we gained some beautiful space in our bathroom (hooray for extra storage and counter space—and a larger mirror!), and so did the guest bedroom (the additional wall area created a perfect niche for our desk).  While I usually am a stickler to the plan, I must admit that being flexible in this case was 100% worth it.