Adding A Side Entrance To The Kitchen

We FINALLY got out new Kitchen entry door installed!   It took FOREVER to get the door.  Seriously — 9 weeks!  But the wait is finally over and the door is installed and we are all super excited!

How to Add a New Entrance Door to Your Home - door for garbage removal

It was a window and lots of people ask why I wanted to put a door here when our main entry is just through the living room.  Well, we need this door BECAUSE the entrance is through the living room.  It’s pretty gross to find a trail of old food juice from a leaky trash bag!  Especially when it’s on a rug.  Yuck!  So this window became a door.  Easy fix (in the scheme of a kitchen remodel)!

How to Add a New Entrance Door to Your Home - back entry

 

I had to special order the door because I wanted mullions inside the glass to match our other windows and also wanted shades inside the glass so we could close them at night for a little privacy.  It’s pretty cool!

How to Add a New Entrance Door to Your Home - Back entry door
How to Add a New Entrance Door to Your Home - door prep

My handymen came over yesterday and got it knocked out in a few hours.  It went pretty easily because they didn’t need to change anything with the header.  Thy  just had to cut out the wall under the window.

How to Add a New Entrance Door to Your Home - no more broken window

We still need to build a small deck because there is about a 2′ drop here but at least we can pull the trash can over and open the door, lift the lid and drop it in!  It might seem silly to you — but it’s a big deal to us. 

How to Add a New Entrance Door to Your Home - Kitchen entrance

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  1. Larry Johnson says:

    Always love seeing what DIYers come up with themselves. Keep up the good work. I partnered with a contractor friend and we completely gutted my kitchen down to the studs.

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