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!
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)!
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!
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.
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.
The door plus the perfect framing of it when looking from the kitchen is a wonderful improvement. I’m really impressed!
LOVE it and love seeing the updates on the kitchen!
I totally get it. Kitchen’s should be the first room in from outside or a garage so you aren’t dragging garbage or groceries through other rooms of the house. You’re lucky to have siding….makes the job pretty easy. We have a cinder block/brick house so adding a door or changing window size/shape/placement is totally out! We had to replace an entry door and a slidng door already and it was a HUGE pain.
Just read your post Cathie! Love it! That is totally reasonable! Did you steal that line from Jeff Foxworthy? 🙂 I may have grown up in a little redneck area if I know who that is. 😉
It is a brilliant idea! I would do the same thing–well, if I had your skills and was remodeling my kitchen! I kind of like the idea of a door in the door just to dump the garbage into a can on the other side. Not that you could use the door for anything else but I get you on the gross factor. How about a garbage chute? That would be great–OK reality. And to put our garbage in the can we have to go into our really gross, ugly, nasty garage. Ugh–I hate our garage. that thing needs a makeover. However, we can’t seem to make a solid decision and just move on it!! Oh, and love the inlay in front of your door–nice work! 🙂