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Taking the long way

All Posts, Hallway

Last week I trimmed out the three doors in our main hallway and started installing 1×6 planks on the wall.  (I’m taking a break from the kitchen while I wait for some things I have on order.)  So the door in the middle is the door to the basement.  The door on the right is my new closet with floating shelves.  To the left is the (still unfinished) laundry room with a pocket door.  The basement door is missing because I’m installing a barn door there.  This is where the trouble started…

I plan on installing the barn door near the ceiling and wanted to make the basement doorway appear taller so it would make sense to have a different kind of door on just that particular door.

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I started to use my decorative header trick to fake additional door height (like I did in our temporary office).  I was still figuring out how I was going to add decorative trim on the header and not let it protrude too far out so the barn door couldn’t slide over it when I began nailing everything into place.  I was winging it– like I often do.

Sometimes you can fake it -- sometimes you have to actually make the doorway taller.

I soon realized the best option would be to actually raise the height of that doorway and use the same casing treatment as on the other doors to make that doorway “Special” but keep them all unified at the same time.  So I removed the casings and header and…

Raising the height of a doorway.

 the entire doorway – just like that.

Raising the height of a doorway.

The amazing thing is Wes was home the whole time and didn’t come to see what I was doing that was making such a racket.  I kept expecting him to come around the corner and have a coronary.  But he never did and by the time he did walk down the hallway I had it all cleaned up and he didn’t even notice what I had done.

That’s the best way for messy changes to happen around here — for Wes not to know about them until they are done and cleaned up.  😀

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April 14, 2014 · 14 Comments

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  1. kim massa says

    April 14, 2014 at 10:10 am

    Wes is used to you changing plans in the middle of construction, right? He probably figured he didn’t need or want to know what you were doing for his own peace of mind. But I bet he thought about you for a minute during all that noise. Looking forward to the end result.

    Reply
    • Sandra says

      April 15, 2014 at 12:31 am

      Well I was shocked he didn’t come investigate. I kept expecting it — but hoping he wouldn’t. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Terry Brown says

    April 14, 2014 at 3:13 pm

    I swear, we are related.

    Reply
  3. MarieRoxanne says

    April 14, 2014 at 4:00 pm

    Good idea, now I ma looking forward to the barn door!

    Reply
    • MarieRoxanne says

      April 14, 2014 at 4:01 pm

      “am looking forward” not ma ! goodness, type too fast and not proofreading before sending! LOL

      Reply
      • Sandra says

        April 15, 2014 at 12:31 am

        LOL I totally knew what you were saying.

        Reply
  4. Bre says

    April 14, 2014 at 6:26 pm

    Please tell me you are putting in a proper header at the top of the door frame. Leaving it as is – is not safe!

    Reply
    • Sandra says

      April 15, 2014 at 12:32 am

      Well that would look really silly if I left it as is…and how would I ever install a barn door on that “as is” mess? 😉

      Reply
  5. Kim says

    April 14, 2014 at 6:40 pm

    If Wes asks, you can tell him that you have plans to put something really, really, really tall down in the basement so the doorway had to be enlarged. 🙂 I like your idea…same framing, just different sizes of doorways versus decorative header material. You go gurrrrl!

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    • Sandra says

      April 15, 2014 at 12:33 am

      Pffft! I WISH I would have thought of that! Today when he came home from work it was all framed and trimmed and he said, “I like that new 8′ doorway”!

      Reply
  6. Joleen says

    April 14, 2014 at 6:56 pm

    Looking great! Can you please share what product you use for the planked walls? Having trouble finding anything for a similar project I have in mind. Is it thin, or thick? Thanks!

    Reply
  7. Feral Turtle says

    April 15, 2014 at 10:16 am

    LOL Too funny Sandra. Sometimes men can be so selective on what they hear. Looking good!

    Reply
  8. Susie Heller says

    April 15, 2014 at 2:44 pm

    Wes is named Jerry in our house. I don’t want him intruding as he always shows me the tiny thing that is not right.

    Reply
  9. M says

    April 16, 2014 at 11:43 am

    It looks beautiful and terrifying all at the same time!

    Reply

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