Rick says he's going to forbid me from getting on Pinterest.
We live in a bilevel and we are looking at new front doors and a nice storm door. The entrance isn't real big; we can't install a double door or anything like that. Well, we could, but it means cutting into the brick around the area and I'm not sure we want to do that. Anyway, I'm looking at a door with one side highlight and a highlight above the door. Then up on the wall above the front door area, I'm thinking of a large rectangular window installed. That window would go the length of the front door and highlight and probably be able 3 feet tall, give or take. That's doable, I think. 3 x 5 feet, maybe. This would be more toward the fall, not right now.
On the inside, in the foyer, I'd like to put up a nice shelf between the top of the door and the bottom of the window. I could put some doodads or whatever on the shelf, change them around a bit, esp during the holidays. I think it would look OK. Rick isn't so sure. Right now we have this huge blank space of a wall from the top of the front door to the ceiling and, since it's a bilevel, that's a lot of blank space. Putting in a window (no drapes or anything like that!) would give a bit of interest, esp with a shelf there. And since we face south (and that wall gets hot), it would add some heat to the foyer, even in the winter. If we had a decent storm door, we could open the front door on all but the very coldest/dreariest of winter days and the sun would shine directly in the storm door.
And then put up another shelf over the basement door, although that might be overkill.
We are also wondering if the cats (OK, Mollipop) could manage to jump from the living room floor to that shelf. If so, then they'd probably kill themselves trying to get back off the shelf. And whatever they could knock off the shelf in the process. That could be ugly. Mollipop has already shown us that she can easily balance herself on the top of the stair railing along the end of the living room at the stairs, so it's literally a hop, skip, and a jump from the top of the railing to any shelf. And again, Mollipop could probably hop from a step on the stairs going up into the living room to a shelf above the basement door, too. I wouldn't put it past Tabby to try that as well.
Any ideas on a shelf above the front door? I saw some pictures and I really liked them. Rick is undecided. And then, there's that Molli-girl who thinks she's indestructible.
We live in a bilevel and we are looking at new front doors and a nice storm door. The entrance isn't real big; we can't install a double door or anything like that. Well, we could, but it means cutting into the brick around the area and I'm not sure we want to do that. Anyway, I'm looking at a door with one side highlight and a highlight above the door. Then up on the wall above the front door area, I'm thinking of a large rectangular window installed. That window would go the length of the front door and highlight and probably be able 3 feet tall, give or take. That's doable, I think. 3 x 5 feet, maybe. This would be more toward the fall, not right now.
On the inside, in the foyer, I'd like to put up a nice shelf between the top of the door and the bottom of the window. I could put some doodads or whatever on the shelf, change them around a bit, esp during the holidays. I think it would look OK. Rick isn't so sure. Right now we have this huge blank space of a wall from the top of the front door to the ceiling and, since it's a bilevel, that's a lot of blank space. Putting in a window (no drapes or anything like that!) would give a bit of interest, esp with a shelf there. And since we face south (and that wall gets hot), it would add some heat to the foyer, even in the winter. If we had a decent storm door, we could open the front door on all but the very coldest/dreariest of winter days and the sun would shine directly in the storm door.
And then put up another shelf over the basement door, although that might be overkill.
We are also wondering if the cats (OK, Mollipop) could manage to jump from the living room floor to that shelf. If so, then they'd probably kill themselves trying to get back off the shelf. And whatever they could knock off the shelf in the process. That could be ugly. Mollipop has already shown us that she can easily balance herself on the top of the stair railing along the end of the living room at the stairs, so it's literally a hop, skip, and a jump from the top of the railing to any shelf. And again, Mollipop could probably hop from a step on the stairs going up into the living room to a shelf above the basement door, too. I wouldn't put it past Tabby to try that as well.
Any ideas on a shelf above the front door? I saw some pictures and I really liked them. Rick is undecided. And then, there's that Molli-girl who thinks she's indestructible.
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