front entry door facing long hallway, any suggestions?

10 years ago

We do addtions and remodel our old 50's ranch style home. This is the current desgin . The front door faces to the long hallway. How about move the front door in the middle and two window at both side( maybe not enough length for a bay window) . The other opiton is to keep current design , add a decorative screen panel in front of the entry door to block the view, this is just my idea, don't where i can buy those kind of screen panel, will it looks weired in the middle of the living room just for blocking views. Any other suggestions are more than welcome!
Also like get suggestions for furniture placement for the living room, where should we put the TV?

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bpath
10 years ago
It's hard to tell from yr picture where the hall bath ends. If it ends behind the toilet, with a nook on the other side, then I think if you just take out the stub of a wall and place a nice sideboard there instead, the hallway will shorten by a few feet. That would also be handy for coming and going in the garage, a place for keys, outgoing mail, etc. and provide a focal point for the eye, instead of the hallway.

Unless you make major interior changes, that hallway will still be there. Solatubes, even just one in the middle of the hall, can make it feel much more open. An attractive runner on the floor gives it a sense of a room.

Eta: you could also put a small solatube in the windowless hall bath.

This post was edited by bpathome on Sat, Oct 4, 14 at 13:14
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bpath
10 years ago
Looking at it on a different screen, I do see the bathroom where the bathroom ends, so never mind about taking out the short walls. The rest of my suggestions stay the same.

But here's a question: do you use that 4th bedroom as a bedroom or as a study? And do you need a shower in that bath?

If you don't need the shower, take it out and push the bathroom doorway/wall,in a bit and case the opening. when you look down the hall it will make it look like it's not so long, it'll look like there's another destination, and will give the hall bath a bit more privacy,

If you use the room as a bedroom or guest room/study, can you flip the bathroom so it opens from the bedroom? And still put in the solatubes?
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faithleaf
Original Author
10 years ago
yes, we will use it as a guest room. both of our parents will come to visit us from oversea. we need the 4th bedroom although maybe just couple months in a year. Will install solatubes in the hall bath , but not sure a skylight in a hallway or just same type solatube, anyone has ideas about cost for a solatube?
thanks
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bpath
10 years ago
Solatubes are less expensive than a skylight because no framing is involved, and you can add a light kit inside it, too. I had 3 in my last house, one in an interior bathroom (with an exhaust fan incorporated), one with a light in the upstairs hall, and one with a light over the stairwell.

Definitely consider rotating the bathroom for your visitors! They will appreciate it. Our guest bath is through a study/guest room on the first floor, too.
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