opening a doorway- To trim or not to trim?

8 years ago

Hello we are planning to open this doorway in our kitchen to our dining room about 16 to 18 inches. I am looking for suggestions on how to finish the edges of the doorway? We thought about removing the trim all together so that we could open it wider with the limited space we have and I figured maybe we would arch the doorway but it seems easier to keep the trim. And on the dining room side the we actually like the trim. Does anyone know if is totally weird to have trim on the dining room side and no trim on the kitchen side? Or is it possible to just basically start the trim from the top of the counter top?

So guess here are my options.
1. Remove all trim arch doorway
2. Have the trim only about an inch thick along the cabinet and then start the full 4” trim at the top of the counter and keep a longer version of the header.

Any other ideas?

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Beth H. :

8 years ago

you may have to go w/a thinner trim. unless you can squeeze it in. I don't like the idea of cutting it below the counter.

it should look like these

or,,leave it with no molding and just finish it like they've done here

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Comments (9)

kootenaycapable
8 years ago
I vote for option 2
Bev
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
I also vote for option 2! That is similar to how the doorway between my kitchen and dining room is trimmed out and I really like it.
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Doug Crites
Original Author
8 years ago
Has anyone every know to have trim on one side (the dinning room) but not the other the kitchen??
Judy Mishkin
8 years ago
we had that in our previous home. here's the problem, if you have sheetrock to the opening, you have sheetrock in the opening itself... and then you have to have baseboard going through the opening, and then its weird on the trimmed side. hoping someone can make a better suggestion than what was done to our house.
Judy Mishkin
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
(are you redoing kitchen layout? i'd not like to loose that space to the right of your stove. honestly i'd leave the doorway as is, its handsome, its right for the house. you'll have to fix the flooring on both sides...open schmopin. )
Doug Crites
Original Author
8 years ago
We are redoing the kitchen & trying to open the doorway some how for a better visual into the dinning room. We bought that 12 inch cabinet next to the stove but have considered switching it out for a 9 just to gain a little more space. Another option could be recreated a smaller version of the pony wall between the dinning room/family room for between the dinning room/kitchen?? Any ideas on that???
Doug Crites
Original Author
8 years ago
Pony wall
Doug Crites
Original Author
8 years ago
View into dinning room