I wouldn't do an accent on this wall. There is enough going on. Blend with wall. If you want noise control do a solid door that matches other doors in the house. That way it will look intentional and not a "add on". Looks like a really pretty home!

Hi, Nicole--

For pass-thru openings like this, I always try to use either French doors or butler doors that can be flexed open to allow easy passage. I like to use them most in openings between kitchens into dining rooms that can't for one reason or another accommodate sliding pocket doors. Cheers!

Here is another angle, the only reason I was shying away from a French door is because there are already two sets of French doors in the room

You don't really have room for a French Door, but a single panel glass door would be fine, IF you have room for it to swing into the next room?? I would duplicate the look of the French doors with a single door. That would look more intentional and original.

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I would do a glass pane door painted the color of your trim.

I would do a stained wood door, since you appear to have a slightly Spanish style home.

My first instinct was to just match the trim and doors throughout, but if you are installing dark brown wood shelves to the right of the fireplace, it might be nice to balance that with a similarly dark wood door on the left. Hard to judge without having a clearer idea of what you have in mind for the shelves.

Lupins, that isn't an arched opening to the right of the fireplace, it's a mirror. I would have been fooled too if I hadn't remembered the comment about installing shelving there. Actually, I was fooled, since I thought, "Why is she planning to install shelving in front of that doorway?"

Yes, we did think about a curved door but it’s quite a bit more expensive to get a custom door and we plan to get rid of the arches and square them off.

I can’t imagine getting rid of those arches, but to each their own. Maybe you could do an arched transom above a glass door, either single or French. Then the door can be a regular sized door and coordinate with your double doors to the left.

The arches add a lot of charm and character. It would be a shame to lose them. I would photoshop squared off doors to see if you are happy with the change.

You should consider adding Frech doors - they match the overall style of your home, look amazing and allow easy access from one room to the other.

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Glass door, painted same as trim so not to be a distraction. HUGE mistake to lose the arches. If the door is SOLID, it will be a point of interest. People will spend a lot of time wondering what/who is behind the door. The book shelf also can be done with the arch preserved, and again I think the view through a glass door will balance against a book shelf better than a solid. It would be similar to doing nothing to the left side which would make the room feel like it lists to the right.

Hmm okay we will have to look for a rounded top door.