More on doors

Although we've decided to live with the eggbox sapele effect doors on built-in wardrobes, the airing cupboard door didn't look good - and even worse after we'd replaced the bedroom doors around it!  So it's now been replaced.

We've always operated with the system of closed-door=occupied for the bathroom, but I didn't want to be looking into the cloakroom every time I walk into the lounge!  We also didn't want one door to have a very different door handle.  We've installed a cabin hook out of reach of small children & Husband has set up the screws so that if we need to force the door, the ones in the architrave should give way.

We're a long way off finishing the cloakroom, but at least the grotty wooden loo seat has now been replaced with a white soft close one.

Bye Bye Egg Box Doors

The perfectly functional sapele effect eggbox doors are now in the wood-to-be-recycled skip at the tip - thanks to Mum & Dad for helping us get them there!
Instead, we have 9 oak veneered doors (FSC full CoC of course) with stainless steel furniture & heavy duty hinges.  We've owned them since December as I bought them when on offer.  I talked Phil out of fitting them himself - he is perfectly capable, but it would take him about 1 day per door with lots of swearing & frustration.  Found a chippy who gave a great quote, but his order book was full - hence only just fitted!  It took him 2 days to do all 9.
We then varnished them all with a satin clear varnish.  "We" was mostly Phil - I only managed to do 1 due to time constraints.
Very pleased with Mel & Tony's suggestion to put a glazed door on the kitchen which gives a weird dark corner in the hallway a little bit of natural light.
One more to sort out - the carpenter found out that although B&Q don't do the 2' width version, the manufacturer does, so we can get the airing cupboard done too.