The Anti Door

The house in which I live is tiny, to put it mildly.  We have a large living area right off of a good size eat-in kitchen, but other than that, there are only a couple rooms that lead off this central area. The two main doorways lead to the master bedroom and the basement, and of course they are immediately beside each other. 

Don’t ask me why, but when we were heavily renovating this tiny precious house, I hated the idea of having two big, blank doors side by side, so we did a litte something special for the basement door.  Rather than the typical flat or raised pannel door, we chose to construct a swinging shelving unit that has served to give us more surface space for accessories and necessities. As well as being completely functional, the unit never fails to astound new comers when it is revealed to be a door…although it leads only to a dungeon-like basement rather than a secret passageway  or parallel universe. 

The unit was fairly easy to construct, starting with a basic gate-construction, then attaching shelves and sides. Big gate hinges attach it to the doorway, and two wheels support it on the bottom, although the hinges alone would probably suffice. In a house this little, I thank my lucky stars that we decided to get a little creative with that doorway—anything to give us just a little more surface space! 

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[Georgi]

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