Entryway help?
dlquinn1
10 years ago
The inspiration: In many Japanese houses the entryway is lower than the rest of the room. It traps dirt walked into the house & serves as a place to take shoes off.
Constraints: Currently we have tiles and carpet at entry height but are planning to rip up the carpet & replace with bamboo flooring. The doorways off of the great room would have a small step up, but as neither of us are over average height I don't think this would be a problem and we don't plan on selling the house. Does anyone have any tips on raising the floor 1-2 inches? Do you think the extra 1-2" would cause a problem? The other option would be to install the underlay & bamboo at normal height, rip up the tiles & replace with something like linoleum/vinyl directly onto the cement. This would create approx. a 1.2cm step up.
We'd also like to buy/build a narrow staircase-shaped storage unit to put next to the doorway as both a way to use that space between the door & the wall and to serve as climbing furniture for the cats. It would either be a dark timber colour or white. Do you have any thoughts on this?
Constraints: Currently we have tiles and carpet at entry height but are planning to rip up the carpet & replace with bamboo flooring. The doorways off of the great room would have a small step up, but as neither of us are over average height I don't think this would be a problem and we don't plan on selling the house. Does anyone have any tips on raising the floor 1-2 inches? Do you think the extra 1-2" would cause a problem? The other option would be to install the underlay & bamboo at normal height, rip up the tiles & replace with something like linoleum/vinyl directly onto the cement. This would create approx. a 1.2cm step up.
We'd also like to buy/build a narrow staircase-shaped storage unit to put next to the doorway as both a way to use that space between the door & the wall and to serve as climbing furniture for the cats. It would either be a dark timber colour or white. Do you have any thoughts on this?
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