At Home With T Marie : French Doors made into room divider

When we moved into our mill, I had no idea of how hard it would be to decorate with an open floor concept. Having walls in a room is so much easier I think. I just miss not having a few other walls to add a cupboard here, a few pictures there and so on.

I feel that I have done a good job at furniture placement, but just needed an extra wall to add a buffet table or something into the dining area. We had these 4 matching french doors which have plenty of glass windows to see through that I just love. I proposed to my husband that we use them on the main floor to break up the space between dining room and sitting area. He was totally all for it! He trusts my judgement as he is not the decorator.

One side of the french doors is painted black and the other side is wood. Perfect! The black side is facing the dining room. Right now he has them standing upward by using L brackets but when he has a chance we are thinking of hanging them from the beams off the floor about 2 inches instead. I can not get over how great they look! Total transformation! I love the fact that I can see into the sitting area or visa versa through the french doors. They still let the light flow freely through the whole area.

Now that the french doors are in place I need to find a great piece to have in front of the wall facing the dining room. I am thinking some sort of buffet. I would like it to be open at the bottom so that the piece of furniture will not obscure or block any light and also I do not want to see the back of a cupboard from the other side. My husband and I found the perfect piece to go there, but needs some work. Will show pics of what we have in mind later. It's going to look great I do believe. So here are a few photos of both sides of the french doors in place in the mill.

I just get so excited when we can find things we already have and use them in the Mill. Hope you like them too!