barn door

one of the coolest features of the new place is that there is a barn door that divides the living space from the work space. it is inspired by rooms like this and this.

it is not an original feature, but its addition that didn't seem to bother the historical commission much to our surprise.

we've gone back and forth on what it should look like.



traditional?



unexpected?  we saw this one recently in a huge empty warehouse on one of our fruitless craigslist adventures. it even has "st. louis fire door co." imprinted on it.


instead, we went a different direction.

the three glass panels were included, not only to let in light from the south-facing luminous box , but to mimic the store front windows. 

i think they also manage to look a lot like our doors.




i don't know how we ended up with cream-colored hardware but that's what the track and both handles look like. we're going to spray paint the handles black and paint the track white to make it disappear.