We headed to the home depot and picked up a pair of 60 in.
French doors with transom window.
We decided to install off the shelf french doors and build a custom transom window to fill the space above.
A transom over a double door better visually connects the two rooms and shares light between the two.
Double doors are often used for room transitions so adjoining rooms can occasionally be closed off from one another.
The pattern or design of the muntins for the transom usually does not align with the muntin bars or stiles of the doors below.
The first step we took was to prep the opening for the doors.
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The french doors we used required a 62 in.
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