The one with the Baby Nursery (Part 4 - Dutch Door)

In Part 1 of the Baby Nursery post I mentioned that we had big plans for the nursery door. 

We didn't paint it when we painted the trim and the closer door because we had plans to cut it in half and turn it into a dutch door.  That way we can keep the dog child out of the nursery but still be able to see in/out.  I got the idea from, where else but, Pinterest! Some people use just half the door as baby gates:

Here's an example of a dutch door for a nursery: 

To start, the door needed four hinges instead of three.   Dave took off the hinge in the middle and chiseled two additional slots in both the door trim and the door itself.  

He taped the door to help prevent the wood from cracking as he chiseled.  The middle blue tape is where the door will be eventually sawed in half.

Once the hinges were in and secured, Dave took the door to the table saw and made the cut.  Notice that the door is actually hollow on the inside.  Dave used small pieces of wood to fill in the hollow door.  

One of the things that Dave's sister Susan recommended that we do is install a magnetic latch thingymabob (I'm sure there is a technical name for it) so that when we only want the bottom half to swing open and closed, the top half of the door is secure to the wall.

 

He also manufactured a lip out of a small piece of wood to cover the small gap between the top and bottom of the door. Add in the new hardware...and voila! A completed dutch door!

   

Now that most of the big things in the nursery are done, it's time to add the wall decor to jazz it up!