which way should internal doors open?
We have a new internal door going into our open plan lounge, leading to our kitchen and I had thought that the door would open to the left (so going against the wall).
However I'm not so sure as you will generally be walking behind the sofa to get to the kitchen etc as we will create a kind of corridor effect from our layout.
Is there an obvious way it should open?? Have to decide as electrics are going in and need to know where the light switch will be, haha.
(image shows the sofa with the glass door behind it. I figured if it opens against the wall then if you wanted to get straight into the lounge area, it's easy to access?
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