Such a good picture. The gap under the door must be huge though for a phone to pass through.
If at all possible, don’t put drawers and doors in places were they can block each other like this. If space is limited and there was no other choice, so be it, but otherwise it’s the owner’s fault.
Man these kitties are adorable!
If space is limited and there was no other choice
I think there’s always a choice to just not have drawers there. Like, literally just choose to have the door sweep clear. Even if you moved into that house, you can even just remove the drawer completely.
Had this same thing happen to me in a very small apartment. Not everyone has an option to remodel or choose an apartment big enough for this not to be an issue. Sometimes you’re just stuck with a shitty design.
I agree. However, they do make kid safety stuff that prevents drawers from being opened, which might prevent this. Problem with cats is that you won’t know you need something until after the first time this happens.
The one we like is basically two pieces of plastic secured to a surface using command strips with a ratcheting strip connecting them. Not too expensive, removable, no holes left behind, easy to install and use.
I’d remove the drawer while living there and put it back when moving out
And potentially not have storage in the bathroom?
I have a bathroom so small the door has to open outward into the hallway. If I can deal with it, so can you.
Same, I call it my Secret Poop Closet
Isn’t that the default? I’ve never seen a bathroom door open into the bathroom.
No, doors pretty much always default to opening into rooms if they’re big enough.
Yeah, that’s what pedestal sinks are for.
The angle looks like they must have taken the photo from the outside of the bathroom door, under a gap beneath the door. Took me a minute to figure out how they could get that angle with their phone under the door.
I think the phone is laying flat on the ground, looking up. That grill you see is in the ceiling.
Ohhh that makes sense. The kitties are looking down at it
This pic is classic 🤣
I’ll remember that next time I’m building my own house on the great frontier, grandpa.
The gap under the door must be huge though for a phone to pass through.
It is flat on the floor looking up, only needs a centimeter or so gap for most phones taking a pic in selfie mode.
Yup. That’s a lot IMO.
A dog would never do this
As the owner of a dog that might have dimentia, I can tell you with absolute certainty that a dog would, in fact, do this.
This seems like a fatal bathroom design flaw. Imagine having a shower, opening that drawer and then having a medical emergency such as a heart attack…
In light of that, the bigger problem is that the door here opens into the bathroom. If a person collapses up against that door - especially if they are of the larger persuasion - you’re not getting them out.
That’s normal, though. Interior doors nearly always open into a room.
I had mine re-hung outwards because most UK bathrooms are tiny.
Gaver you never seen an outwards opening door?
In my experience, it’s rare in North America for the bathroom or any rooms door to open outward, unless it’s a closet. Most houses are designed with a straight, narrow, central hallway. Any door opening out presents a risk to anyone walking down the hallway, so closets are the exception. Bathrooms usually open out if they are too small to open inward.
However, never have I seen one designed like this. Doors usually are in a spot where nothing can obstruct them, and they are off to the side or end of a room where drawers and people using the room are unlikely to be near, so the likelyhood of a person blocking the door is low, much less a drawer built into the cabinet. This looks like one of those designs where an original two storey house was cut into two units by a do-it-yourselfer that didn’t care about the result because they wouldn’t be the one living in their disaster.
A cat would never design such a shit drawer placement
Had a cat do that once.
We replaced the door handle that day because of was the old type you couldn’t easily open from the outside.
Menace cat. Loved him.
So the cats were in the bathroom, with no one else inside, with the door closed? Cats are flexible sure but I’ve never seen one get under a door jamb.
Cats are liquid and stealthy. I used to close the door on mine all the time. Wouldn’t know it until about an hour later, and they were howling.
If nothing else my cats have forced me to get creative about cat proofing things
