Door dilemma

We are renovating our brownstone front vestibule area. Currently, there are two sets of doors, the exterior front doors (double doors) which appear to be original, and a set of cheap interior French doors the previous owners put in. The exterior front doors are normal height with a transom above. We are getting rid of the cheap interior vestibule French doors and getting mahogany doors made but can’t figure out if we should keep a transom above or remove the transom and do tall curved doors the size of the opening (~10ft). We are leaning toward tall curved doors but will it look odd if the interior doors don’t match the exterior (ie: the exterior has a transom and interior is full height of the door opening)?
Thanks!

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chemosphere | 7 years and 5 months ago

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My house has transoms over both the entry door and the vestibule door. It’s a 1909 brick row house. The transom over the entry door has the house number written out in gold script. Ceilings are 9 ft 9 inches.

bklynbabe | 7 years and 5 months ago

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You have to think of how the door will look when viewed from the outside., with perhaps a light on in the hallway.

Like you Bob I have not seen many transoms over the vestibule entry door.

Has Jen tried approaching a neighbor in their row of houses to find someone who had the original door arrangement?

RobertGMarvin

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I think whatever aesthetic choice you make will be fine. FWIW I have the original inner and outer doors in my 1899 house, The outer double doors have a transom; the single heavily carved inner dor id full height with no transom. Actually, I don’t recall ever seeong a transom on an inner door, but that might just be a memory lapse on my part.