apartment entrance door facing door to balcony

[myfs_159063]

Upon entrance to my apartment, the entrance door is facing the door leading to the balcony. Is this bad? Should I put some sort of divider between these 2 doors?

[Cecil Lee]

Illustration showing two options: Option A: with a partition or Option B: without a partition

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On 4/29/2014 9:43:41 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Upon entrance to my apartment,
the entrance door is facing
the door leading to the
balcony. Is this bad?
Should I put some sort
of divider between these 2
doors?

[Chi]

Hi, does the partition to block the main door and the balcony door need to be solid wood or can i use a glass partition? Thank you! 

[Cecil Lee]

2 hours ago, Chi said:

Hi, does the partition to block the main door and the balcony door need to be solid wood or can i use a glass partition? Thank you! 

These are some considerations:

1. Not compulsory to be air-tight. For two common sense reasons:-

1.1. Often, if solid, blocks light to the front door especially if is already in a dim area.

1.2. In some situations, hamper the view to the front door. A half-height cabinet is fine or okay. 

1.2.1. For example, if one's child wonders towards the door area... or a stranger stands quietly at the front door or someone trying t meddle with the lock... one may not be aware of it.

2. Often Glass partition is highly reflective. Unless it is sand-blasted or opaque. There are times when someone enters the house and gets a shock of seeing one's shadow looking back at us.

3. These are some of the considerations.