



Should I preserve this arch at the cost of having a very narrow hallway?
This is in a Brooklyn brownstone. This would be in the master bedroom. If we preserve it, the upper floor hallway would only be about 29” wide (for floor plan reasons). Otherwise we’d have a 36” hallway. I’m very torn about this! Last photo is another house on the block with the same design - they decided to keep their arch so something like that is what we’d have.
EDIT: here is a link (https://imgur.com/a/ne506WQ) with floor plans and such, including our drawings of different alternatives. Also a photo of a house interior hallway on the same block that would be the same width as our hallway if we keep the arch. Keep in mind that we’d like a side ‘hotel style’ entrance for the en suite bathroom which is also affecting our decision a bit. I’ve also added a photo of an original (I think) fireplace that would be in our master bedroom but that the architect says we should get rid of because it messes with the placement of the furniture. Any thoughts as to how to keep it without it being awkward? Its placement is in the floor plan pictures.