I wouldn’t mind tearing up the existing walls if it meant not having to grind up the concrete foundation to keep a 36" opening. The fridge I bought had to be brought down those stairs so getting it out will probably require going back up them lol.

I think tearing out the wall on the left would be ideal and then building the door jamb into the wall to keep it a 36" opening would be the best option.

Thanks!

I’ll probably take out the red part and expand the door jamb to fill the green section

I was wondering if it would be possible to basically build the door jamb into the walls on either side, so when on the stair side you basically just see drywall butting up to a closed door instead of having trim around it. Not sure if that would look silly though, but it’s not like anyone ever really has to look at it unless they’re hanging out on the landing for some reason.

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Here’s a photo of the area