Monthly Spread with Dutch door/extended spread

This month's spread combines some features mentioned here before. The ultra-streamlined monthly spread with habit tracker is combined with the small Calendar printout, and this month a new feature is introduced: the Dutch door.

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The Dutch door has some variants which include cutting out a portion of the page. In this ultra-streamlined style, the door need not be cut. It serves as an extension of the page spread.

Making the door

This Dutch door is as simple as it gets: fold one page in half along the vertical center, into the binding.

With the door, the spread now uses three pages instead of two. But in page turning and numbering it still acts like only two.

Using the door

This particular photo shows the Dutch door featured in a monthly module. It can extend both pages of the spread independently. On one side the door extends the calendar from the left page, hosting the habit tracker on the right. But from the right page, the door extends anything else. Perhaps I want a monthly list of some kind. Or it could contain a small calendar printout for the previous and following months. I may end up splitting my habit tracker and use the other side of the door as a wellness tracker.

I might even use the interior of the door. It would be a great place to keep a monthly expenses log or general budget.

These examples can easily transfer to a weekly spread, or weekly spending log, etc. What other ideas do you have for using the Dutch door? Comment here.

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