Hinged.

Hate mirrored doors with a passion!

I prefer sliders if its a wide opening such as wider than 2 x 820. Otherwise I prefer hinged if less than 2 x 820.

Prefer hinged as it gives full access to the robe, sliding though seems to be the most common for new homes regardless of the width.

If the width is OK for 4 sliding doors they can work while.

At the place we are renting at the moment the wardrobe only ha 2 sliders and the thing you want always seems to be in the middle where you can't get it easily.

Sliding due to space restrictions. Note, sliding doors in general are better for ageing in place.

I don't understand why sliding would make a difference to space, access is required for either option. How would sliding be better for ageing?

If one had the space for walk in robe that would seem to be the most ideal option for the older or infirm population.

we've got sliding due to necessity not taste lol no room to swing a cat let alone hinged doors ..would love to have hinged doors looks better..though the barn doors sliders are not bad if only we have the room

Well I guess if a wheelchair was in use then either could be a problem. May need to consider the walk/roll in as the most accessible with cavity slider or no door.

Re the original question mirror doors are considered a no no in Feng Shui in a bedroom.

No. There are standards for disabled design. They have been around for decades.

So if you were in wheel chair then you would not consider being able to roll inside the robe was the most accessible?

Not everyone has that kind of space.

Our bedrooms are so tiny that I fitted mirrors on the wardrobe doors to give the illusion of space. It has made a huge difference, especially as the usual method, of putting the mirror inside the doors, was unworkable because of lack of space. In the guest room too it improves the light. The doors are not sliding, though I did consider it. But they can only slide in twos in the guest room, while hinged doors give you the full width to get at. I agree that somehow sliding wardrobe doors always seem to cover something you want to get at. Also here they need to be lockable, and that's not easy to do with sliding. So they are hinged.

This is not a house for wheelchairs, the configuration is too limited and it would be a major job even to get a bathroom wheelchair accessible. The tiny bathrooms don't have enough wall space to allow for wider doors, even if I wanted it. Fortunately being tiny they are just fine for seniors needing some support: I am about to install shower grabs but everywhere else there is something to hold onto. No room for a sliding door there either.

The guest room door and the kitchen door are sliding, again because the house is tiny and hinged doors get in the way. Only the master bedroom has a hinged door, but it goes back against the wall...there is a 6" deep space between it and the wall, and I filled it with a floor to ceiling rack of cds. The door hides it, for the most part. The guest room door slides behind a chair, the kitchen door alongside the fridge.

I'm not a fan of feng shui. But if a client insists then I try to make designs feng shui compliant. Or vastu compliant - this is the Indian version of feng shui. However I do put a small mirror on any wall enclosing a void, like a lift shaft, because a friend insisted. It's no big deal and it makes her happy.

most time fengshui is practical stuff..like never buy a house at a t intersection because if the driver was drunk they will plow into your house..

or buy a house lower than the roads as then when it floods your house will cark all the overflow etc

inside is the same ..no rabbit warrens..natural light..etc exudes happiness ..warmth..happy /good energy

I am feng shui practitioner, mirrors in bedroom are not advisable and should be avoided, best hidden behind a hinged door. www.anthonyashworth.com

We love our hinged doors. Can get to everything.