Built-in wardrobe - sliding door options
Tui Prichard
4 years ago
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Comments (22)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....See MoreBedroom wardrobe doors
Comments (3)Oh wow these are gorgeous wardrobes!! I like your taste. I fear you may be a little like myself- champagne taste with a beer budget! All the robes pictured would be custom I suspect. Start saving! The alternative might be to get shaker 2-pac doors,some nice mouldings on the top, then stick-on a mirror inside a door....See Morefloor to ceiling built-in wardrobes wanted
Comments (3)Try Gawler Custom Joinery. Our friends used them and rave about them. We also had some work quotes from them and they were really helpful and well-priced. We didn't use them in the end because we got a better deal with our builders joiner, but I would have otherwise. They work all through Adelaide (despite being up in Gawler!). Cheers, Selina...See MoreEn-suite and walk in Wardrobe shared sliding door
Comments (17)We have the same layout as you in our 90s spec built home. We have Bunnings type cavity sliders so I imagine ours are about as cheap as you can get. They are awful - they are noisy when they slide so if one of us gets up in the night for the bathroom, we have to open the door in slow motion so as not to wake the other one up! We have them on our other wet rooms through the house and I find them not too bad acoustically but they don't screen anything in the ensuite. I would not recommend them at all. As for whether to have 1 or 2 doors, the only time I close the WIR door is when I am at my wits end haha! It's a great space for a private phone conversation but I really couldn't be bothered closing the door any other time...See Moreme me
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