Kitchen open to rear garden through sliding glass doors and screens that slide into exterior pockets. Cathy Schwabe Architecture. Photograph by David Wakely. Contractor: Young & Burton, Inc.

Creating access to a new outdoor balcony, architect Mary Cerrone replaced the window with a full-pane glass door. The challenge of a narrow thoroughfare was overcome by implementing a sliding screen, which when opened slides into a pocket behind the refrigerator. By placing a focal point of bright color in the doorway, the room gains a feeling of greater depth, while the dying process of the wood mirrors that of the cabinetry. Door Hardware: Flat Track Series, barndoorhardware.com Photo: Adrienne DeRosa Photography © 2013 Houzz Design: Mary Cerrone

View through reconstructed hall with study/guest room on the left, entry hall and then living room beyond, living room corner to right and new courtyard. Quilt by Ellen Oppenheimer. Wood flooring and wall boards were reused from the original house. Cathy Schwabe Architecture. Photograph by David Wakely

Architectural designed kitchen features custom split level bench including lower seating area, large mirror sliding door to conceal pantry compelte walk in butler's style pantry. Extra deep custom made sinks in main kitchen and scullery, completely welded in to the stainless steel top in scullery. Bold ‘red’ glass splashbacks, dark specialised carcasses and drawer sides. Cabinet doors: ‘Oregan Pine’ Cleaf, Blum ‘Tandembox’ soft-closing drawers. Benchtop: 20mm ‘Cambrian Black’ brushed Granite with waterfall ends and low table. Mirror splashback Feature: 6 door feature side cabinet in ‘Chimney Sweep’, ‘Solitaire’ & ‘Soapstone’ Glass doors with ‘Carbon Micro’ carcasses, Door: ‘Mirastar’ feature door with ‘Exterus’ sliding door to conceal pantry. Scullery:Createc ‘Black’ gloss doors, Splashback ‘red’ glass, stainless steel 35mm bench top, shallow adjustable open pantry shelving and wine rack.

This project won in the 2013 Builders Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh Housing Excellence Award for Best Urban Renewal Renovation Project. The glass bowl was made in the glass studio owned by the owner which is adjacent to the residence. The mirror is a repurposed window. The door is repurposed from a boarding house. George Mendel

Instead of providing separate bedrooms for the two young children, we designed a single large bedroom with a sliding wall of Douglas fir. Half of the space can be configured as a playroom, with the children sleeping on the other side. The playroom can also function as a guest room. Photo by Ofer Wolberger

Designed for interior and exterior doors up to 180kg. Flugel is an extremely versatile sliding door gear system, and uses components that can be utilized in both bifolding and straight sliding door configurations. Here we show components used in straight sliding doors doors. Perfect for medium / heavy duty internal & external timber doors from 35 - 68mm thick, Flugel has a panel capacity of 180kg for straight sliding doors with a maximum panel size height of 3000mm. Manufactured in the UK using 316 Marine Grade Stainless components, it provides high corrosion resistance enabling this hardware to be specified in commercial and coastal locations alike. Max door weight 180kg Panel thickness 35-68mm Max Panel Height 3000mm For more information please contact sales@coastal-group.com

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