An important decision that needs to be made in any project that includes closet sapces has to do with the type of doors you will choose for these areas. Will the door open in? Or out? Why would you want it one way or another? Should it be a slider or a pocket door ? What are the advantages and disadvantages of one against the other?
It is important that we think about this seemingly trivial issue at the beginning of our design process rather than at the end, and that we avoid leaving it to be decided by chance or luck. Moreover, the decision might have to be done in conjunction with those decisions having to do with the design of the very interior of the closet. Once you know how the space is best organized inside the closet, you wll be able to understand better how the different door options will impact the functioning of that design. A good closet designer will be able to guide you through all these phases of the design process so that when you are done, you will feel certain that your choices are the best possible.
Some door options you might be interested in considering include Japanese Shoji Screens. Go to Fusuma, Japanese Sliding Doors at www.thejapaneseconnection.com/Glossary/fusuma_doors.htm or to Custom Japanese Shoji Screens - Shoji Designs Inc. at www.shojidesigns.com and check out how beautiful these can be.
Another good source for door possibilities can be found at ArchiExpo.comArchiExpo is a permanent virtual exhibition, connecting manufacturers and buyers in 5 languages, around the world. Its wealth of information, ease of use and unique services make it an essential tool for both professionals and enthusiasts.
I have found this site to be lots of fun and FULL of interesting ideas and cool products. When you log in, look for sliding wardrobe doors, or just sliding doors and you will be taken to pages and pages of wonderfull possibilities.
Sliding doors can be a problem in closets, because when one leaf opens, the other stays put, and you can only see half the space, losing access to the other. Well, in ArchiExpo I found 3 providers of what they call “Counter Frame Sliding Doors”: Protek, Ermetika, and Eclisse. These doors seem to be sliding, but both leaves slide toward the same side and leave the opening unobstructed, solving that problem.
For your Walk In closet, you might want to keep in mind that many door manufacturers provide doors that include full length mirrors on one or both sides of the door itself, making it unnecessary for you to have to “hang” a mirror from a beautiful door, ruinning the door in the process!
Other manufacturers I thought worth checking out in this site are Porro, Carre and Lugi. Great looking door solutions by all three!
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