Are you thinking about ways you can create more storage space in your home or bedroom? Or are you wondering – what the difference is between a traditional hinged-door wardrobe and a modern, sleek wardrobe with sliding doors? This article will cover all the considerations you need to make when deciding why you should choose one option over the other and the benefits you will see with sliding-door options.
Explore the views of the Deane Design Director, Anne Huntington, on why wardrobes with sliding doors are the perfect choice for any home or property and the possibilities available to you when working with a trusted supplier like Deane Interiors.
Pure White Glass in a Metro sliding door – coloured laquer glass brings light without true all revealing reflection
Considerations When Choosing A Wardrobe With Sliding Doors
When looking to implement a wardrobe with sliding doors, the possibilities are virtually endless. For example, you may consider installing a pure white glass door design with a Metro sliding doorcoloured lacquer glass, bringing light without a true all-revealing reflection. The top factors to consider when choosing the perfect design for you include:
Budget – If you’re looking for a more cost-effective solution, a basic range sliding wardrobe with an aluminium frame and mirror panels may be more suited to your budget, coming with a more affordable price range. Additionally, as the choices for door panels get more intricate and bespoke, the cost margin may widen. This is why we have worked hard to deliver options catering to all price ranges.
Modify, Change, Bespoke – If you have set ideas on what you want in a wardrobe with sliding doors but can’t find what you want, then choosing a provider with the capability to completely modify, change, and create a bespoke design for you is vital.
At Deanes, a world of choices and options are available to you, allowing you to really tailor your wardrobes to match their surroundings or your individuality. Although there are some practical considerations, it’s easier to start with an idea you can explore rather than asking for the available choices because there are so many.
What You Want, When You Want You might love an expensive cow skin rug and want to echo that within your wardrobe doors, which is possible with the help of our expert design team. Do you want a leather look and feel? No problem. Which colour would you like? Velvety animal feel? Try our sumptuous Reggae material.
You can even have wallpaper integrated into the door panel or a printed image, of-say, your favourite place on the planet or your family.
Mirror, Mirror Customers are often surprised that mirror panels are the cheapest way to bring a huge amount of storage within a whole wall wardrobe. At Deanes, we have a price grid for all our wardrobes with sliding door design options, and to get your copy, ask our in-store designer, Chloe, to email it to you with the sliding door brochure.
Light and Bright Apart from mirrors, the rainbow of glass colours available, from bright, pure white to starlight glittery black, gives light reflectance that’s not mirrored. The new shades of grey and muted taupes come with both matte satin and shiny surfaces to blend with your scheme.
As our Deane designers are also interior designers, you will get lots of advice on your choices without a hard sell. No doubt sliding wardrobes, with their floor-to-ceiling panels, give a sleeker and less fussy look than a parade of smaller doors, delivering clean lines.
Storage Space
The storage space behind the doors is the same whether hinged or sliding, so the considerations for which doors are better suited to your needs include;
- Personal choice
- The age/style of your home
- Floorspace
- Room size
The storage space behind the doors is the same whether hinged or sliding, so the considerations for which doors to select are;
The location within the house is a critical determining factor as to whether we can transport big doors up your winding stairs or around a tight corner on the landing of a loft space. If not, hinged doors, which are narrower, are the answer. Additionally, for small or reduced-width bedrooms, the end of your bed might not allow for a hinged door to open, like in this situation where the space just didn’t allow for a TV bed!
For those who don’t want to have a plethora of choices to make, there are many standard-priced options in our showroom. Please pay us a visit for hassle-free advice and inspiration, or contact our team to discuss our wardrobes with sliding door capabilities.
