When I mentioned to my friends we were replacing the doors in our master ensuite area with barn doors I got a lot of blank stares. These people have seen our bedroom and I’m sure they were wondering how barn doors fit in with our decor. That’s why we built our own modern barn doors.
I guess when someone hears the term barn door they visualize either actual sliding doors on a barn large enough to accommodate tractors or farm animals or, if they are current on their design trends, they think of a rustic door in a farmhouse or loft apartment.
But obviously, what I should have described to them was a modern/transitional interpretation of a sliding door. Doors that provide practical and beautiful solutions to ill-planned or dated home design.
One of the things I’ve always disliked about our “new” home was the awkward bi-folding doors leading into the master closets and bathroom area. Not only did they create a lot of noise, the gap in the middle of the doors when closed, never felt very private, now I’m not saying I don’t like bi-folding doors as that’s just not the case in fact we’re considering replacing our patio doors with some stunning glass bi-folding doors from Discover Air, it’s just the wooden bi-folding doors into our closet and bathroom that I don’t like and I’m sure you’d agree if you had to live with them.
And to make matters worse, just beyond this clumsy opening are our “his and hers” closets, each with doors that used to swing into the closet space. This arrangement greatly reduced the functionality of the available space. The only way to access the items behind the door was to go in and close the door behind you. It really needed something like doors san diego to help make the room a little more secure and private.
After many months of living life as a closet slob, because of inadequate storage, and hearing the annoying clang of those doors each morning, I was determined to find a solution.
Ideally, the closets should have been built with pocket doors, but to retrofit a pocket door is quite an undertaking. We realized that a barn door or sliding door was our solution. But we also realized that the style of our home is more traditional and a rustic barn door is just not in step with the architecture of the home, nor in keeping with the style of our bedroom.
Now, don’t get me wrong. I love a good rustic barn door. I particularly like the more streamlined hardware on this one.
And if I were to move to a rustic farmhouse, or beach house or lake house for that matter, I’d be all over a true to form barn door or even one made from reclaimed wood.
The resulting space is remarkably clean and open. It’s amazing how removing doors with hinges gives you so much room. It feels so grand to walk through this little hallway now. I just love how this has completely transformed this space!
The resulting space is remarkably clean and open. It’s amazing how removing doors with hinges gives you so much room. It feels so grand to walk through this little hallway now. I just love how this has completely transformed this space!
Functionally, the modern sliding barn entry way doors achieved the goal of a quiet, less cumbersome, entry into the ensuite and happily more space in our closets! It also facilitated an amazing makeover to our small closets. You can see the “her closet” here and the “his closet” here.
Source: deeplysouthernhome.com
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