Sliding Mirror Doors For Closets And Wardrobes
The use of mirrors in the home is something that you either think of in
very practical terms, such as shaving or brushing your hair, or see as both practical and an
important part of your décor.
With clever use, glass mirrors can become far more than an ordinary
piece of décor. The way mirrors react with light and its reflections can add another dimension
to a bedroom, bathroom and closet; it can also deceive the senses into believing the room is
bigger than it is. It makes sense, therefore, to use mirrors both for practical and design or
decorative purposes.
Clothes and mirrors go together; for putting on a tie, checking that a
new dress is alright to wear out one evening, or that an old dress is still fit to be seen in
public. That is why sliding mirror doors are so popular for wardrobes and closets.
They come in two basic types: bypass and bifold closet doors. A bifold door is one that folds
in on itself as it slides to open, whereas a bypass or bypass door is one whereby one door will
slide in front of the other. The problem with the bypass door style is that only half the wardrobe
or closet is visible at one time. With
bifold closet doors,
the doors fold on themselves and expose all, or virtually all, of the clothing storage space.
An example of a bypass door is a Home Decor Innov 24-8003 Series 4050 Steel
Framed Mirrored Bipass Door which sells for about $70. These sliding mirror doors
are competitively priced, and offer modern design at a sensible price. It has single wheel rollers
and bottom guides that snap in. They can be bought in Mayan Gold or white, and the finished
opening is 71 inches by 80.5 inches.
Also from Home Décor Innove are the Home Decor Innov 24-8108 Series 4760
Steel Frameless Mirrored Bipass Door at about $190. These are frameless, have large bottom rollers,
and have an anti-jump feature which could prevent any of those horrible moments when the
sliding closet door
jumps off its tracks and into your unsuspecting arms!
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