Sliding Door Wardrobes

A sliding-door wardrobe saves the floor space that a hinged-door wardrobe needs to swing open, which makes it the practical pick for narrow bedrooms or where the bed sits close to the wardrobe wall. Standard sliding-door wardrobes run 200-300cm wide, 200-220cm tall, and 60-65cm deep. Cheap Furniture Warehouse, Cherry Lane Garden Centres and Choice Furniture Superstore between them cover £68-£3,519 across the range. The track mechanism is what separates the long-life wardrobe from the one that drags within 18 months. Top-hung tracks (door hangs from a metal rail at the top) glide smoothly; bottom-rolling tracks (door rests on wheels in a bottom rail) catch dust and stick. Mirrored sliding doors double as a bedroom mirror and visually expand small rooms. Most sliding-door wardrobes need at least 30cm clearance in front of the doors to walk past comfortably; allow this when planning the room layout.