SLIDING CLOSET DOORS IDEAS

When it comes to closets in smaller areas, sometimes you need a door that doesn't take up space when it opens out. For this type of situation you would want to take a look at all the sliding closet doors you can find to see if any of them do the job.

You might also want this type of closet door if there is some furniture in the way or you don't like the fact that when the door swings open it covers part of the wall or a picture. This is one of the popular closet design ideas because of the space it saves.

It turns out that sliding closet doors are not that easy to find anymore even though there are two kinds. The first is the more rare version where the door disappears into the wall (this can also be called a pocket sliding door). This type of door is much harder to install and usually should be done by a professional. Your task will be to make sure that the area where the door will slide into doesn't have any cables or electrical wiring that will get in the way.

The more common sliding door is the kind where one door slides behind the other. The tracks need to be laid out perfectly and these kind of doors come in standard sizes so your closets need to be constructed that way if you are going to buy the doors in a store. You can have them custom made if you like and if you can find a store that will do that for you. You will need to have tracks at the top and bottom of the sliding closet doors and they need to be aligned perfectly or the doors won't glide smoothly. This is the hardest part of sliding doors: getting the rails and tracks aligned so that everything works in perfect unison.

LINEN CLOSET IDEAS

Is your linen closet a mess of scraggly looking washcloths, worn towels, and sheets that have been used since the 80's? If so, you need to go out and get new sets of everything and then fix up your linen closet so that everything looks new, neat, and clean. Here are some linen closet ideas you might think about doing after you come home with your new stash of linens:

1) You should organize your linens by what they are for and also for what rooms they are for. For instance, all the master bedroom linens might be in one place and all the guest room linens in another.

2) You should have a separate set of linens for your guests so that you are using your own linens and never have to use something someone else has used.

3) Put the linens that you use least often on the highest shelf. These might include linens that you use for different seasons and even antique linens. Since you rarely use these, they should be wrapped in cellophane to protect them from dust and fading.

4) Don't stack towels and sheets too high. Make everything in your linen closet neat and easily accessible.

5) Use baskets at the bottom on the floor to store miscellaneous items such as bathroom essentials and anything else you might need for restocking guest rooms and bathrooms. You don't need any special closet design ideas for your linen closet other than keep things simple, organized, and ready to use in a closet that is upstairs and close to the bedrooms.