How about something like this:

[Farmhouse Kitchen[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/farmhouse-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2114) by Frankford Kitchen & Bath Remodelers Edward Herman Construction

I looked into it, for the same reasons, and I couldn't find hardware to support full size doors.

In your location though, why not just use bifolds (not accordian, but bifolding)? Or, do it as drawn?

I don't want doors in my way while I am doing laundry but I want to hide the space when not in use. I really like that picture but my machines have the control panels at the back of the top so I can't run a counter above them. I suppose I meant bifold when I said accordion, I don't like those kind of doors either. I'm still really hoping there is some miracle hardware that will allow me to accomplish this.

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This post was edited by mdln on Mon, Oct 13, 14 at 23:16

Can you find a door, that you like, that weighs less than 75lbs, and no taller than 78''?

This seems to be the hardware you are looking for.

Here is a link that might be useful: Heavy duty pivot door

This post was edited by mdln on Tue, Oct 14, 14 at 10:01

I'm considering using either of these in my laundry. Not sure if I'd do an overhead or horizontal tambour or just make the doors fold back as far as possible and helpful like those below.

A really nice curtain?

I would leave the doors off. The only people who will use your garage entry are people close to you who probably wouldn't care if they saw your dirty laundry.

We ended up building our own doors to accommodate the exact size and style we wanted.

Much cheaper than buying doors and we got exactly what we wanted. Note one door is bigger than the other. The bigger door is the one I would open to use the stackable w/d. The smaller door is what I would use to access the central vac hose.

yeah, no w/d yet. Maybe for Christmas, lol.

Can't your builder make the doors?

There is the Hawa Turnaway hardware that does what you want.

If you are doing a search, try using the phrase "pivot door slides" to come up with other brands.

Here is a link that might be useful: Hawa Turnaway

I'm not sure the Turnaway system would be sufficient for standard doors. They also offer the Concepta with will work with full sized doors up to 110 lbs. but oh the prices...

Just a note--
You say you don't want (bifold) doors in your way when you are doing your laundry.

But, you do realize your laundry "closet" is (as drawn, if to scale with the machines) plenty wide? If you center your machines, the doors will not be anywhere in your way. They'll be in the "space" on either side of the machines.

I had a pass thru to the garage laundry in my old house and it was a PIA maneuvering laundry baskets thru the doors as it was. And that was without the added inconvenience of stashing the machines behind yet another set of doors. And pocket doors? Imagine trying to keep that clean! And the lost sox & dirty underwear that will inevitably get balled up and jammed back in the pocket along with (in my household) great wads of pet hair and lint.

My current laundry is in the basement and had a couple of doors to close them off from view. I say had because the doors were just another PIA that I soon removed to get them out of the way.

Your laundry location is in a private area of the house so I would not create more obstacles to being able to use them and frustrating attempts to clean the space. Instead of pricey specialty hardware, I would spend the money to get the machines painted aqua or aubergine (or whatever color makes you smile) so you'll enjoy looking at them. :-)

I'm planning on doing something along the lines of benjesbride's picture.

I have a tiny house (1000sf) and the geometry is such that I want to open the laundry space into the kitchen but I don't want the w/d to show all the time. Pocket doors seem like the solution. I have them on my Stickley TV cab.

I looked at the Hawa slides and was shocked at the price. But I think they're overkill. Their pictures always show full-size doors. I think the solution mdln gave is probably adequate. I suspect those are Accuride: they look like it and they look similar if not the actual hardware Stickley uses. The doors won't be that much bigger than the Stickley doors and the specs for these slides is way over the needed size.

I love Benjesbride's picture a lot! But I would modify it somewhat. Love the cabinet on the top; would not bother with the doors that slide out to cover the front of the W&D. I would have a nice custom made board/cover that spans the top, yet doesn't cover or block the controls, for folding clothes.

So basically, you would see the front of the machines, you would have a nice folding station, and you would have nice storage cabinet at the top to alleviate clutter on top of the machines. It would not bother me for the machines to be visible.

Just keep in mind that if you are going to run the dryer with the doors closed, you are going to either need a large gap at the bottom, a vent panel, or louvered doors.

Here is a link that might be useful: gardenweb thread on laundry closet door