Door Upgrade Dilemma

last year

Hey All - i’m looking to do a hallway upgrade and am struggling to navigate the best doors for the space while still keeping everything cohesive since they are in such close proximity

Bathroom door - currently standard door, but looking to turn into a sliding door (if space allows) since my bathroom is so small already

Bedroom door- looking to keep as a standard door

Single bifold closet door - custom size so too expensive to replace but want to switch hardware and maybe add trim

Double bifold door - same as above

Does anyone have suggestions on the best look to upgrade the same but not seem extremely chaotic with all different style doors?

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JAN MOYER
last year
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Nobody can even tell what you have from the pictures. There is no such thing as a standard door. If you want the bi fold eliminated? You need header and a match to the other doors. Or you eliminate some of the storage , or build something in to take its place.

If you must keep the bifold to ceiling? Your only recourse will be totally flat face doors, No trim. Paint the base skirts to WALL color, and paint the bi fold to WALL color. You have to make something in the chaotic mix, visually disappear. Get rid of the builder boob light in the ceiling as well.

A sliding door will not work to the bath, change the swing to outward if possible. Do NOT trim the bifold. Will make it worse.
Olychick
last year
I think if you just paint the bifold doors the same color and finish as the walls, they will just kind of disappear, which is what you want with so many doors in such a small space. Depending on where in the home the bathroom door is located, a pocket door (not a barn door) of good quality and heft can provide you with plenty of privacy. If it opens into a living area, I wouldn't do that. Barn doors cannot provide sufficient privacy because there is always a gap.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
last year
No barn door for a bathroom and all flat door style and IMO all painted the same as the walls add some art to draw you eye and a much better choice for lighting All the same color hardware that you have in the rest of the house ,Waht is behind the bifolds maybe one could be removed and some nice storage type shelving insted . We really have no context as to where this is in the home even
Jenn-z9b-AZ
last year
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I would not do a slider for the bathroom. these result in a big loss of privacy. the idea to paint the folding doors the same color as the wall is a good one.
Olychick
last year
I have a good quality solid wood sliding door on one bathroom and it's every bit as private as a swing door. You don't want hollow core but a solid wood with quality hardware would be fine.
la_la Girl
last year
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Agree with above, I’d do wall paint (matte) on the doors and then replace the mirror with colorful art (and upgrade the ceiling fixture) so there are other things to draw the eye in the space