Saving Space in Your Plano Home With Barn Doors
If you have a small Plano home, or perhaps just a small room or two, you may consider adding barn doors to save on space. When traditional swing doors threaten to cramp your room, try barn doors for their unique aesthetics and functionality. These statement pieces really open up floor space with tight rooms.
And because the farmhouse trend is still quite popular these days, you can’t go wrong with this door style in Plano, home to 293,000 people, many Fortune 1000 companies, and 10,000 businesses, according to the Plano Chamber of Commerce.
This ninth largest city in Texas has many diverse neighborhoods with lots of different home styles. If you have a smaller home, such as a ranch, you may benefit from barn doors. These versatile space-saving solutions can be used instead of traditional swinging doors in any room. Add a mounted barn door to your kitchen pantry, guestroom or playroom, for example.
It’s time you reclaimed valuable wall space and square footage. In fact, sliding barn doors may add up to 14 sq ft of floor space. The absence of a swing door allows for more flexible furniture arrangement while adding extra space for shelves or seating areas.
Creative Ways to Use a Barn Door in Plano
On top of the space savings, here are some great ways to utilize barn doors throughout your Plano home.
Conceal a Pantry
Looking to hide a messy kitchen pantry? Use a chalkboard barn door where you can write out your weekly menus, grocery lists, to-do’s, reminders, and more. Chalkboard theme barn doors are also perfect for kids’ bedrooms and playrooms.
Hide a Bathroom
If you have a half bath and you’re short on space, add a barn door to open up the area.
Mask Laundry Supplies
Who says you need a full-sized barn door for it to be useful? You may want to consider a cute mini-barn door in your laundry room to conceal washer-dryer units, trash cans, racks, laundry supplies and detergent. Your guests don’t need to see all that!
Add Mirrors to It
A mirrored barn door can be a great alternative to a traditional bathroom or closet door. Not only will the room look bigger, it will save you the space you would have had to sacrifice with an additional hanging mirror.
Hide Storage
Use sliding barn doors to conceal your storage spaces in narrow hallways or entryways. This way, you can hide your cluttered closets or utility areas such as bike and sporting equipment storage.
Make Shutters
Your barn door doesn’t have to stay all in one piece. You can cut it up into several small pieces to create beautifully-crafted and unique interior shutters. Just attach hinges and decorative cut-outs and voila – you have a window covering worthy of conversation.
Showcase Wall Art
Use barn doors as gallery walls to display an eclectic collection of artwork and photographs.
Contact Dallas Door Designs
Need more inspiration on adding barn doors to your Plano home? Browse our online selection, then contact us in Plano for your free estimate.