Before my DH bailed, he jury-rigged a metal and glass door between the mudroom and the kitchen. He simply used a normal screen door. He just changed the hardware. Actually he took it off and was going "to get it later" so I just have a hole there, but as always, I can live with it. It's even the kind where the top glass portion slides down, so the screen can be open between the rooms. Someday, I'll put in a regular door. Why would you need kick plates, michoumonster? You never use your feet to shut them... LOL! Also, my doors aren't all that unique, actually. I love the doors like rhome has, with the 5 panels. I've found old ones at the reuse centers that even have 6 panels. To be honest and fair, my existing doors are just fine. Solid, exterior, modern 6-panel maple doors. I just don't like them. In the name of not settling, I am going with the older doors with more character. I'm even saving to have some of them dipped (I know, careful of veneers, glue, etc.) so I can fix them up without ruining them. At this point, most are lying against the living room wall. I love them, though. :) gypsy_jazz, what do you use the the guide? I'm in a position to install these doors well, so I want to explore all the options. Thank you!

Unfortunately, I will not have room for the bookcases, and the recessed entrance, which I think is stunning. I am just emulating the pocket doors and hopefully the inviting feel. This is actually a pantry within a pantry, and space is at a premium. Here's the existing space. My thinking is to 'move' Wall A up , gaining 7 inches. (Non load bearing, DH will take care of moving outlet and light). Then, add two walls in front, to house the pocket doors. We reviewed dimensions and RO is 60" wide x 45 deep. Inside, I'll have adjustable shelving on the three walls, like this, with hopefully a really pretty arrangement in the front center, so I can use glass doors to highlight as the inspiration picture does. However, instead of the pre-drilled holes/pegs, I'll use a sawtooth shelving system. More than you probably needed to know, but it helps me to talk it through! Thanks for reading and any comments appreciated as always.

Eam - I wandered off to look at other sellers, and found enduring's gorgeous pocket door with Sugatsune edge pull. For our current pocket door, I am very much used to no moving parts. Finish is stainless steel (satin). I love this but also want the pull to match the handle finish Decision made! I culled the finalists and ended up with three oval heights: 4.5, 5.9, and 7". I think I like the shortest best and have ordered it and the 7" in Polished Chrome, which matches my other hardware. Thanks all!

It’s a weird (tract home) layout. The interior laundry room dimensions don’t add up to the width of the wall between the laundry door and pantry. But there is 40” on the outside wall. But if I come in from the kitchen side, I worry about matching everything up. The pantry isn’t small- and the shelf heights work pretty well for what I do, and plan to do. I just tend to do a Costco / large grocery trip every 3 months and then weekly or every 10 days for fresh foods. (Pre-covid) and my pantry looks a little less organized as I’ve had to make do with what’s available. Also, the shelves have started to sag as I store many cans on them, so I had to move those lower to the ground. Ideally I’d have them higher for ease to grab. But that’s about 80lbs when all my boxes are full. I reuses the boxes from Costco and while it looks like I have a lot of corn, each box has different stuff. The paint on the shelves is also starting to wear from pulling in and out my flour / sugar containers and cans. One shelf (straight in) is about 26” wide and the one to the right with all the cans is about 35”. We have 10ft ceilings and I can put 3-4 more shelves above- which will help with storage. But since the lower shelves need work- I’ve been slow to add the others as I dont want to spend the time and money to add them, then need to redo the lowers. The weird corner wall- behind that is out water tank. I got a rough quote of $5500 to put in a tankless heater which would free up that space and then square it off (not included with the tankless price). I do agree my laundry room is overflowing with stuff and along with stuff I don’t use I have some things in there that should be elsewhere. I typically have 2 bins on the dryer. One for my daughters clothes and I don’t use paper towels (except for a few things- maybe 1 sheet a day) so I’m always going through my dish towels and hand towels and set them in the laundry to wash. Since putting in the shelves in my laundry room, my vacuum is no longer wall mounted so that stuff just gets thrown in there. One step forward 2 back. Absolutely getting rid of stuff is important. I have a huge kitchen, but some things are inefficient (super deep shelves that are only 10” wide under my island). I’m not necessarily looking to be able to put more stuff in, just make it more functional to use it. Whoever pointed out the added depth of the wall thank you, I didn’t know that would be the case. Overall it sounds like my area COULD be better designed, but I should audit what I’m currently doing. @KW- thanks! You commented on my master that I’m working on. My husband (who never suggests home upgrades) said “we should put a pocket door there” and I jumped on it. I’m still online shopping for ideas on that. And appreciate your input over there! And while overall I suppose it’s not a tiny laundry room, I did shoot with wide angle - and having the door off makes a big difference. I’ve since hung it back on.