We have full folding bifold doors in our bathroom and love them! Our contractor replaced the frosted glass inserts with new lami glass inserts, replaced the Baldwin chrome hinges/pulls with new Baldwin brushed nickel hinges/pulls, and installed new Richelieu piano hinges between the slab doors. He then refinished and repainted the doors. We considered replacing our doors with new doors, but the quotes we got were crazy expensive!! We're still under construction so haven't installed the doors yet. Meanwhile attached are photos of original doors before we started our remodel.

It's a matter of personal preference. For me, we had bi-fold doors in our last house and I hated them for the closets at that house. If you have bi-folds make sure that the closets/pantry are deep enough so that nothing in the closet/pantry will be touching the doors as stuff will get stuck in the doors, the doors won't close, etc. If I were to use bi-folds again, I'd make sure that clothes closets were at least 30" deep. At my old house, the closets were only 24" deep and that was a problem--we live in Wisconsin and the sleeves on winter jackets were always getting stuck in the doors. Also, at our old house there was a bi-fold on the linen closet and the door opening was, I think, only 24" wide. The bi-fold door took up at least 6" when open which reduced the useable access to only 18" or less which didn't always work out so well. We have all walk in closets in our new house except for the coat closet by the front door. Instead of using bifolds, we used double regular swinging doors that swing outward and I really like that set up a lot better than bifolds.

Thank you so much. That's it, although the color and shape are not exactly what I am looking for. It helps a lot.. Now, how do I take off the pin still stuck in the door. I don't know what in the world the previous homeowner could lose the disc which was attached to the pin so strongly. If the disc and and pin were missing together, it is much easier to just stick the pivot with the disc on the door. I just cannot believe that so many little things look awfully easy to fix at the first sight all turn out to be troublesome, according to my experience.

Hi Cathy, Wow, I'll have to go to Home Depot soon! I was just saying to Joy yesterday that we need to go on a field trip/window shopping excursion to HD to look at ceiling fans, other light fixtures, and to just generally get inspiration. We're maybe 35 minutes from the store, so that's nothing. I hadn't even thought of checking them for bi-fold doors. I really like the idea of the little French doors! Thanks! I've been kind of stumped on how to make the hallway brighter and maybe even interesting. The hallway starts from the kitchen and goes the whole way down to the bedroom on the end. It's dark and ugly. The first room on the left is the bathroom. Straight across is the (inoperable) back door, which is solid, i.e. no window in it. Immediately after the bathroom are the washer and dryer, with small cabinets above, and the hall gets very narrow. Then comes my little bedroom, and Joy is on the end. There's only one light, which is close to the bathroom, and it doesn't help that the walls are the original fake wood paneling of yore. SO...a cute bathroom door would be one more idea for turning the hallway from blah to bright! Other ideas are: Replace the hideous light fixture with something pretty and add a matching one at the other end of the hall. Add a switch at the bedroom end so lights can be operated from either end. When replacing the back door, definitely choose something with glass in it so light can come in. (Back door side of house faces north.) The north side interior wall is a long stretch of nothing except the electrical panel. It will be replaced eventually, but in the meantime, I have an idea. Paint the walls white. On the north side, hang a series of large framed photographs of Cheney and Spokane, including a couple of historic photographs. I've already found a couple I really love, but they won't be cheap. Light them appropriately. What do you think? I'll try to see if there's a way I can post a couple of the photographs here. THANK YOU so much for looking at the bi-folds at HD and telling me about them. That was so thoughtful. Have a great day! --Debbie