"I went to work in an office that had a pocket door that never worked right because someone had driven nails into it at some point and it was never the same after" (palimpsest) Yes. This happened to us when DH nailed the baseboard on the wall between the laundry and kitchen. The door came off track. When we renovate I will replace or remove. However, this was builder grade. On our extension I added three pocket doors. The one I had put in for the powder room is a solid core door, not thinner than most doors, as I wanted as much sound-dampening as possible with such a device. We used Johnson Hardware - not the home depot variety which runs $ 40 or so, but commercial grade. Look at the Johnson site under 1500 Commercial Grade and you will also find non-standard size frames (door max thickness 1 3/4"). Use a good carpenter.

OK, I found a website advertising household barn doors for sale, so now I know what they look like. They hang from a track and slide just like my barn's doors do, but they're more decorative. Also, the house barn doors' tracks are much more obvious, I might even say ostentatious, than the tracks for my barn's doors. Seems to me, barn doors are practical where you have (duh) big, heavy doors on a barn. I still don't understand why anybody would want one in the house. But taste is an individual thing, and if you want one, there's a possibly helpful reference in the above page's FAQ. Good luck.

I think frosted glass would be nice here. here is our pantry doors, angled wall between kitchen & Foyer [houzz=[https://www.houzz.com/photos/new-build-gabe-phvw-vp~126230138[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/new-build-gabe-phvw-vp~126230138)] the doors open into the pantry & is a spilt bifold our barn door is in between our mud room & kitchen enterance [houzz=https://www.houzz.com/photos/new-build-gabe-phvw-vp~135362262] All our interior doors & window trim, baseboards are done alder & the ceilings are T&G fir, if you would like to see more, go to my page, idea books- New Build/Gabe.

I would not do a barn door on that. I don't think the styles would look right together. I'm not even sure you have enough room on the top to attach the necessary hanging hardware. Instead, I'd see if it's possible to have doors made that cover the bottom 2 shelves on both sides. Putting more decorative stuff on top and hiding games behind the doors. Seems more suited to the style of cabinet.