The Sliding Door Wardrobe Style Map of Britain

Furniture in Fashion's Sliding Door Wardrobe Style Map of Britain finds that sliding doors are a response to geometry rather than a matter of taste. A hinged wardrobe door needs 55cm to 65cm of clear floor to open fully, and in a large share of British bedrooms, particularly second bedrooms over the stairs and main bedrooms in terraced housing, that space simply is not available. Our analysis sets out the trade precisely: sliding systems return the swing clearance but consume 8cm to 12cm of internal depth to the track, so a sliding wardrobe needs 65cm to 70cm of external depth to retain the 58cm to 60cm of interior that a standard 45cm hanger requires. The report explains why sliding doors demand a zoned interior, when mirrored panels genuinely help a narrow room, and the three situations, sloping ceilings, alcoves and shallow depths, where hinged doors remain the better answer for British bedrooms....