27 Interior Sliding Door Designs You’ll Love

Using sliding door designs for the interior home can be a great way to free up space within a room. Sliding doors can just be tucked away in the walls or over a wall which leaves you with a bit more space to include when deciding layouts and furniture.

They can be used to separate and divide a room with ease or to open up the flow of your home. It gives you the flexibility to change between an open-concept layout or screened-off spaces. They’re also handy for hiding away storage units when not in use.

Whether you are thinking of something a bit fancy and customized or just something a bit more plain and function orientated here are some ideas of where and how to use them in the home.

Types Of Interior Sliding Doors

Sliding Barn Doors: Can be made of solid wood or metal frame with glass with various exposed track systems. Can be single door or double doors.

Pocket Sliding Doors: These doors disappear between two walls when open or what’s known as a “cavity wall”. Can be single or double doors.

Slide and Stack Doors: Two or more sliding doors that slide and stack to one side of the opening.

Interior Sliding Door Ideas

Sliding Doors In Bedrooms

Using solid double pocket sliding doors is nice option for privacy and maximizing the bedroom space, leaving it nice and open.

Using sliding doors in a studio apartment is smart way to open up the space and close off areas when needed. A bright colour clearly shows the bedroom boundary. And the orange sliding door makes the turns into a bold accent wall. This is a great idea for making a focal point in a new studio apartment.

Or you can choose a neutral palette with earthy colour tones. A natural wooden door on a track rail creates a relaxing and intimate sleeping space, that ties into the rest of the room. A little window lets light into the sleeping space from the main window in the living area. A great way to maximize a small space!

This is a cool idea! A sliding door that doubles as opening the entryway and hides the bedroom bookshelf unit. It’s almost like a secret mini library for those who are bookworms at night.

Sliding Doors For Offices

This big solid sliding door is used as a noise and privacy screen for when busy in the office or to hide the laundry units. The light blue colour helps soften the look.

Alison Kandler uses a single glass pocket sliding door to opening on this cute office space. The orange door frame adds extra fun and colour to the space. And allows extra light into the room while still being able to see what’s going on in the next room.

Double sliding doors in blue were used for this multiple person home office. The blues and whites create a calm work space with plenty of light flowing into the office.

I love this modern office design incorporating these black slatted doors. There’s enough privacy to work but still able to see what’s going on beyond the office if need be. This is also a great example of an feng shui office setup.

Sliding Doors for Bathroom

An ultra modern bedroom interior is screened off from the bathroom ensuite with a sophisticated slatted sliding door. With a design like this it also lets natural light filter through to some areas where ordinarily it would be darker.

Even though these panels are solid wood. The slimline profile and pattern helps it seem a lot lighter. A nice Japandi style design.

These floor to ceiling fluted glass sliding doors are a perfect to keep your bedroom separate from your bedroom.

Interior Glass Sliding Doors

I love this design take on a track “barn door”. Typically a solid wood door is used but this is a modern industrial design using metal joinery and textured glass. The look is duplicated in the room to keep the design aesthetic of the room.

If you have a small living space a glass sliding door is an ideal option to help keep the feel of the space open. A broken living plan gives flexibility and keeps the light through the home.

Kristen from Our How To Home installed her beautiful sliding barn glass doors to separate the office space from the living room but didn’t want to make either space any darker. So glass was the only option. Kristen says that the doors were investment piece but totally worth the cost.

Another interior that didn’t want to lose out on natural light opted for floor to ceiling glass doors. With a slim metal profile frame around the glass panes the sliding doors create a new room with maximum light for both areas.

Another interior design uses the same idea of using glass to create two rooms within a space. However this design uses a mix or textured glass in the middle section for a little privacy. And the pea green metal frame adds a splash of colour to the mix.

Closet Sliding Doors

If you have your closet in your bedroom you might not want to be looking at your clothes last think before you go to sleep. These sliding wooden slatted closet doors are stylish and keep your clothes to keep things out of sight.

Cara Newhart from Never Skip Brunch decided to keep the guest room closet firmly behind solid doors. By making her own sliding barn doors she got the style she wanted, without having to lose space with swinging closet doors.

Rattan material is a great option for sliding doors if you want a half hidden walk in closet.

If you want to see exactly whats in your closet then glass closet doors are the way to go. Just make sure your clothes are properly organized behind your glass doors.

Sliding Doors For Storage

The TV doesn’t have to be the centre of attention in the room. Especially when it’s not being used. Keep your media units behind a sliding wall that’s decorative and a functional use to the space.

Sometimes the simplest of materials can be used to keep the clutter away. This storage wall uses raw chipboard for the sliding doors but it works well within the white room. Using sliding doors for organizing your storage cabinets is a great idea.

A stylish sliding barn door is an excellent way to keep washing machines, dryers and laundry out of sight.

Pocket Sliding Doors

Traditional style sliding pocket doors create a cozy snug that don’t interfere with space.

Sliding Track Barn Doors

A great idea is to add a mirror to the sliding door. It doesn’t have to be only applied to closet doors. This bedroom adds a full length mirror on the door leading to their ensuite. It makes the bedroom seem bigger and doubles the natural light in the room.

A heavy duty barn door will maximise the space while keeping the room private when needed. I love the patten on this door. Simple but effective.

A slatted wood door with brass hardware makes a lovely entrance point from the main hallway.

A sliding barn door on a track can be highlighted as part of the room instead of fading into the background. This creative abstract pattern DIY barn door is a great way of adding interest to the space and making it a feature.

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