Retro features are coming back into style, and there's one that designers are particularly excited about: pocket doors. Designers love pocket doors not only because they make efficient use of space, ...

I installed a pocket door in my son’s basement several days ago. The basement remodeling project has stretched out over a year because we can only work together on Saturdays and on occasional days he ...

I installed a pocket door in my son’s basement several days ago. The basement remodeling project has stretched out over a year because we can only work together on Saturdays and on occasional days he ...

Dear James: I like pocket doors because they save floor space, but they often don’t glide smoothly into the wall slot. Dear Kevin: As houses are becoming smaller to lower construction costs and ...

Once popular in Victorian architecture, pocket doors fell out of fashion in the mid-1920s and hinged doors soon became the norm. In recent years, however, a renewed interest in space-saving and design ...

As urban areas around the world continue to experience population growth and increasing demand for housing, the land available for development is becoming both more limited and expensive. In large ...

Doors that slide away into walls is an old design that still makes sense. A pair of 3- or 4-foot-wide doors can turn two rooms into one or vice versa, and free up floor and wall space where standard ...

When Nicole and Taylor Gerlinger gutted their 4,000-square-foot carriage house in 2024, they needed to maximize space. With small hallways and tight spaces between rooms, pocket doors — sliding doors ...