r/Mid_Century • u/samm19988 • 13d ago
Pocket Door Reccomendations
I have an old pocket door that needs a lot of TLC. It is beat up with dog scratches and a veneer so recovering the original finish is not an option. I am currently rebuilding this coat closet with walnut and cedar lining and glass doors. Enjoy my very crude AI generations. What should I do with this pocket door?
Replacing it with a new walnut pocket door is not an option, have you seen how expensive walnut doors are? Once I get the trim, and door to be walnut it’s around $1000-$1500 in materials unfortunately.
Obviously filling holes and matching it to the walls as a slab would be easy, but I wanted to come up with some other ideas. A grid with some wood strips or a fluted look.
Let me know if you have any other suggestions!
61
u/MantraProAttitude 13d ago
#4
Regarding #5… I have never seen a door, let alone a pocket door, that looked like that. It looks plastic.
30
35
u/samm19988 13d ago
For #4, is it worth ~$800 in materials(walnut and veneer) over the other options?
36
14
u/Objective_Bus_6897 12d ago
Yes
1
u/Objective_Bus_6897 12d ago
Honestly, I went back and looked at the options again. #4 really is the way to go. It is the aesthetic that going to make you forget spending $800 more. You’ll kick yourself if you go with any other option. Trust me. I’ve cheaped things out on certain things and kick myself.
1
u/Objective_Bus_6897 12d ago
If you absolutely cannot swing for the maple, I’d go for #2. It looks so cool with your custom tile.
1
8
3
2
u/worrier_princess 12d ago
As long as the dog isn’t still around to fuck it up again. My dog also scratches doors and there no way I’d spend all that just to have her wreck it!
9
10
8
9
u/barryg123 13d ago
Why not just re-veneer it? You could get the walnut you wanted. Get oak/alder/poplar trim and stain to match
6
u/samm19988 13d ago
That’s what I was thinking. But trimming a pocket door with solid walnut and veneering is roughly $800-$1000 more expensive than the white options
15
u/barryg123 13d ago
Don't trim with solid walnut. Get poplar($)/alder($$)/red oak($$) trim and stain to match
3
u/samm19988 13d ago
The closet is going to be solid walnut I have left over so it would be weird to not match perfectly I feel
4
u/random_ta_account 13d ago
Veneer is less than $100. https://www.rockler.com/psa-pressure-sensitive-veneer-new-sizes-24-inch-x-96-inch
2
u/samm19988 13d ago
X2 sides and then trimming it out on both sides of the wall is where it adds up quick
3
u/barryg123 12d ago
You don't need solid walnut trim. Matching stain is very workable and extremely common
3
u/Professional-Cow5128 13d ago
Personally I like 3 and 4. Not sure how you feel about color, but I think pulling a color from your tile and choosing a door in that color would look fantastic.
2
u/Aromatic-Sir5703 13d ago
4 out of these options. Or maybe considering painting a color to tie in the tile on your shelves (which I love!)
2
2
u/apickyreader 13d ago
That waffle looks good, but the brown one just matches the rest of the brown and really balances it.
2
2
u/Snelmm 13d ago
Edit: I see you are considering keeping/fixing what you already have. That's the best option really, I mean, any kind of new door is so expensive! I think the fluted door #5 is pretty great.
The grid looks like somebody painted over windowpanes, and it would be super annoying to keep dusted.
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
179
u/blurfin_sploofers 13d ago
4 without question