Most importantly, sliding doors don’t require the standard 15 square feet of clearance space for doors to swing open or closed. Furniture can be placed directly in front of sliding doors.

Wide-open floor plans are a trend that has endured for a decade. Removing walls and opening up our rooms removes visual and physical clutter. Now we are expanding this concept even more by ...

Most importantly, sliding doors don't require the standard 15 square feet of clearance space for doors to swing open or closed. Furniture can be placed directly in front of sliding doors.

To trim our door, we bought a jamb kit and ripped two pieces of it to 13/8 in. wide for our 15/8-in.-wide door. We installed these at the top and side of the door opening.

All but two of the 31 doors in the Crowder-Thomas house will be sliding or pocket doors, a space-saving move that brings design challenges. ... "The floor plans are built around the doors," Ms.

Wide-open floor plans are a trend that has endured for a decade. Removing walls and opening up our rooms removes visual and physical clutter. Now we are expanding this concept ...