For bedroom storage the smart choice surely lies with sliding wardrobes. The number one reason is simply, space. With the need for space at a premium in modern living the fact that the doors slide open rather swing often means a wardrobe can be placed where one with hinged doors may not be functional, at the foot of a bed for example. Even if your present arrangement of bedroom furniture does not impede on the opening of a hinged wardrobe it is well worth considering the implications should you wish to rearrange your bedroom furniture in the future. After all, one would rightly expect a fitted wardrobe to withstand a decor update or room re-shuffle.
This brings us on to another brilliant aspect of sliding doors. As the Portner product truly is made to measure and thus built to specification you can design your doors with one eye on the future mixing colours and textures. This means that the colour scheme within the bedroom can easily be aligned with any colour or texture within your sliding door for a complete make-over without the need to change possibly the most expensive item in the room. The nature of more traditional hinged units means that the decor scheme has to be always based around its style.
What’s more, as Portner sliding doors run literally wall to walll and floor to ceiling, if some years down the line you do feel the need for a total overhaul you do have the relatively inexpensive option of replacing solely the doors for a drastic overhaul of bedroom decor. As there is little or no carcass at the threshold this is a simple affair whereas in virtually any other situation a door change is simply not going to be an option. Portner offer a special scheme with huge discounts for our most trend conscious customers who get that 5 year itch for a change.
In your initial purchase one would be forgiven in thinking that sliding wardrobes are all the same. Once you get beyond the cheap, set-size affairs widely available in the major DIY stores that are as rattly as a Hogwarts train it is reasonable to expect equivalent quality from similarly priced products. However, this is not the case. A huge number of suppliers simply use a glorified version of the product sold in the large sheds which can be purchased incredibly cheaply (justly so) and sold on for a high price. Another good indicator of standard is perhaps looking at where else the supplier sells its product. If you see it in a cheap supermarket or a trade DIY supplier you might rightly question the quality of the product. At Portner we are so proud to have developed a range of superior sliding doors to meet all budgets by stripping back overheads and delivering direct from factory with a supply-only and fitted service available. See our Portner Pledges page for 9 fine reasons to choose Portner for your sliding wardrobe.
