Glass doors continue to be a highly sought-after product across the US housing market and interior design trends. If you are planning a renovation, you might want to consider a modern glass bi-fold door. Bi-fold doors are, in many settings, functional and practical solutions to unique settings in your home. You may consider a bi-fold door because of the following reasons.
Left Pull Bi-fold Door
Space-Saving Bi-fold Doors
In a small footprint or tight location, a bi-fold door can be created to open and close inward or outward to be more convenient in your space. The Sliding Door Company offers left pull, right pull, and even double pull bi-fold door options. This style frees up floor space where it’s needed most—in cramped bedrooms, narrow hallways, small laundry rooms, and tiny pantries and linen closets. Additionally, you can easily move large furniture through and have more space on the sides of the door opening. Even in very small openings, a bi-fold door may be a better choice for your needs than a traditional door.
Are Bi-fold Doors Expensive?
Bi-fold doors are quick and painless to configure and install. Depending on all the specifications, there are situations in which this solution can be more budget-friendly than alternative options. Bi-fold doors are more current and popular than old-fashioned pocket doors and accordion doors. Especially with our timeless glass and sleek frames, you can find the best cost-effective bi-fold doors for your home.
Double Pull Bi-fold Door
Privacy with Bi-fold Doors
Fully flush to the wall in which the panel is created, when closed, the bi-fold door keeps a separation between the rooms it divides. Choose from a wide range of glass opacities to find the right mix of maximizing natural light while creating your desired level of privacy. Folding the door back opens up your space.
Where to install a Bi-fold Door?
Bi-fold doors are a smart choice for your:
Bedroom closets
Coat closets
Laundry closets
Children’s playrooms
Linen closets
Home offices
Kitchen pantries
Wine storage
Narrow hallways
Unconventional layouts
Tiny homes
Bi-fold Door Types
Our high-quality Bi-fold System offers a stunning, brilliant solution to any workspace, home or children’s playroom. Since it allows the doors to fold towards the edge of the frame, this optimizes the space and is suitable for narrow closets or ‘phone booth’ type applications as well as larger spaces to allow access through almost the entire width of the opening.
In addition, our bi-fold doors are safe for your fingers! Our unique anti-finger pinch system sets this Bi-fold System apart from any other in the industry. Reachout to learn more about all our options!
Working from home has been a challenge for just about everybody this year. Especially as a professional bringing your work home, it’s not always easy to find the space and sanctuary one needs to put in a full day’s work. Especially if you live with other roommates, or simply don’t have the space you need for a home office (like a whole extra bedroom), making an office out of your living room is not ideal. Because of this predicament, many have sought entirely new living situations and have packed up entire lives just to afford more space to work from home. But if moving apartments isn’t an option, and if you don’t have the time or resources for heavy construction, how can you craft a home office within your sprawling apartment affordably and swiftly? What options do you have?
Bringing the office home without compromising the aesthetic or functionality of your luxury apartment has been a constant struggle for any working professional this year. Let’s change that. Here are the top spatial solutions for your new work-from-home lifestyle.
Bookshelves
A smart, inexpensive (and cute) DIY trick is to buy (or use ones you already own) tall standing bookshelves or wall organizers as a series of wall partitions that, when combined, create a new space. Use this physical barrier to block off a section of a shared interior space such as a living room, or a corner of your bedroom- if square footage allows! You can use two or three of these shelving units to construct a square or triangle study, and though it’s not a soundproof solution, the visible barrier from the rest of the shared space is enough to feel focused. Next, fill the wall shelf or bookcase with books, knick-knacks, and sculptural pieces to further block off visibility. Consider adding medium-sized succulents or even hanging plants to the shelving unit for a nice pop of green and a natural air purifier!
Partitions
Of course, the most standard solution to creating a home office within your open floor plan is to install large Sliding Glass Wall Partitions or floor-to-ceiling sliding glass room dividers. With these flexible wall partitions from The Sliding Door Company, you can create entire rooms without construction or disruption! Because they offer innovative glass wall dividers ranging from sliding glass Barn doors, to Bi-Fold Doors, you can choose from a number of solutions and then customize your partitions to match the interior of your home! Plus, their team of professional installers will come and install your unique partitions in a matter of hours- not days or weeks. That means no moving apartments, no major remodeling, and no stress about creating your dream office. During these turbulent times, the best way to combat an overwhelming workday is to find space where it doesn’t exist!
Plants
People have been utilizing plants as spatial dividers for centuries, from lining pathways to planting “privacy plants” as a living solution to an outside fenceline. Now, we bring the plants inside to do the same. And in order to create the most ideal enclosed environment, you’ll need to invest in plants that have some height to them in order to achieve the visible obstruction you need for your home office.
Consider indoor plants such as:
Fiddle Leaf Fig
Albertina Banana Leaf
Madagascar Dragon Leaf
Bamboo Palm Slate
Mass Cane
Bird of Paradise
Cactus
After you bring your beautiful new plants home, arrange them in neat single-file rows to form a “living wall”. Give them enough space to grow and sprawl so their leaves aren’t knocking into each other. Then, make sure you understand how much water you’ll need to give each of them per week so that you aren’t over or under watering them. Then fill the inside space with your office desk, computer, filing cabinets, and whatever else you’ll want to feel like you’re in a fully enclosed office. Then sit back, relax in your new indoor/outdoor sanctuary, and enjoy the fresh air!
Now that you have the basics for transforming your home into a work-from-home haven, let the interior remodeling begin! For more info on the floor to ceiling wall partitions and Sliding Room Dividers from The Sliding Door Company, check us out online. Book a free consultation with one of our representatives and start your hotel transition today!
When we think of minimalism, we tend to associate characteristics such as; stark, white, decluttered, avant-garde, artistic, inspired, and sometimes, even a tad cold. Everyone has their own gut reaction to modernism and minimalism. Some absolutely adore this less is more approach, while others crave a bit more vibrance and materialism within their spaces. No opinion is better or worse, but simply desertion of taste and opinion. Regardless of judgment, this minimalist approach is one that is currently flourishing and making itself known as a pioneering force in the architectural industry and as a trend that is here to stay. So, what are the defining principals and benefits of minimalism? Well, there just may be more than meets the eye.
The What
Minimalism is a product of the early 20th century and was introduced
right around the beginning of the 1920s. This style of design was not only
meant for interior spaces and architectural plans but also as a cultural
evolution and vanguard lifestyle choice.
What with its confounding starkness, lack of material items and a transition
away from using personal things to characterize a home, this was a completely
new concept, that revived the world of design. Many attribute this daring new
development to the brilliance of Post-World War I architect Van der Rohe, as he was one of the first
prominent architects to use minimalist principles in his designs. But what
simplistic blueprints he first began with, would later come to define a
widespread cultural zeitgeist, shaping our buildings and homes for decades to
come.
The Why
So why exactly are we so drawn to minimalism? This approach to design is not just deeply pleasing to behold, but it also evokes many unsuspecting health benefits. Many believe that it’s clean, crisp lines, use of geometry, clutterless simplicity, and carefully considered color pallet and objects lend an opulence that allows us to makes sense of the space. We are able to exist in minimalist environments much more freely because it allows for it. Many report feelings of serenity, relaxation, mental clarity, and happiness when existing in a minimalist space. Overcrowded interiors can oftentimes take up too much space, clutter our minds, and create a claustrophobic experience. This concept stretches much further than architecture and interior design, with its employment in almost every industry today- from website design to furniture, cell phones, children’s toys, apps, cars, even clothing and visual art. We enjoy this straight-forward approach that seems to offer space for us to think, and create. Minimalism allows something other than the space to be the focus, therefore encompassing the beauty in honesty simplicity.
The How
What are the defining characteristics of interior
minimalism? Though this may seem like a paradox, the truth is that there are
many. Often times, designers report that crafting a bespoke minimalist interior
is actually much more work and difficulty than going about a typical design
process. With every detail carefully considered, and a constant subtracting of
items and clutter, creating successful minimalism is no easy feat. Here are the
main design principals to use when crafting your perfect minimal interior:
Ultra-modern furnishings
Vast open floor plan
Disregard frills, fringe, sparkle, and embellishments
Employ the use of contrasting textiles such as glass and metal, wood and wool, steel and greenery
Use geometric shapes, furnishings, and features (such as tables, countertops, lighting fixtures, and textiles)
Create balance
Stick to a monochromatic color scheme
Use textiles to introduce color rather than oversaturating walls and furnishings
Eliminate all unnecessary items
Reduce the amount of personal clutter (small photographs, little knick-knacks)
Install sliding glass doors, bathroom sliding doors, and bi-fold doors to integrate thoughtful space savers and clean design in the areas that typically go unnoticed
Allow for tons of natural light (use features like glass modern sliding doors, and frosted glass wall partitions to allow natural light to pass through and spread throughout the space)
For a successful minimalist interior, the job of the designer is to essentially create a showcase for exceptional architecture and a space in which you can call attention to stunning furniture design, brilliant woodworking, and the highest level of craftsmanship. It should be a space wherein it’s inhabitants can come home from their daytime lives and sink into their relaxing sanctuary, devoid of clutter and distraction.
The Sliding Door Company has everything you’ll need to get started on crafting the minimalist home of your dreams. Visit Us Online to browse our online viewing catalog and Enjoy A Free Consultation from one of our team members to actualize your vision today!
Tackling a home remodel or renovation project can be quite the task. Regardless of size and scale, any home improvement is likely going to cost you- not only in financial terms but also in mental taxation, your physical wellbeing, and the unavoidable disruption to your present life. So, how can a home renovation project become an easeful, relatively painless experience that doesn’t totally drain the bank? We’ve got some tips and tactics to consider before you start out on this new journey.
Before diving in too
deep, you’ll have to understand that there are multiple factors at play during
a home renovation- think of it as a symphony that must work with total cohesion
to reach a beautiful harmony. In order to save money, stay on a time schedule,
and not completely disrupt your life, all of these considerations should be
employed.
Conserving Your Resources
In the beginning
stages of any home improvement project, you’ll need to work with a great
contractor or architect to identify what visions you have for your space(s),
how long you can budget build time, and most importantly- the relative cost of
all of this work. Set a clear budget with your team and stick to it. Be very
clear that you don’t have a flexible budget (if this is the case) so that they
don’t make costly decisions without your approval or enjoy too much wiggle
room. When allowed for invited, often time architects and builders will try to
push the budget and possibilities for extra add-ons and certain materials. Make
sure you outline your boundaries and let them know you’re aware of your
finances.
Choose the right materials
This can be a tricky
process, as picking textiles and building materials can often be a frenzy of
options and unknowns. First, try to identify the overall aesthetic of what you’re
trying to achieve. Next, talk with your contractor about these main
considerations:
Quality
Cost
Sustainability
Aesthetic
Availability
Long-term Use
Environmentally Responsible
All materials vary greatly in regard to the above factors. New wave building consciousness has led us to become acutely aware of the sustainability of our materials and textiles. This refers to the ethics and environmental impact of where and how these materials are sourced, as well as how long they will last and if their deterioration could be a potential environmental hazard/harm. Your contractor should be well versed in a plethora of material options and will be able to talk with you about your options. Typically, there is a great medium to be reached with regard to cost and quality. If you only select the top tier materials, you’ll end up paying the price for them in the end. Sometimes homeowners don’t realize that the relatively small price difference, while seemingly minuscule per unit, adds up quite a bit with the volume of units. Be aware of these factors.
Choose Flexible Solutions
Whenever Possible
There are many fantastic options out there for space optimizing designs that don’t require full (and costly) wall construction. For example, full-length sliding wall doors are a stylishly modern and innovative solution to install in place of permanent drywall. This option allows for spatial flexibility, increased visibility, and light flow, as well as the option for a thoroughfare between two distinct spaces. Wall doors and frosted glass wall partitions, even a stylish barn door room divider still offer the option for privacy (depending on chosen glass opacity) yet they slash the cost of constructing an entire wall, and fortunately, are very easy to deconstruct when needed. These options will save time, money and add a lot of practicality to your new space.
Clear Design Direction
A lot of homeowners,
when setting out to update their homes, are somewhat unaware of the necessity
to outline- and stick with- a consistent design theme. This is such a crucial
factor in the renovation’s success. While upgrading to a more modern look is a
great design choice and probably a good return on investment, you’ll want the
right accessories, fixtures and hardware to ensure your theme works within the
full scope of the home. Below are a few considerations to attaining a
consistent modern look:
Furniture and art curation (pick one or two themes and don’t deviate from them)
A blend of elements throughout the house (wood, stone, fur, granite, metal)
Large, open windows
Plenty of light
Open floor plan
Large open kitchens
Relinquish Overzealous
Design Choices When You Can
During the design process, we tend to get a little excited, and can at times go a bit overboard with our vision. Most times, architects will go through a series of designs, with each round cutting back and refining the overall choices and aesthetics. Throughout the first few rounds, there are typically ideas thrown out there that are inherently too costly to remain in the project in order to stay on budget. Work with your contractor to figure out which parts of your blueprints you are willing to give up to achieve financial harmony.
Plan For The Unexpected
There are situations
that will unavoidably arise throughout a building/renovation project that you
hadn’t expected, and you’ll have to face these roadblocks head-on. If you and
your contractor only budget both time and money for smooth sailing, most likely
you will exceed your budget on all sides. Factor in an emergency cost budget,
as well as plan for extra time in case unfortunate situations arise, causing
delays and increased finances.
By being prepared for the unexpected, following a consistent design theme, employing flexible construction solutions, and carefully choosing materials you’ll set yourself (and your home renovation project) up for success. No one should endure a terrible renovation experience- leave those for television. Consult us at The Sliding Door Company- the experts in spatial optimization. For more exciting solutions and inspiration, Visit Us Online to browse our online viewing catalog and Enjoy A Free Consultation from one of our team members to actualize your design dream today.
Whether you’re a homeowner looking to optimize your interiors, or a designer/architect looking to craft the most user-friendly dwelling for your clients, a must-have staple of any home are space-saving view-enhancing bi-fold doors. These sliding doors are a fantastic hybrid of sliding doors with an added element of European flourish. Combined with traditional “French doors” or “patio doors” these bi-folding doors meld both designs into one. The result? A beautiful aesthetic and seamless design allowing for flexibility and ease of use.
Also known as “Concertina doors”, these chic and modern bi fold glass doors fold back on themselves in an accordion-like manner, optimizing space and adding intrigue and innovation to any spatial barrier. Being the creative design they are, these sliding doors date back to as early as the 1st century AD and were excavated amongst the remains of Pompeii. People of the past had engineered bi-folding doors almost exactly like how we see them now. Although they exclusively used wood rather than glass, this door design has stood the test of time. Below are some of the best ways to integrate bi-folding doors into your home.
Closets
If you’re like most
people, you don’t have a tidy closet. Most likely, there’s a whole lot of junk
and unorganized chaos lying behind those ominous closet doors. This hectic
corner of your room (and life) deserves a fair bit of visual obstruction. While
front opening closet doors seem to be the norm, why not install glass bi-fold
closet doors to effectively optimize precious space and employ a bit of
creative design in the process? With our innovative anti-finger pinch system,
you won’t ever have to worry again about you or your child crushing a finger.
Safe, sturdy and aesthetically pleasing, these bi-fold doors are the perfect
closet upgrade you need.
Kitchen Pantries
Most often used for kitchen pantries, these sliding panel doors offer an easy space-saving solution perfect for small spaces such as food pantries and kitchen cabinets. Because they stack into panels, you don’t need to worry about cumbersome doors opening up into your kitchen space and taking up valuable room. Especially during heavy foot traffic experienced when cooking for large dinner parties or holiday meals, there is simply no room for normal front opening pantry doors. This is a must-have solution for the kitchen.
Laundry Rooms
Much like a
bathroom or kitchen, laundry rooms are another territory of the house that are
almost always designed without enough space. Tucked into some unassuming corner
of the home, the laundry room is typically overflowing with clothing, extra
items, cleaning products, and sports equipment. The last thing you want is to
let this smorgasbord become visible to the rest of the house. Not only
unsightly, but laundry rooms need some healthy spatial separation that will
offer sound reduction and smell containment. Bi-fold glass doors work
exceptionally well to offer the necessary barriers while appearing modern and
visually appealing. Offered in an array of varying glass opacities, these
folding doors are the solution for every home.
Living Rooms
Bring the outside
in, with vast and sweeping bi-fold glass doors that allow for entire walls to be
a visual opening to the other rooms in the house. Because we are creatures of
comfort and we value our cozy spaces, we enjoy having the option to turn big
sweeping floorplans into smaller, more snug nooks. We tend to feel safer and
more enveloped in a smaller space. Interior bi-fold doors accomplish just that.
Perfect for parties and entertaining, these doors craft a breezy solution for
opening or closing interior rooms. Effortlessly expand or contract your
interiors, and make the most out of your home.
With these simple yet effective considerations and upgrades to your home, you’ll be on your way to dominating your interiors. For more space optimizing solutions and inspiration, visit The Sliding Door Companyto browse our online viewing catalog and Get A Free Quote from one of our team members to start your upgrade today!
Spring is just around the corner, and what better way to welcome in the change of the season than to start thinking about some healthy Spring Cleaning! This type of spatial clearing is a great way to rejuvenate the energy of your interiors, physically polish your spaces, reduce your unwanted and burdensome clothing and material items and set your home up for summer. This can tend to feel like a big scary project, one that you can’t see yourself undertaking this season. It doesn’t have to be so cumbersome, and that’s why we’ve crafted a few helpful tips straight from the experts in space optimization to guide you through your Spring Cleaning transformation.
1.Have You Seen My…?
The first task on
your list is to clear. Tackle your
living room, bedrooms, and especially your closets. Identify what items you
want to keep, and then those that you think you can safely let go of. A good
trick is to take everything out of your closets, lay it out on the floor, and
then go through each piece of clothing, your shoes and stowed away items and
ask yourself if you seriously need it. Marie Kondo famously refers to this as
“what items spark joy?”. If you can’t live without it, put it in the “keep”
pile. On the other hand, if you find yourself realizing that you haven’t worn
or used the item in a year or so, it’s probably time to let it go. Put it in
the “give away” pile. Your “give” pile should consist of different categories,
such as:
Recycling
Goodwill/Salvation Army
For Friends
Garage Sale
Landfill
After you’ve successfully categorized your items, move the “give” items into the garage where they won’t continue to clutter your space. Make a note to spend an afternoon dropping all of these items off at their different locations. This first task on your five-step list has just effectively cleared up a lot of space in your home to be able to reorganize the remaining items, clean and rejoice in your fresh space.
2. Hand Me The Broom!
The second chore
is, you guessed it… to clean! For
this next task, you’ll want to thoroughly check your cleaning supplies arsenal
and pick up anything from the store you may need before diving headfirst into
the mayhem. You don’t want to begin your cleaning extravaganza and realize that
you need more sponges, bleach cleaner or Swiffer wipes.
What you’ll need:
Vacuum
Sponges
Rubber gloves
Windex/glass cleaner
All-purpose cleaner
Tile bleach/cleaner
Wood polish
Swiffers wipes
Dusters
Broom
Once you have
everything you need, start to systematically move through each room in the
house until it’s all done. Some key places and things you’ll want to scrub and
freshen include:
windows,
carpets/rugs, doormats, the kitchen, microwave, stovetop, silverware tray,
“junk drawer”, hard-to-reach corners, desks, doorknobs, bathroom mirrors,
sinks, under beds, to name a few.
We suggest putting on some fun music and taking necessary snack breaks to make the process more enjoyable. It’s more of a marathon than a race, better to lean into the experience than away from it.
3. Now, We Organize.
Now that you’ve scrubbed, scraped and deep-cleaned every possible nook and cranny in your house, the time has come to organize. Because you already did the preliminary clearing of unwanted items, you just need to creatively organize what’s left. Sometimes, its easier to organize when you have some novel inspiration to get the process started. A good way to transform your closets, for example, is to replace your drab closet doors with fresh milky glass closet doors. Mirrored doors enhance and amplify natural light throughout the room, while also serving a wonderful dual purpose- disguising the unsightly mix of clothing and personal belongings while providing floor length mirrors for you to enjoy. Our decorative closet doors come available in a variety of glass opacities- from mirrored, to translucent or more opaque. Choose from accessory options and panel configurations to customize your sliding doors specifically for your home.
Now that you have a
fresh take on your closets, you can carry on organizing the rest of the closet.
Fold and hang up clothing, make sure that your most used items are within easy
reach and accessible, and most importantly- don’t leave clothing haphazardly
cast to the closet floor.
After you finish organizing your closets, move to the remaining rooms in the house.
4. Laundry – the Beast of Burden.
A space often
widely overlooked in any home is thelaundry
room. This space typically doubles as a toolbox, a larger than life clothing
hamper, and a place to toss anything in the spur of the moment that you want to
be hidden from visibility- especially right before your guests arrive for that
dinner party or book club meeting. Laundry rooms end up being the full-sized
embodiment of the “junk drawer”. AKA your worst nightmare. Not to fret! With a
few simple solutions, your laundry room will be a fresh scented organizational
masterpiece!
What you’ll need:
Shelving (lots of it)
A large clothing hamper
Baskets to organize and place
clean laundry
A set place for soaps, detergents
and cleaning products
A garbage bin (for lint and other
trash)
Took rack (if you don’t already
have one in the garage)
Our suggestion? Take your laundry room to the next level with bi-folding doors that hide your washer and dryer machines to add a bit of noise reduction and visible distinction making the space appear less cluttered and more artful. These bi-fold doors are a space saver with their concertina design, folding the doors in on themselves giving you much-needed space amongst tight quarters.
5. Enjoy Your Well-Earned Oasis
By clearing,
cleaning, organizing and installing some spatial solutions, you’ve just set yourself
up for a stress-free spring. Enjoy the novelty of fresh air, no dust or dirt,
optimal organization and an overall lack of material items inundating your
interiors. All it took was a bit of planning, some elbow grease, a “bite the
bullet” mentality- and you’ve arrived at your well-earned oasis.
For more space optimizing solutions and inspiration, visit The Sliding Door Company to browse our online viewing catalog and Get A Free Quote from one of our team members to start your rental upgrade today!
We have arrived at a widespread environmental revolution.
This green evolution has made a powerful mark on our political legislature, our
building standards and techniques and most of all- market demands. A recent
study published by World Green
Building Trends 2016 Smart Market Report, found that the global green building industry
doubles every three years. Additionally, the green building materials market
alone is expected to reach $234 billion in 2019, and as of early 2016, nearly 75,000 commercial
projects were
participating in Leadership in Engineering & Environmental Design (LEED)
globally. These stats lend valuable insight into the current demand and the
global move towards green building. As contractors, it is your duty to ensure
that your projects adhere to these new environmental standards as well as meet
the needs of your clients. Below are some helpful tips ensuring that your
buildings and project sites are as environmentally sound as possible.
Materials Matter
The first aspect to consider, of course, are your
materials. The quality, the source, and the environmental impact they will
leave on the planet. When managing a building project and construction team,
you must take into consideration a slew of factors to produce a harmonious finished
product. Cost, value, efficiency, aesthetic are all on the mind when deciding
what materials to go forward with. Green materials are the contemporary
component now considered alongside all these other factors.
Sustainable Materials
Make use of recycled building materials and consider
“upcycling” rustic materials and features to create a design flourish while
conserving and reusing resources. Alternative woods, bamboo, hemp, straw-bail,
and Rammed Earth are all innovative materials that have a beautiful aesthetic
quality your clients will love. There is no excuse for continuing to use
outdated, wasteful and built-to-break materials in 2020. Step up your building
game and introduce green materials.
Temperature Retention and Reflection
A big waste creator in the
residential and commercial building industry, are poorly designed or thin
windows that allow the transfer of heat or cold to pass through. This classic
design flaw can have a massive impact on your energy consumption and overall
energy usage. By installing double-pane or eco windows, you’ll save your
clients thousands in energy costs as well as slash their carbon footprint in
the years to come.
By installing interior glass doors, your clients can enjoy the benefits of spatial separation while effectively and efficiently heating or cooling areas of their home without messing with the thermostat to get the desired temperature throughout the home.
Optimize Natural Light
Most homes are built with little consideration for
allowing ample natural light throughout the interiors. Unfortunately, this
creates a living environment that is devoid of views, crucial daytime light and
overall higher quality of life. This lack of free light ends up costing
homeowners higher energy costs in lighting during peak daytime hours.
Bi-fold doors offer the option for an increased surface area to fill with view-enhancing doors. Compared with the typical sliding glass door we are accustomed to, the bi-fold system can stretch much further and allows for the option to open up the entire space.
Closet mirror sliding doors are also a great solution for any light-lacking room, as mirrors are fantastic at reflecting available light and making the space appear larger than it is.
Solar
Especially if your clients live in a sunshine state, there
is practically no good reason not to install solar. The panels pay for
themselves in energy savings over the course of about ten to fifteen years and
are a great ROI for the homeowner.
Know Your Supplier
Knowing where your materials come from and how they are harvested and processed is super important when taking steps to build green. Is your supplier environmentally conscious? Are you buying wood that is unsustainably harvested? Good companies will provide ample written statements and stamps of environmental advocacy if they are compliant with state and federal regulations. Look for these companies and don’t do business with a supplier that cuts corners
Managing Waste
As overseer of a construction site, make certain you are
doing everything you can to manage your waste accrued during building. Have
recycling and reuse piles on site so you aren’t throwing everything in one
large dumpster and sending it to the landfill. Talk to your crew and ensure
everyone is on the same page and acting consciously.
Green Features to Reduce Footprint
Introducing and educating your clients on all sorts of
wonderful and innovative green features is a great way to get people on board
and excited about eco aspects to invest in. Everything from Green Electrical,
Green HVAC systems, motion sensors to conserve energy, Smart Thermostats to
reduce HVAC fluctuations are all potential features to introduce to your
projects.
Even awareness when selecting plumbing systems
(alternative hot water heating >> tankless hot water heaters for example)
will make a massive impact in the form of water reduction and conservation.
This will also lower your client’s water bill and give them a home they can
feel proud of.
With all of these green solutions, features, and
practices, you will undoubtedly appeal to a growing market of clients who
demand green homes and conscious building. From an environmental standpoint, we
can’t afford to build unsustainable homes entering into this new decade- with
eminent global warming on the near horizon, any unconscious building is holding
us back from making the changes we need to combat this major threat to our
planet.
With these effective considerations and upgrades to building, you’ll be on your way to dominating your client’s interiors. For more space optimizing solutions and inspiration, visit The Sliding Door Company to browse our online viewing catalog and Get A Free Quote from one of our team members to start your rental upgrade today!
With the turn of a
new year- and in this case, a new decade, it’s a wonderful time to set some New
Year’s Resolutions. Crafting a vision board of the things that you know would
help add to and enrich your life is a great place to start. Even just taking a
few minutes out of your busy schedule to jot down some reminders to yourself.
Go outside more, be more active in your week, more mindfulness with your
spending, less time on social media, reconnecting with old friends- these are
just a few simple yet meaningful and powerful changes for living a better life
entering this new year.
A large part of any New Year’s resolution starts with your environment and allowing yourself the necessary time and space to accomplish your new goals, hobbies, and habits. We recommend first turning to your home to see if there is any current stagnation within your environment discouraging creativity, inspiration and just all-around positive energy. Below are a few simple tricks and tips for updating your space- doing out with the old- bringing in the new.
Re-arrange Your Space!
The classic draw
and inspiration towards reorganizing and re-arranging your physical environment
is a common practice, experienced by many surrounding large benchmarks
throughout the year. We feel inclined to mix things up, reevaluate and update
our spaces because we exist in them every day and they hold so much meaning and
value to us. With the start of a New Year, there is a lot of mental discarding
and relinquishing of things that don’t necessarily serve us anymore. In
addition to the mental, there is also a lot of physical changes we experience
and crave to discard as well.
While setting out
to rearrange your house or simply a room in your house, think about what you
can actually get rid of. Whether it’s lackluster furniture, uncomfortable
lighting, art on the walls, decorative pieces, or even just realizing how
cluttered it has become. There are usually quite a few items we end up holding
on to and surrounding ourselves with that we are long overdue to ditch. When
cleaning out your spaces, remember to make different piles to categorize the
items you plan to get rid of. Make a trash pile, a recycling pile, a Goodwill
pile, and a ‘give to friends’ pile. “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure”
as they say- and it’s true. You never know if what you’re tossing out might be
useful or appreciated by someone else. Now that you’ve done a great deal in
cleaning out and decluttering the space, you can begin the fun part- the Feng
Shui.
This Chinese artful
tradition was developed over 3000 years ago and is used by many a renter,
homeowner, designer and interior professional today. It is a system that
attempts to harmonize the individual to their surrounding environment. Feng
Shui employs the belief that our home is essentially a mirror to our energies
and what exists inside of us. Below are the top Fen Shui tips to crafting a
harmonious environment for you and your loved ones:
Clear Your Clutter (We already did
that)
Get Good Quality Air And Light
Learn The Basics Of 5 Feng Shui
Elements
Always Be Mindful Of The Quality Of Energy In Your Home
Seek Balance
Bring The Outdoors In
Use Mirrors Wisely
Open the Front Door to Positive
Energy
Use Feng Shui Wealth Colors
Water Flow
These tips may be a
bit vague, so we’ll provide you with a bit more clarity for some of these
topics. For example, The 5 Feng Shui Elements are Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water.
Choosing from a variety of materials and elements and bringing them into your
home will add much balance and harmony to your environment. There are luckily
many a chart online that detail the five elements and the corresponding
directional degrees in which to integrate them into your space. A quick Google
search will provide you will all there is to know about said elements and their
place in your home.
Another area that we might lend some advice on, is the tip of Getting Good Quality Air and Light. A very important aspect of creating an ideal living atmosphere has a great deal to do with your available light and air quality. You know that uncomfortable experience when you enter into a home or building and it’s all stuffy and dark- you feel a bit trapped and boxed in. A great way to ensure your space is getting enough light is to install sliding glass room dividers and glass wall partitions throughout your home so that beautiful natural light is able to move through space and bring this light into all deserving rooms of the home. The Sliding Door Company offers a myriad of available Glass Doors, wall partitions, and even sliding glass barn doors for a more rustic approach to integrate that crucial natural light throughout a home.
Create Your Own
Space
Whether you live with roommates, your parents, a
partner, or with your own family, there is oftentimes no available alone time
or space to do the activities you want to. Crafting a sanctuary in your home is
a vital aspect of making a positive living environment that caters and provides
for you. If wondering how to make a separate room or space amid a home without
any extra bedrooms, we suggest considering wall partitions and glass room
dividers. A great way to create novel spaces-home offices, workout rooms, or
arts and crafts studios- is to install glass room dividers. This successfully
utilizes your useable space and optimizes your floor plan. With six different
glass opacities offered, you can craft privacy by choosing a high opacity or
frosted glass finish. Without your own private zone, it can be super difficult
to be inspired, creative and productive living amongst the people in your life.
Hopefully, with these helpful tips and info on
rearranging and updating your home environment, you can realize your goals and
attain true balance and harmony in your life. Integrating ‘home improvement’ in
your New Years’ resolution is a great way to start the new decade.
For more inspiration on how to partition your rooms
and make use of valuable floor space, have a look at our website. Schedule A Free Consultation to get in touch with a
helpful representative and start the transformation towards a brighter, more
harmonious 2020!
Hosting
for the holidays is inevitable. Maybe it’s just your brother and his new wife
this year. Maybe it’s your mother, your father, and your distant aunt. Or
perhaps it’s your in-laws. Whatever iteration it is, you have a very full plate
on your hands on top of all your other demanding engagements. Let’s just go
with scenario #3; The In-Laws.
Your In-Laws are in town along with their children, and all other members of the family, including their new dog. They come bearing gifts, festive cheer, and lots of baggage. Literally and figuratively. You’ve already done your part to organize the week they’ll be in town- planning excursions, meals, and bonding activities. You’ve cleaned the house, shopped, delegated chores to your partner, and alas, prepared for the influx of foot traffic and noise into your normally tranquil home.
You
are anticipating the classic and slightly awkward scenario involving a lack of
rooms in your home as well as beds to accommodate all of your loved ones.
Within days, your home will be turned upside down due to the inevitable
taxation hosting bears on a house. Its chaos. It’s uncomfortable. It’s saying
goodbye to a full night’s sleep for the next five days. It’s the Holidays.
This
year, you want desperately to claim ownership over your environment, find
solutions to a lack of rooms and hospitable spaces for your guests, and get a
good night’s sleep. After all, you’re already running on low. After doing a
cursory Google search for Japanese tri-fold wall partitions and indoor tents, you
realize your options are looking quite limited. You don’t want to squeeze too
many people into one room, but you also are weary of inundating your living
room with blow-up mattresses and pull out couches.
Amidst
your hurried internet reconnaissance, you finally stumble upon something
resembling a glass wall divider. Not only does it appear to be sturdy and
cost-effective, but it also lets ample light through, looks stylish and won’t
compromise the aesthetic of your beloved home. The luck! Your daydreams of
glass containers may not be as far off as you might have thought.
You find yourself scrolling through the very mecca of space optimizing solutions. You have landed upon The Sliding Door Company. You find your way to the products page and realize that not only do we offer beautiful Sliding Door Dividers, but we also make innovative sliding glass barn doors, entire glass room partitions and, a bonus you hadn’t even considered yet- space saving closet doors!
Although in theory, it seems like the obvious solution to your on-going issues with clutter, chaos, and discomfort, you begin to worry that dividing up your kitchen-living room space, your den or that large extra bedroom may look silly. You have a consistent theme and interior design throughout your home and you want to keep it that way. You keep scrolling.
Then, after a few more minutes of scope, you notice there is an abundance of options allowing for the unique customization of features. Individual choices for just about everything. Six different frame finishes, as well as a plethora of glass opacities and even mirrored features. Multiple accessories to polish off the partitions, down to picking the number of panels. That, you can get behind. You realize you can seamlessly craft an entire second living room without the cost or disruption of weeks of interior construction. Setting up a new room takes mere hours and requires no construction!
When you feel like stacking all of the panels back behind the wall or into a pocket to open the space back up, go right ahead, it only takes seconds. This leaves you very excited and hopeful for the ensuing peace and calm of this holiday season, and furthermore, the rest of the year.
A few minutes ago, you hadn’t given much thought to just how dysfunctional your closets have become. Novel inspiration cascades over you as your project into the future of seamless storage, smooth sliding tracks and no more faulty hinges to ruin your mornings and strain your back. Closet sliding doors – an obvious less-stress solution to your cluttered, unkempt closets.
A clearing and re-organizing of your storage spaces have quickly become paramount. You make a mental note to start on that asap as you scroll through the photo gallery displaying our many steam-less innovations. You lucid dream about fitting all of your relative’s wheeled suitcases, handbags, and belongings into your hallway closest without slamming the doors to shut everything in.
The internal pressure begins to fade. The light at the end of the tunnel emerges. You start to get excited and you wonder what you can do to begin your interior improvement plan. Finding the Contact Us link, you excitedly have a look and a click and just like that, you are connected to a knowledgeable representative who is eager to assist you in your process.
We are happy to provide you with more information on our fabrication techniques and ingenuity. To talk with you about our environmentally friendly materials, safety, and stability practices, and go over our innovative designs. We would love to hear more about your space and draft a unique design that suits your individual needs. At The Sliding Door Company, we carefully consider these key factors when crafting our glass partitions so you can feel great about your choice and ultimately, your space. Picking the right company that will listen and understands your needs is a large consideration when setting out to upgrade your environment. In addition, having a factory-direct, fully turnkey solution through to installation completion fosters much relief!
The Sliding Door Company provides solutions and
inspiration when you need it most. We are happy to help you realize your dreams
and optimize your residence by crafting stylish space dividing remedies. This
year, there will be no uncomfortable sleeping arrangements, noise negotiations,
or general clutter to disquiet your thoughts and festive mood. Own your space,
own your holiday, and enter into 2020 on top of your environment. Find a Location
near you to start the transformation!
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