The sliding wardrobe is a modern type of furniture. It is used in both large and small rooms as it does not take up much space. If you need to disassemble a cabinet to move it to another place, then the biggest difficulty will be removing the doors, since they have an unusual design. This article will discuss the question of how to remove sliding doors from a wardrobe.
Advantages
The doors have a complex design just to create maximum comfort for the owner in the house. There are several advantages of using such an interior element:
- Compactness. Due to the fact that the doors do not swing outward, you can open them without taking up space in the room. This advantage is especially important for small spaces.
- Large capacity. In such a closet you can install both shelves and hangers, which can accommodate a lot of things.
- Versatility. This piece of furniture will fit into almost any room interior. Due to the fact that there are many shapes and colors of cabinets, you can choose exactly the one that will harmonize with other furniture.
- Mirror doors. In addition to the fact that you can show off in them all day, a mirror also creates additional visual space in the room.
PAX wardrobe from IKEA. Full review + 40 photos of the interior
The PAX wardrobe system, like their METHOD kitchens, allows you to assemble furniture like a designer set. But is it so universal and will it solve your storage problems? I will share with you my personal purchasing experience, and also show you what the cabinet looks like in a real interior.
PAX planner: set dimensions and choose design
PAX can be planned independently in the planner program, or with a specialist when visiting a store. The good thing about the second method is that a specialist can give you some advice or warn you against mistakes in planning. The first one will please those who do not have the opportunity to visit the store, because... IKEA is not available in all cities of Russia and CIS countries.
This is what the scheduler interface looks like on the website. On the right is the main menu where you can set different sizes and configurations.
The price will depend on the content and dimensions. The most expensive will be tall cabinets with glass doors or veneer fronts. Panels on sliding doors made of fiberboard are the most budget-friendly.
In general, a cabinet assembled using the PAX system costs from 5 thousand rubles.
Internal filling
The project above is just my closet. And this is what it looks like in reality.
Dimensions of my closet: 236x58x150 cm. The price in this configuration, as can be seen in the screenshot from the program, is almost 27 thousand. In my opinion it is very cheap.
Facades: one sliding door - “Mehamn” under stained ash; the other is mirrored.
Frame sizes
Although IKEA claims that this wardrobe system allows you to assemble a wardrobe for almost any room, the size and capabilities of PAX are still limited.
In the catalog you can choose only 2 types of height and 2 depths:
The width is also not so simple. There are only three standards:
- 50 cm;
- 75 cm;
- 100 cm.
I wanted to install PAX not only in the room, but also in the hallway for outerwear. But precisely because of the width, we had to look for other options for arranging the hallway.
Corner
The PAX system allows you to assemble a corner or U-shaped wardrobe option. To do this, you need to purchase a special module.
Unfortunately, IKEA does not currently have options for frames with a beveled corner. And, in my opinion, it looks more beautiful with a right angle. Although, perhaps, a corner wardrobe in the shape of a trapezoid is more convenient to use.
Doors: hinged and sliding
Sliding ones save space, but from personal experience I will say that it is inconvenient to dress alone with such a wardrobe: while one half is open, access to the other is closed.
But in a small apartment or in a narrow corridor, there aren’t really any other options besides sliding doors.
But there are more design options among swing designs.
Internal filling
The interior arrangement and organization of storage is a separate delight. For this I am ready to endlessly praise IKEA.
Everything is thought out to the smallest detail:
- shelves can be installed at any height convenient for you;
- built-in lighting (to get dressed normally, you don’t need to turn on the lights in the entire room and wake up your household, this is super humane in relation to the husband sleeping in the room, who gets up for work an hour or two later);
- clothes rails (stationary and retractable);
- retractable trouser hangers,
- pull-out shelves for shoes;
- retractable baskets;
- boxes, hanging bags;
- drawers and drawers;
- and much, much more.
This is simply paradise for those who love order and functionality!
Open wardrobes PAX
A large dressing room is every woman's dream. And with IKEA’s open storage system, you can get closer to your dream by organizing a mini version of it in the pantry, for example. Or under the stairs.
And if the size of the bedroom allows, then you can build a partition from plasterboard, organizing storage behind it.
Design options
For sliding doors, the catalog offers the following facade options:
- white: matte or glossy;
- frosted glass;
- beige gloss;
- light gray gloss;
- white with a white strip design;
- bleached oak;
- dark frosted glass;
- dark bamboo;
- white textured;
- mirrored
The sliding door frame can be composed of different facades, because... its parts are sold separately.
The frames are available in only three colors: white, bleached oak and black-brown.
There is a larger range of swing doors. There are blue, green, gray, black, black-brown, light or dark wood, white and even with a floral pattern. There are smooth facades, with panels or with a mirror.
Assembly instructions
If you have at least minimal skills in working with a screwdriver, and the instructions do not seem like a bunch of incomprehensible words and pictures, then you can safely assemble it yourself. But not alone. Call a friend for help: sliding doors with glass are especially heavy and it is very difficult to install them alone. My husband and I assembled the closet together. We got it done in a couple of evenings.
Detailed instructions are included with the furniture. And if you lost it for some reason, you can find it electronically in the product card on the official website.
To imagine the full scale of the upcoming assembly work, watch the video:
Be sure to secure cabinets to the wall for safety.
Opinions on review sites
In addition to quality, it is worth evaluating other properties and characteristics of this furniture. What do other buyers say about this?
My blog has also previously published reviews of PAX
