How to match pocket door hardware with your interior style

Pocket doors are now a popular addition to homes and workplaces, offering both aesthetic and practical benefits. Many people like the pocket door because of its sleek elegance and effortless simplicity, which makes it ideal for contemporary homes with a minimalist theme. Other people prefer the space-saving qualities of the pocket door, which helps to create valuable space in a home or workplace and which opens up opportunities to make home improvements or make space work for you more efficiently. But there are other elements to the pocket door system which have to work in tune with their surroundings, and one of those is pocket door hardware.

What is pocket door hardware?

Typical pocket door systems require many different components, and everything works together to provide an effortless door system which disappears from view when opened and offers opportunities to improve the spatial flow and to vary how you use a particular space. Pocket door hardware is a collection of important elements within this system, and are the specialist mechanisms which allow the door to operate flawlessly and consistently. These consist of features such as the overhead track, the rollers that the door is attached to, door handles, hinges and locks. These all combine to support the pocket door system, but at the same time, they do have a visual element and hence also have to work within your interior scheme.  

Ideas for how to match pocket door hardware with your interior design scheme

Most buildings require several internal doors, whether you are designing a domestic home or a commercial workplace, and every detail matters in terms of how your doors match your surrounding design scheme. It is common to find that these details have been missed and small items stand out and clash, and this will irritate you for as long as you can stand it before you have to change everything again. So it pays to get it right first time and to ensure every detail is carefully considered.

Matching pocket door hardware with an interior scheme is essentially about the finish, shape and function of your hardware and how this matches items such as light switches, light fittings and plug sockets, as well as the surrounding walls and the overall ‘theme’ of your interior design.  Some things to consider:

• Does a door need a lock? If an internal door doesn’t need a lock, don’t fit one, it is just one more thing that has to match other features.
• Match everything – It is likely that you will have some traditional hinged doors along with new pocket doors. So make sure everything matches, in terms of handles, doorknobs and hinges. Most pocket door hardware is available in a range of finishes, such as matt black, satin nickel, polished brass or chrome. If you match everything to your existing doors this helps to create a visually cohesive space.
• What is the interior theme? We have talked about pocket doors being a contemporary design feature, but they can also work in a home or workplace with a more traditional feel. If you are going modern and minimalist, make sure your hardware is narrow, plain and straight, or a flush pull design, and is finished in stainless steel. A more classic home could opt for more ornate hardware finished in bronze or brass, while a rustic property could have more distressed or hammered textures finished in black.  
• Closing operation – A soft-close mechanism can be added to the pocket door and helps to control the closing action of the door to prevent it slamming, this works well in a modern property where there is an essence of space, calm and relaxation, or in a commercial space where sophistication is the theme, such as hospitality settings or boutique retail or salons.
• Concealed mechanisms – The overhead track is obviously a very necessary feature and is essential for how the door operates, but it is a functional feature and therefore doesn’t look particularly attractive. It is possible to install a concealed track, which is not visible and which helps when integrating the pocket door into its surroundings. This works particularly well when using flush pocket doors with no surrounding frame or architrave. These sit flush to the wall and are almost seamless in how they appear, enhancing the flawless simplicity of a property. Flush pull handles work in the same way, in that nothing is protruding from the door’s surface and therefore you can create a clean, flat surface where the door is effectively invisible.

You can adopt all these design ideas to help match pocket door hardware with your interior design scheme, and ensure that the overall style and design detail of your home or workplace is not lost when installing your pocket door. And you can order all these pocket door systems, accessories and furniture at Pocket Door Shop.