Closet Door Ideas

Adding a touch of oriental style to your home is easy if you use Japanese closet doors. There are a number of styles to choose from such as shoji, Zen, and Asian style doors. You can also use them as a room divider or purchase a Japanese screen to use in front of a wardrobe. If you don’t know what Japanese closet doors are, read on.

Japanese closet doors are generally doors that are made wood and rice paper. Most of them have wood frames with tough rice paper attached to the frame. Once the rice paper is put in place, they attach lattice work to either both sides or one side making them double sided or single sided doors. They are generally sliding doors and come with the track as well as door jambs like the 7ft. Tall Zen Shoji Sliding Door Kit. It can be found at orientalfurniture.com for $595.00 and features 40 rice paper windows per panel. They are available in natural, honey, rosewood and black finishes.

Some of the Japanese closet doors such as the shoji doors can be found with pictures imprinted on the rice paper. The 48” Keito Bamboo Tree Shoji Screen Room Divider that was found on modabode.com features bamboo trees imprinted on the rice paper. It is available from online retailers starting at $122.99. Another beautiful imprinted door is the Cherry Blossom Shoji Sliding Door Kit from overstock.com. It has a beautiful cherry blossom tree on the front with intricate lattice work. This door kit comes complete with everything you need to install it except the tools for $713.99.

Prices of Zen, Asian and Japanese closet doors vary greatly. The prices primarily depend on the dimensions of the door or screen, the materials used and the manufacturer of the product. The Black Lacquered and Raw Japanese Cypress doors are different than the traditional doors in the sense they have horizontal frames instead of smaller lattice work. They can be found on the japaneseconnection.com for $2283.00 along with other shoji doors.  These doors use raw Japanese cypress for the doors frames and then use black lacquer paint to make them beautiful.

No one thinks of closet doors as being part of their room’s décor. With Japanese closet doors the impact is obvious and gives your bedroom an oriental look. The Oriental Home Landscape Design Shoji Screen found on accent-furniture-direct.com for $153.00 is framed in Scandinavian Spruce. They will definitely give your bedroom an oriental look. You can use other oriental accents to complete the décor.

Adding a touch of Asian style to your home is easy with Japanese closet doors. Use them for a wardrobe or closet or buy a Zen or shoji screen as a room divider. The rice paper used in these products is extremely tough and resistant to tears and punctures. Check with local retailers to see what is readily available in your area. If the doors you want are not readily available, ask your retailer to special order them.