Advice for converting dining room to bedroom?

minnergirl

Hi!  This is my first time posting to The Nest!  I was on The Knot and lurked on The Bump... 

We are expecting baby #2 and we are having to convert our formal dining room that is right off the living room into a bedroom.  It has a 9ft opening.  This is going to be temporary until my 24 yr old brother moves out in a year (HOPEFULLY!)  

We were thinking of doing bi-fold doors on a track, but I don't know if there is a cheaper and more visually pleasing way to do it.  We really don't want to sheerock and frame in the doorway because it will go back to a formal dining room.  

Any suggestions?

Thank you so much in advance!

ab6704a

Maybe some of the large "barn doors" that are really popular right now?  That's assuming you have the wall space though.

http://www.houzz.com/photos/4517009/Sliding-Barn-Door-Double-size-Distressed-Knotty-Alder-eclectic-interior-doors-phoenix

If your taste is more modern you could do white flat panel doors with stainless or nickel hardware.

Merry_Chris

Why not do pocket doors? It's visually appealing and when you convert your bedroom into a dining room again it won't look awkward afterwards. 

musictchr25

Don't do bi-fold doors unless you want your home to look like a bad design from the 80s. I think french doors would be your best bet. You don't have to go with the ones with glass inserts, you can actually get ones that are full panel so there is more privacy. I'm not sure that pocket doors would work without opening up the walls and putting different support beams in and potentially moving electrical. That would be much more work than installing a set of french doors into the already existing wall opening. 

Kahlyla

French doors or barn-style doors would be my suggestions as well. French doors are classic and the barn doors are a little more "of the moment" but are also easily removed if you want to change them. I love the look of both, personally!