Mirror or vinyl sliding wardrobe doors?

felicity01 · Apr 11, 2013 12:42 pm

Trying to decide if it is worth upgrading, which would you prefer in a house, mirror sliding wardrobe doors or vinyl??

Thanks

jaymak · Apr 11, 2013 12:47 pm

The reason I went with mirror because it makes the room feel bigger. About it!

1rocky · Apr 11, 2013 12:49 pm

i am going for a black glass sliding door on the wardrobe just like the look of it

Blond1e · Apr 11, 2013 1:11 pm

We went with mirrors because I have a little girl who loves dancing in front of them and is always going to the bathroom to look in the mirror

, a very technical decision for us - NOT.

xxkatxx · Apr 11, 2013 1:51 pm

Id go with mirrors, they make the room look bigger and are also really practical!

travisaus · Apr 11, 2013 1:53 pm

Mirror for sure.. makes the room feel bigger. Shouldn't cost too much to upgrade from vinyl.

Elements · Apr 11, 2013 1:59 pm

I love the mirrors and they are so easy to clean. Definitely expand the room visual and takes away the need to hang a separate mirror somewhere else.

namweng · Apr 11, 2013 2:43 pm

I have vinyls but if I had to choose again I would go for mirror.

My brother has mirror on one sliding door and vinly on the other.

Good balance imo

Bluesuede · Apr 11, 2013 2:51 pm

Another vote for mirrors. Opens up the room and saves you putting up extra mirrors for those who love to check whether their butt looks big in that or not.

fmac · Apr 11, 2013 2:54 pm

We are having glass for our linen. We don't have wardeobes in our minor bedrooms. It was standard with our builder to pick between glass, vinyl or mirror finish. Glass came in black or a greenish blue colour. If you don't want the mirror I would go the glass over vinyl?

Or go one mirror and one non-mirror

MalinViktoria · Apr 11, 2013 3:57 pm

For us, it was about $250 to upgrade one wardrobe from vinyl to mirrors, so we went with the standard vinyl. However, we're planning on DIY our own mirrors after handover; you can buy massive mirrors and special mirror glue to attach them to the wardrobe doors. Much cheaper.

felicity01 · Apr 11, 2013 4:43 pm

MalinViktoria, that sounds like a good idea! We are actually doing alot of DIY after handover as my fiance is a carpenter who is also a jack of all trades with a few different trades for friends and brothers, so anything we can get away with doing ourselves we will.
Mirror doors it is!

Thanks everyone

LeanneR · Apr 11, 2013 4:49 pm

We had the option of either so we did both. One door vinyl and one door mirror

travisaus · Apr 11, 2013 8:02 pm

It shouldn't be more than $60 a panel to go mirror over vinyl.

Jen1977 · Apr 11, 2013 8:05 pm

I didnt realise that wardrobes came in vinyl. I work for a builder and one day when I saw the vinyl doors I nearly died of shock and told him off for using them.

The rental house that we are living in has one door mirror and one door vinyl and I would not have the vinyl, I think it looks much better all glass.

MalinViktoria · Apr 11, 2013 8:30 pm

travisaus

It shouldn't be more than $60 a panel to go mirror over vinyl.

Yeah, in a perfect world that's how much they'd charge for it, but not Plantat!on (for us anyway).

jibs · Apr 12, 2013 2:20 am

1rocky

i am going for a black glass sliding door on the wardrobe just like the look of it

Oh I loved the black glass sliding door and the red one too.
Unfortunately did not think it would go in our two bedrooms so have chosen white instead.

1rocky · Apr 12, 2013 4:39 am

the white is very nice we are also using the white in bed 4 thought it would go with the beachy theme we have going on there

spacemaker · Apr 16, 2013 12:05 pm

If you're planning on changing from vinyl inserts to mirror inserts, you should be able to take the frames apart and put the mirror inserts in relatively easily. You will just need glazing bead (most glass manufacturers should be able to supply this).

In my opinion, it's also important to buy mirrors with safety (vinyl) backing.

Marmalade · Apr 16, 2013 9:35 pm

I used to work at a wardrobe-s/screen mfr and mirrors weren't too much more than vinyl. The frames do come apart and the beading can be reused.

But after the hassles of having a mirror cut to size, transporting it and taking the door apart and putting it all back together (using a rubber mallet)... you're only really saving on the aluminium frame cost anyway. Depends on how much you value your free time

There's always the option of dropping the doors off at the factory & have them change it over for you, is only a 10min job.