{"id":29289,"date":"2015-11-17T19:03:26","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T00:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=29289"},"modified":"2015-11-15T12:54:19","modified_gmt":"2015-11-15T17:54:19","slug":"how-to-turn-bi-fold-doors-into-french-doors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=29289","title":{"rendered":"How to Turn Bi-fold Doors into French Doors"},"content":{"rendered":"

As much as I would love to dive right into decorating and buying furniture for our new house, there are some other practical things we need to address first. Don’t get me wrong.\u00a0 This house was move-in ready, but we want to put our stamp on it.\u00a0 One of those “stamps” involves the laundry closet. \u00a0 Not having a basement\u00a0or actual pantry this time around is making us rework some areas so we can be better organized. \u00a0I mean where do you put 12 rolls of paper towels?!?\u00a0 (I think from now on I won’t be buying in bulk.)<\/h3>\n

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Anyway, after being in the house a few weeks, I decided this laundry room right off of the kitchen could be more efficient by adding some shelves. Then I could have a laundry\/half pantry closet.\u00a0 I knew this could be achieved by stacking the washer and the dryer. \u00a0 So, while my parents were here, I bought a stacking kit<\/a>\u00a0for our washer and dryer.\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 What a huge difference it made. \u00a0To hold us over till we can do some built-ins, we put an old Ikea shelf in the other half and had an instant pantry. \u00a0There was a problem, though.\u00a0 The doors were bi-fold, and I was losing about six inches of space on each side.\u00a0 It was wasted space that I needed, and I knew it had to change.<\/h3>\n

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I knew it was an inexpensive project that I could do on my own. \u00a0\u00a0 First up, I bought a magnetic catch<\/a>.\u00a0 It would help the new French door close and stay closed.<\/h3>\n

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Next up. I purchased screws and mending plates. \u00a0I had to go with two packs since I was going to use three on each door.<\/h3>\n

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The first step was to get the roller out of the bi-fold track.\u00a0 I kept the corners still intact because they will continue\u00a0 to hold the doors up. \u00a0Once the roller was off the track I pulled out the roller. \u00a0Pliers helped remove this part.<\/h3>\n

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Next, I screwed the mending plates into each bi-fold door. \u00a0 I used three mending plates for each door –\u00a0 one in the top, middle and bottom.<\/h3>\n

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They will\u00a0 keep the door from folding and hold it straight.<\/h3>\n

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Then I got a piece of scrap wood that measured 1 inch x 3 inches by 4 feet. \u00a0They will cut it for me at the local home improvement store. In the middle of the board I screwed in the magnetic catch.<\/h3>\n

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I screwed the flat plates into the corner or each door. \u00a0This is what will catch and hold the doors shut.<\/h3>\n

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Behind the track I screwed this piece of wood into the closet trim. I had to be sure the magnetic catch and doors lined up so they will connect with the magnet and catch.<\/h3>\n

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This was such a great fix for us because for with very little time and money, we were able to create a pantry and get more space with these updated doors. I am also loving the white trim.\u00a0 When we moved in, all of the trim was a cream color. Thanks Mom for helping to paint this area and those doors!<\/h3>\n

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Cheers!<\/h3>\n

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