I'm building an entertainment center and want some input before I start on something that won't work.
Location considerations allow me a size of 48 inches wide and 23 inches deep. SWMBO requires that the doors retract completely into the case. My doors would be 24 inches (approximately) and have to retract into a case that's only 23 deep with 3 to 5 inches being lost to the pocket door slides....deep breath.... That is unacceptable.
My thought was to make the doors with a piano hinge so they would fold onto themselves and then only be 12 inches wide. But will this work? If I fold them in, they won't fold flat because the folding half be butting into the pocket door slides. If they fold out and flat would there be clearance to get past the door slides?
Luckily, I haven't started building this yet and I haven't purchased any door slides. My only solution may be to make the cabinet deeper but that will take some fancy talking to you know who....
Any help would be appreciated.
Bryan