Decorating Ideas for Horizontal Sliding Storage Cabinet Doors

Functional Stencils

• If your storage cabinets are in an office, and you use the same ones for the same supplies over and over again, stencil which supplies go into which storage cabinets on the doors. For example, stencil the word "Paper" on the paper supply cabinet. Choose large stencil letters in a decorative font. Tape the stencils on the cabinet door. Check that the stencils are even. Then, carefully spray the letters on the cabinet door with spray paint. Let the paint dry completely before removing the tape and stencil letters.

Vinyl Wall Art

• Use vinyl wall decals to create scenes on your sliding storage cabinet doors. For example, you can create a winter scene with vinyl trees, snow and small animals. The vinyl decals can be cut to fit the sliding door. The adhesive backing peels off, and the decals are pressed firmly into place and will stick even when sliding the doors horizontally. Create a more abstract design with geometric shapes. Add bubbles, a flock of birds, a map or a black and white image of your favorite famous people to the cabinet doors.

Album Covers

• If you like to draw and paint, recreating your favorite classic album covers on the surface of the storage cabinet doors may be a potent reminder of the bands you listen to and enjoy. Try painting these works of art with oil-based paints, which will last longer than water-based paints. You can also give the album cover a 3-D appearance by building up layers of paint on certain sections. Just ensure that the doors will still slide properly. Let the album cover recreation dry. Then spray it with a fixative so that the art does not scrape off when the doors are slid open and shut.

Travel Collage

• Digital cameras make it easy to photograph your travels. Print out your pictures on a high-quality printer. Decorate the sliding doors of your cabinets with these pictures and other mementos of your vacation trips. Lay out everything you want to put in your travel collage on a flat surface, and move the objects around until you are satisfied with their placement. Then, use adhesive poster strips on the backs of the pictures and mementos to put up your travel collage on the sliding doors. Ensure that the doors will still slide as you are creating your collage. You can also use a spray on fixative to ensure that nothing will fall off your collage when it is complete.