This room sits at the end of a long corridor through which you pass the laundry room, home office and dining room. While technically feasible, a standard swing door would have complicated the room. As a matter of clearance, a door swinging into a small space always limits a furnishing plan. To have one here would have shrunk our area rug, taking more than one notch of comfort out of the den. A sliding door was chosen.Barry Calhoun