I designed this barn door to be visually sleek and modern.
How to build sliding barn doors for a closet.
Before you start shopping for barn door hardware take a careful look at the area where you would like to install the barn door and figure out what door setup works best.
Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from toh senior technical editor mark powers.
This is a step by step guide on the diamond pattern design and how to hang the doors from ceiling rafters.
Ready to install options can be costly and the idea of creating a diy barnwood door may seem intimidating but this guide will teach you how to choose your lumber remove your current door and install a brand new custom barn wood door in just a few steps.
Whether for the bathroom bedroom or laundry room entry deciding to build a barn wood door can ensure added privacy and style.
Instead they slide along the wall.
However they also allow the closet to be completely opened up as opposed to the mirror sliding doors that were put on every closet in the 80s and 90s.
Diy sliding barn door hardware is available in all manner of styles and budgets and the door options are limitless from salvage finds to original diy creations like this one a mix of pallet wood and common cedar.
The sliding barn doors do not take up any floor space.
We re building sliding barn doors.
Which means fewer pieces and cuts and that means easier to build.
This is going to be a two part series.
We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store.
I was able to build this one in about 30 minutes.
Take it down and replace it with a sliding barn door.
If you want to cover the opening with one door you ll need an area on one side of the opening that s wide enough for the door.
The first sharing how to build the barn door and the second will be talking about barn door hardware and installation in our attic family room.
Not only did it solve the problem but it added another element of visual interest to the room.