Make Your Own Closet Barn Doors

Build the door steps 2 10.

Make your own closet barn doors.

Another option just buy the hardware tracks pins and hinges then build your own bi fold barn doors using 1 by x boards 1 3 1 4 etc. Plan for a 2 day project. Then you end up with 1 framed 3 4 thick door. I ve asked them for some input and together we ve put together a guide on how to take on the build.

In this instance they used it as a magnificent piece in their mud room. Instead they slide along the wall. Folding door hardware set. This kit allows diy ers to simply add their own slats of wood to the provided steel barn door frame to create their own unique barn door in minutes.

Hang the door step 11 13 before you begin measure the width of the door from the outside edges of the casing then order a hardware kit with a track twice that width. The sliding barn doors do not take up any floor space. Choose the guide that works best for your door. Since sharing the studio s before and after transformation one of the most frequently requested posts has been to show you how to build a barn door on a budget after all we transformed a closet into a pantry and we needed to close the space.

My dad and eric built the barn doors. Whether for the bathroom bedroom or laundry room entry deciding to build a barn wood door can ensure added privacy and style. 14 steps to building your own sliding barn doors step 1. 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.

Try this diy barn door idea. The simplest guide is an l shaped metal bracket that mounts to the floor and fits into a groove cut in the bottom of the door. This video will show you how to make your own barn door style bi fold doors. However it could look great in many different areas of the house.

Use the 1 4 thickness to trim a frame like you did. To find inspiration i browsed through pinterest as always and came up with two different simple and easy to build plans using inexpensive 1 boards i could buy at. So if you d like to build your own barn door from start to finish then check out this tutorial. If your barn door doesn t have a groove in it there are roller guides and adjustable roller guides that will work.

It was an easy decision to build one for the new bathroom in order to free up limited space and i figured i d build a couple more for the downstairs theater room entrance while i was at it since that space was unfinished. Rustica hardware s revolutionary diy barn door kit is the most cost effective way to add the beautiful character of a barn door to your bedroom living room or bathroom.