This beginner friendly tutorial is a for two sided barn door with rustic decorative trim on both sides.
How to make door on side of barn.
To hang it you can follow the instructions found in the barn door hardware kit you choose.
Cut list for installing a sliding door.
We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store.
Tips on the national hardware barn door kits.
We re building sliding barn doors.
See more of the kits here barn door kits.
This is going to be a two part series.
My cleverer than i am brother who also happens to make sliding barn doors for people took one look at my door and suggested i put a sliding latch on it on the inside top of the door with the piece you slide your latch into on the top part of the door frame.
Attach a small rubber band.
You have a choice of a variety of styles finishes and sizes.
This project lays out the steps to build a door of any size while still keeping the 1 3 4 door width required by standard sliding barn door hardware.
Just wanted to mention a few quick adjustments and upgrades you can make to your barn door tracker that will make your life a little easier when you go out and put it to the test.
From cozy bedrooms to rustic home offices and perfect room dividers barn style doors are all the rage for homeowners.
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.
Of course once you have it constructed you will need to fill the holes sand and paint it and hang it.
What type of wood do you use to make a barn door.
A barn door in 30 minutes.
Barn doors are not just for barns anymore.
We have an awesome building project for you today.
Use wood boards from the big box store and birch plywood for a budget friendly project.
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.
1x6 pine boards for the back.
We found the quality of these barn door hanging kits to be excellent.
For a single door you need adjacent wall space that s at least as wide as your door while double doors need space on both sides of the opening.
Here another shot of the completed barn door in our master bathroom.
From the countryside barns these wide sliding doors have entered the house to become popular interior décor pieces.
Use a small rubber band to keep the two boards on the turning bolt side sandwiched together.
It only required a total of 8 cuts.
I chose the brushed gold for a modern look and it s gorgeous.
This is a simple but useful upgrade.
These bypass barn doors beautifully divide a home office from an entry stairway.