Diy barn door room divider.
How to make faux barn doors.
I have been wanting barn doors forever but they were a bit pricey for my liken.
Once cut we laid them out on the door in an arrangement we liked.
This is the bracket.
We then cut other pieces to create the barn door design.
Barn doors are popular and a great diy project but if you don t have the space you can still have the look with this trick to turn bypass closet doors into sliding faux barn doors.
I wasn t sure if using 1x s would make a thick enough door for the brackets.
How to turn a bifold door into a barn door.
I turned my boring stock doors into the cutest faux barn doors.
Last year we turned the guest bedroom closet into our craft supply storage closet we had to empty out the old room to create the nursery.
I was perusing pinterest one night and a picture popped up with the barn door look it was only one door but it was so stinkin cute.
When i decided to build my doors i bought the hardware more on that in another post.
If you missed the reveal with all the before and afters make sure you check it out.
How to make hollow core doors look sexy.
If you want to use an existing door as a barn door read this.
Alright lets build a barn door that isn t actually a barn door.
As promised i m back with the tutorial for the diy faux barn doors aka.
The first thing we did was cut the underlayment into strips using a table saw.
Cut the 1x6 boards down to size for your opening.
Creating bi fold faux barn doors.
They re probably my favorite project from the 24 hour modern farmhouse makeover i did over the holidays.
Part of our nursery makeover was to do the bi fold doors in that room we went for kind of a modern slatted look for those doors.
This post will explain how i built my doors.
You can choose whatever width you d like whether wide or narrow.
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Drill pocket holes on the back of the boards to attach them all together like one large plank.