We re building sliding barn doors.
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Measure your door opening and figure out what size you need to make your door.
I d recommend doing this before hanging the door.
In my case the door was quite large.
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We chose our size because we wanted to have our barn door completely cover the door trim when.
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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.
In my situation i wanted the diagonal design to make it look like a barn door.
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We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store.
When i looked into getting custom barn doors built the asking cost was.
Whenever you walk into the studio the barn doors make a statement.
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Depending upon where your barn door is you may want it to look a little fancier.
Of course once you have it constructed you will need to fill the holes sand and paint it and hang it.
We decided to use tongue groove boards to create the base of the door because we liked the interlocking aspect of the boards.
From the start i knew i wanted to build something fun and vibrant in the kitchen space to add color since most of the area is monochromatic.
You may want a painted or stained barn door.
Our specific door needed to be 37x84 inches.
Use inexpensive pine from home depot.
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The finished size of each barn door we built is almost 7 tall and 3 3 wide.
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.
It only required a total of 8 cuts.
The size will vary depending in your door opening.
Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from toh senior technical editor mark powers.
Supplies for diy barn doors.
First build the barn door.
We wanted them to hide the frame around the door opening when they were closed.
To hang it you can follow the instructions found in the barn door hardware kit you choose.
First build the barn door.
You can decorate your door any way you d like.
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Use inexpensive pine from home depot.
The total cost for our project was 100 per door plus 115 hanging hardware plus stain 350.
Our doors were custom built to the measurements we needed.
The size will vary depending in your door opening.
Here another shot of the completed barn door in our master bathroom.