Blending style and function they re great for closets pantries and home offices but because there s a small gap between the sliding barn door and the surrounding drywall they may not work well for bathrooms or other rooms where privacy is essential.
How to make a sliding barn door for closet.
Remove the door hinge mortises.
We re building sliding barn doors.
Take it down and replace it with a sliding barn door.
How to turn an old interior door into a fabulous sliding barn door step 1.
The sliding barn doors do not take up any floor space.
I removed them with a circular saw and a guide cutting away about 1 4 of material.
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If you prefer not to cut off material you can also fill them in with some filler or bondo.
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.
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.
Remove the trim to get this hinged barn door diy project party started begin by gently removing the interior door trim with a pry bar and hammer.
This is going to be a two part series.
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.
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I designed this barn door to be visually sleek and modern.
So if you re asking yourself how to make a regular door into a sliding door look no further.
Which means fewer pieces and cuts and that means easier to build.
I was able to build this one in about 30 minutes.
Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from toh senior technical editor mark powers.