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.
Self built barn door.
From the countryside barns these wide sliding doors have entered the house to become popular interior décor pieces.
Here s how to save your money by taking the diy approach to building a barn door.
First you ll want to cut all your tongue and groove boards to length.
If you ve investigated rustic barn doors you ve probably gotten sticker shock.
I ve asked them for some input and together we ve put together a guide on how to take on the build.
The finished size of each barn door we built is almost 7 tall and 3 3 wide.
Thanks to this great little tutorial on how to build your barn door track you can save some money.
This is going to be a two part series.
The total cost for our project was 100 per door plus 115 hanging hardware plus stain 350.
Make sure to get t g boards for the door itself and regular boards for all of the trims.
If needed you can substitute 1x10 t g boards for 1x8 1x12 or even 2x6 or 2x8 boards.
Don t let that deter you from creating this look in your home any longer.
We re building sliding barn doors.
So we cut all of our tongue and groove to 84 1 2 inches.
From cozy bedrooms to rustic home offices and perfect room dividers barn style doors are all.
Before you start shopping for barn door hardware take a careful look at the area where you would like to install the barn.
So go ahead and give it a try.
My dad and eric built the barn doors.
We have an awesome building project for you today.
We wanted them to hide the frame around the door opening when they were closed.
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.
The prices below feature the starting cost for a kit fit for 6 8 h 3 w doors.
Rustica s barn door kits and diy barn door kit range in style and in price.
Supplies for diy barn doors.
The antique style sliding.
We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store.
Try this diy barn door idea.
To do this decide on the height and the width you want the door to be.
The simplest way to build a door is to use 1x10 t g barn siding for the door and regular straight edge 1x10 barn siding for trims and cross bucks.
Barn door hardware wood putty orbital sander.
A lot of the expense in putting up a barn door in your home is the hardware.