Make A Sliding Barn Door Out Of Existing Door

Trade your ordinary interior door for a farm chic sliding barn door with these easy steps.

Make a sliding barn door out of existing door.

You can choose whatever width you d like whether wide or narrow. How to turn a bifold door into a barn door. You ll need a set of sliding door hardware as well as a door that s large enough to cover your opening. Perfect for a laund.

Trim any added door length. In this diy tutorial we ll show you how to use an old door to create a beautiful diy barn door with a herringbone chevron style pattern. To get this hinged barn door diy project party started begin by gently removing the interior door trim with a pry bar. Clamp the top and bottom wood boards in place temporarily.

You can find the barn door hardware that we used here and the handle that we used here. Next install the hardware. Converting a hinged door to a sliding door. A group of friends find this historic door at a local salvage shop and turn it into a sliding barn door.

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. They re probably my favorite project from the 24 hour modern farmhouse makeover i did over the holidays. Use a template to mark the holes for your door hardware then drill the holes making sure to hold the drill perpendicular to the floor. If you choose to leave the door trim like we did you can used a pre primed 1 6 pine board for attaching the barn door track.

Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from toh senior technical editor mark powers. If you missed the reveal with all the before and afters make sure you check it out. Once cut we laid them out on the door in an arrangement we liked. 14 steps to building your.

To determine the door width add at least two inches to the width of the opening or to the outside dimensions of the door trim. We then cut other pieces to create the barn door design. Measure the top and install the railing system. How to make hollow core doors look sexy.

Sliding doors should extend at least an inch beyond the sides of the opening that don t have trim or an inch beyond the moldings of openings with trim. Cut the top and bottom wood boards to length of 31 7 8 or tho the width of your existing door and clamp them in place. Sand the boards with at least 100 grit sandpaper and sand a slight bevel to the corners so they aren t so sharp. As promised i m back with the tutorial for the diy faux barn doors aka.

We removed the existing doors and filled the screw holes with wood putty.