Make And Stain Your Own Barn Door

Attach using 8 x 1 1 4 screws.

Make and stain your own barn door.

Cut outside length pieces 1 6 boards to fit your door and clamp them on. A quick two step staining process using common household ingredients that will make any wood look like old weathered barn wood we recently covered the front of this bar with old corrugated metal panels and trimmed it with barn wood. See our staining process to match up the wood tones below. When we cut the barn wood into strips for the trim it left us with some edges that did not match.

If you are using paint start by using a paint brush so you can fill in any edges or holes. The simplest guide is an l shaped metal bracket that mounts to the floor and fits into a groove cut in the bottom of the door. First you have to gather all the necessary materials. This may require waiting overnight.

If your barn door doesn t have a groove in it there are roller guides and adjustable roller guides that will work. Choose the guide that works best for your door. Six 1 x 8 x 8 wood boards three 1 x 4 x 8 wood boards one package of 1 1 4 trim head screws wood glue wood filler a standing block wood stain polyurethane. Apply the stain or paint of your choice and allow the door to dry.

Allow the paint to dry on both sides. Clamp and attach to door using the same screws in step one. Then roll on the rest of the paint. Here s what you will need for this project.