Make Sliding Doors For Closet

If you don t have an existing soffit in your room on which to hang your doors you can build one by connecting two.

Make sliding doors for closet.

Measure the opening to your closet. Cut four 2x4s for the door frame and miter each corner to a 45 degree angle. Stapler screws drill acrylic paint to stain burlap also optional closet door hinges you can get similar ones here. Today we are taking some standard interior doors and turning them into sliding closet doors.

To make the door we measured the closet opening and bought 2 1 8 s and 5 1 6 s to cover the opening. Sliding bypass closet doors are designed to slide behind and in front of one another. And that wasn t even the real wood ones but the fake wood looking closet doors and that s just outrageous to me there is no way in heck i was going to pay. Sliding doors offer sleek functionality with a modern look.

Ensure the glass in your closet sliding doors is tempered to reduce the risk of injury in case the door cracks or breaks. You can make sliding bypass closet doors from your current doors and you can buy new doors and customize your options. Flush doors do not have any raised sections and are completely flat. This is an easy diy for anyone.

What all closet doors have in common is that they are all very expensive. Our doors were 86 3 4 and the length. I priced out bi fold closet doors for this whole house a few months ago and it was just shy of 1 000. Sliding doors are great for smaller rooms where there is less space to accommodate doors that open out and away from the closet.

Polyurethane is the clear. Golden oak is a common stain for woodwork. How to build sliding closet doors step 1. As a result it blurs the objects on the other side creating an aura of mystery.

I wanted the wood running vertically and then have it framed out with 1 3 s. Wood stain optional burlap any fabric or you can even use thin plywood i used 5 1 2 yards of burlap i purchased my burlap at joanns. If you re going for a contemporary look consider closet sliding doors with frosted glass which diffuses the light that passes through it. Several closet sliding doors come with glass panels.

Like bifold doors these are installed on a track in the closet frame but the door shifts to the side inside the closet instead of folding open. With a dado blade on your table saw make a dado.