Make A Cheap Barn Door

Diy barn door hardware painting.

Make a cheap barn door.

They re probably my favorite project from the 24 hour modern farmhouse makeover i did over the holidays. Once all of the holes are predrilled and the wheels are assembled you can attach the barn door track to the piece of furniture. Materials for building a tongue and groove barn door. You ll also need a nut driver bit to drill the hex screws into the barn door track.

How to make a barn door easy and cheap. Before you start shopping for barn door hardware take a careful look at the area where you would like to install the barn door and figure out what door setup works best. The ones we used and the ones i wish we had purchased. You can find a set of bits here.

We used this one which i was estatic to find because it was about 5 per board. And you can make a barn door without spending hundreds on pricey wood and vintage metal fixtures. 3 4 plywood for the back of the doors 1 x6 boards for the top and bottom trims 1 x4 boards for remaining trim 10ft barn door track kit listing has other sizes 10 inch black steel door handle. I also bought a metal gate handle from the same section for 5.

If you want to cover the opening with one door you ll need an area on one side of the opening that s wide enough for the door. Owg step by step diy barn door plans. They are surprisingly simple to create. Diy barn door hardware the track.

Using our step by step barn door plans we created every single barn door in the house for about 50 a piece. I also like this board because it has a beadboard like pattern on one side. I like the look of a barn door and i like that you can make the way that it fits to your interior style. It took about an hour or two to build each doors with just a few basic tools and lumber found that can be found at any standard lumber store.

The most expensive part of the project will be the actual doors but you can always get recycled. Here is what we used to make our barn door. They put barn doors in every house they renovated and it looked beautiful. 10 pieces of tongue and groove pine 8 ft tall or however tall you want it it comes in 6 ft 8 ft and 12 ft at home depot.

How to make hollow core doors look sexy. Here are the materials we used. However recently hobby lobby has had amazing barn door hardware that i wish was around when i built my door for super cheap in the furniture knob section of the store you can either wait for a 50 off sale which is basically every other week or use a 40 coupon available online on their website. Especially since i have been watching hgtv chip and joana.