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.
Make your own closet sliding doors.
How to build sliding closet doors step 1.
I just used the width that the wood comes in for the bottom and i cut it in half for the vertical frame pieces.
Stapler screws drill acrylic paint to stain burlap also optional closet door hinges you can get similar ones here.
Choose a stain that will match your existing woodwork.
This is an easy diy for anyone.
Cut four 2x4s for the door frame and miter each corner to a 45 degree angle.
Flush doors do not have any raised sections and are completely flat.
To make 2 sliding doors with overlap of one edge find the centerline of your opening and draw a line.
Now you have a door that you can hang onto your existing closet door way.
The structure will feel flimsy and wobbly but that s okay.
First you have the rolling closet doors that always cover half the closet half the time and are a bit of a nightmare to install hate em then you have the old fashioned kind of closet doors where its basically just two interior doors side by side that open out i like this idea but they re.
Polyurethane is the clear.
I m very picky when it comes to closet doors i don t really like any of the options out there.
If you don t have an existing soffit in your room on which to hang your doors you can build one by connecting two.
I wanted the wood running vertically and then have it framed out with 1 3 s.
Our doors were 86 3 4 and the length.
Hubby cut a few inches off the board to get the right height and left about an inch or so on the top so he could put the rollers on the door.
Measure the opening to your closet.
Figure out how large you want your wood frame to be.
You don t need an architect s plans to build a door you just need a drill or even less a screw driver.
First make a wooden frame that is the same dimension as your masonite using the diagram above to assemble your 2 2 boards with one screw joining each board.
Golden oak is a common stain for woodwork.
Prior to screwing the frame on put your wood glue silicon all over the frame attach.
The back of the paneling is really ugly so you want to make sure you paint the front back of the door.
I used poplar wood because it is lightweight and more importantly cheap.
With a dado blade on your table saw make a dado.