How to turn a bifold door into a barn door.
Making barn doors out of ftench doors.
The finished size of each barn door we built is almost 7 tall and 3 3 wide.
I am looking into barn doors in place of french doors.
The total cost for our project was 100 per door plus 115 hanging hardware plus stain 350.
Find these from 1925 workbench.
They are usually either really rustic or super modern due to hardware.
So i set about making my own circle fretwork panels for the sliding french barn doors out of 1 2 inch mdf using a jigsaw.
You can choose whatever width you d like whether wide or narrow.
This fantastic round up of diy barn door hardware by remodelaholic will help you narrow down your options for your next diy barn door project.
I added trim around the edges of the fretwork panel where it met the cut out opening in the door.
Our doors were custom built to the measurements we needed.
I am fine with having only clearance for one door one slid behind the other on a double track i suppose 99 of the time but just wondering if its easy to take them off track should you need.
Supplies for diy barn doors.
Once cut we laid them out on the door in an arrangement we liked.
These are some great examples of the types of barn doors you can build or order if you should so desire.
The first thing we did was cut the underlayment into strips using a table saw.
I recently shared how i repainted a console table for our living room which brought back memories of transforming french doors into a barn door.
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 thing is i don t have ample room for them on either side of the 6 7 foot width open area.
Since you are building a house i would suggest living with it and make sure your new house doesn t have the same issue.
I don t think making a barn door using a french door would look right.
Add trim to finish out the rough edges.
We wanted them to hide the frame around the door opening when they were closed.
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.
We then cut other pieces to create the barn door design.