Make And Stain Your Own Barn Door

Check out this post for a great tutorial on how to hang your sliding barn door.

Make and stain your own barn door.

If you love the look now you can create your very own rustic barn door with just as much character as one that came straight from the farm. 10ft barn door track kit listing has other sizes 10 inch black steel door handle. Choose the guide that works best for your door. Your barn door is now ready to hang.

See our staining process to match up the wood tones below. You can find a set of bits here. It barely requires any diy expertise and only costs 40. Once all of the holes are predrilled and the wheels are assembled you can attach the barn door track to the piece of furniture.

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. You ll also need a nut driver bit to drill the hex screws into the barn door track. If your barn door doesn t have a groove in it there are roller guides and adjustable roller guides that will work. Much easier to do than you might think.

The ones we used and the ones i wish we had purchased. And you can make a barn door without spending hundreds on pricey wood and vintage metal fixtures. To finish it off i added a 14 square cast iron handle pull. The most expensive part of the project will be the actual doors create your own diy barn doors.

Whether for the bathroom bedroom or laundry room entry deciding to build a barn wood door can ensure added privacy and style. And voila another sliding barn door built. Be sure to do this in an area where it s ok that the grounds pop around as they tend to make a real mess lining the area with drop cloths helps. 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.

The most beautiful wood stain i know is to make a mixture of the oil of your choice and coffee grounds rub it in well and allow to sit overnight. Ready to install options can be costly and the idea of creating a diy barnwood door may seem intimidating but this guide will teach you how to choose your lumber remove your current door and install a brand new custom barn wood door in just a few steps. Watch this video for a quick overview of how to make your own perfectly imperfect barn wood. You ll also need a roller to apply the first coat of stain and cotton rags for the remaining two coats.

Diy barn door hardware painting. Barn doors are a country decorating essential. When we cut the barn wood into strips for the trim it left us with some edges that did not match. In the pictures below my handle had not yet come.

Diy barn door hardware the track.