We have an awesome building project for you today.
How to make a sliding barn door for closet.
How to turn an old interior door into a fabulous sliding barn door step 1.
Instead they slide along the wall.
Remove the door hinge mortises.
Not only did it solve the problem but it added another element of visual interest to the room.
I was able to build this one in about 30 minutes.
We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store.
The sliding barn doors do not take up any floor space.
This is going to be a two part series.
Remove the trim to get this hinged barn door diy project party started begin by gently removing the interior door trim with a pry bar and hammer.
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Which means fewer pieces and cuts and that means easier to build.
Diy sliding barn door hardware is available in all manner of styles and budgets and the door options are limitless from salvage finds to original diy creations like this one a mix of pallet wood and common cedar.
Barn doors are popular and a great diy project but if you don t have the space you can still have the look with this trick to turn bypass closet doors into sliding faux barn doors.
Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from toh senior technical editor mark powers.
We re building sliding barn doors.
So if you re asking yourself how to make a regular door into a sliding door look no further.
I designed this barn door to be visually sleek and modern.
However they also allow the closet to be completely opened up as opposed to the mirror sliding doors that were put on every closet in the 80s and 90s.
If you prefer not to cut off material you can also fill them in with some filler or bondo.
I removed them with a circular saw and a guide cutting away about 1 4 of material.
Take it down and replace it with a sliding barn door.