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.
How to make a sliding barn door for closet.
Remove the door hinge mortises.
Which means fewer pieces and cuts and that means easier to build.
Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from toh senior technical editor mark powers.
I was able to build this one in about 30 minutes.
We re building sliding barn doors.
We have an awesome building project for you today.
I removed them with a circular saw and a guide cutting away about 1 4 of material.
This is going to be a two part series.
If you prefer not to cut off material you can also fill them in with some filler or bondo.
The first sharing how to build the barn door and the second will be talking about barn door hardware and installation in our attic family room.
Blending style and function they re great for closets pantries and home offices but because there s a small gap between the sliding barn door and the surrounding drywall they may not work well for bathrooms or other rooms where privacy is essential.
The sliding barn doors do not take up any floor space.
We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store.
So if you re asking yourself how to make a regular door into a sliding door look no further.
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.
Take it down and replace it with a sliding barn door.
I designed this barn door to be visually sleek and modern.
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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.
Instead they slide along the wall.
Not only did it solve the problem but it added another element of visual interest to the room.