How To Build A Simple Barn Door

I designed this barn door to be visually sleek and modern.

How to build a simple barn door.

This barn door was super simple to make. Building a sliding barn door means you don t have to rip open and reframe a wall for a pocket door. Take it down and replace it with a sliding barn door. Carefully roll it into each end to determine where to place the stops.

I started out my cutting 4 boards at 8 feet long. Like it took me literally less than an hour and that was with a few stops to wrangle a few fighting kids and feed them a quick lunch. Not only did it solve the problem but it added another element of visual interest to the room. After all the materials are on site the total time for this project is about one day to build and one day to paint for both doors.

It s easy to see why. Today i have a beginners guide to building a barn door with free plans and a video tutorial. 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. Materials for building a tongue and groove barn door.

I was able to build this one in about 30 minutes. Building a barn door is a simple project. I also like this board because it has. Building a barn door is not hard if you have some basic woodworking skills and good directions.

10 pieces of tongue and groove pine 8 ft tall or however tall you want it it comes in 6 ft 8 ft and 12 ft at home depot. If you are only making one door you could get it done in a day. We used this one which i was estatic to find because it was about 5 per board. Mount the end stops bottom guides and any other hardware according to your specific set of instructions.

Here is what we used to make our barn door. I ve broken everything down into easy to follow steps on how to build a barn door and how to install a barn door by yourself too.