BARN DOORS REVEAL

September 23, 2012 by 15 Comments

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This is one of my first projects of 2012.  I have dreamed about this project for over a year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So here are our french doors into our basement “lounge” that we re-arranged recently.  See those photos here. This room is where we watch sports or the kids watch movies with friends. The glass panes are covered with fingerprints and dog snorts.  These white french doors did not go with my vision for our basement.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is our finished version:

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The barn doors open into our cozy little den: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pricing barn doors is tricky. The doors can be relatively inexpensive, but the hardware for the track and roller system is crazy expensive (relative to standard door hardware).  Every track system I priced online was easily $500.00 and the additional hardware x2 doors pushed the price above $900- $1000.   


I just couldn’t believe my only option was going to cost me $900+ dollars.  So, I checked out Home Depot.  Our local Depot did not have the track systems. I then went to a feed supply store.  Their pricing was out of my budget.  So I headed over to Lowes.  I found out not all Lowes stores carry the barn door track system.  An associate suggested we try one in another city that is closer to horse property.  I didn’t check out additional Home Depot’s so you may have more options depending on where you live.    Here are the original doors {the primer on the wall is from my earlier project to seal off a closet door).  I took these before shots… way before we would finish this project!    We had to remove the existing white trim.  We wanted the new trim to match the stained finished doors we envisioned. 

Here is the new knotty pine trim and the track system.  The doors and track system came from Lowes.  We attached a 1x6x10 piece of pine above the door frame and used this to attach the hardware.
Here is a close up of the board and the attached  hardware.
The rectangular brackets hold the rollers that slide along the track.
This is only the beginning of this project.  The brackets are attached to each door and then hung onto the track.  So you need 4 brackets total for 2 doors.  
This is the view from the interior side of the doors.  The bolts are from the brackets that encase the rollers that slide along the track.

I decided on the stain.  I went with the
Dark Walnut and lots of cotton rags.  

I am so excited about this project.  
Here are the details: 
2  32″ knotty pine solid interior doors ($148 each)
1  1x6x10 knotty pine board (to bolt track into)
2 1x3x8 knotty pine boards (we had to pull the original door trim out and replace with knotty pine trim)
and the barn door hardware track system from Lowes
Approximate total cost for the 2 door project:
Under $500.00 

 



 


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Comments

  1. Roeshel says:
    September 29, 2012 at 7:37 PM

    They’re gorgeous! Wow! I love sliding doors, especially barn doors. Great job!

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  2. Karen says:
    September 23, 2012 at 5:59 PM

    Beautiful. I love them. Good job.

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  3. Mary says:
    September 23, 2012 at 2:26 PM

    Incredible! You did a great job with those!

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  4. Anonymous says:
    July 24, 2012 at 8:32 AM

    It is lovely! What is the hardware called?

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  5. Anonymous says:
    July 8, 2012 at 9:01 PM

    This is a great idea. However, I’m sorry to be negative but I was so excited to find this tutorial and yet the most important information is not included: what exact hardware did was used? what was it called? which Lowe’s did you find it in? I did a search for this hardware on-line and it is extremely expensive so details on a cheaper version would be very relavant.

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  6. Shannon says:
    April 15, 2012 at 9:03 AM

    Amazing transformation! I love that you did your self and on a budget. It was time and money well spent. I wish I had a place in my house to add some barn doors.

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  7. Nancy from Flatrock Cabin says:
    April 4, 2012 at 7:08 PM

    I love these doors. This is also a dream of mine, but I don’t know where they would fit in my home.

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  8. Stuff and Nonsense says:
    April 1, 2012 at 4:41 PM

    these turned out
    absolutely fabulous

    what character and charm
    they lend to your space

    thanks for sharing at Fridays Unfolded!

    alison

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  9. Alese says:
    March 21, 2012 at 7:51 AM

    I love these doors. I especially like how you used a 1×6 under the hardware. It looks great!

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  10. Debbiedoo's says:
    March 12, 2012 at 1:53 PM

    Thanks for sharing with the copy cat party…enjoy!

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  11. ourlifeinaclick.blogspot.com says:
    March 12, 2012 at 11:42 AM

    Those really look awesome!! What a cool idea!

    -heather #62 at Debbie’s party

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  12. Debbiedoo's says:
    March 10, 2012 at 9:54 AM

    Hope you do not mind I shared this on my facebook fan page. It is amazing! and I love it.

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  13. Debbiedoo's says:
    March 10, 2012 at 9:49 AM

    WOW Laura, these are beautiful!!

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  14. Gwen @ The Bold Abode says:
    March 8, 2012 at 9:19 PM

    Wicked. In the awesome sense… I was looking up these track systems today and was, like…uh-uh..not happening…

    Now, I’ma go check out Lowes.

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  15. Alicia@ eco friendly homemaking says:
    March 7, 2012 at 8:56 PM

    Oh these doors look amazing. You did such a great job on them.

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