Go from swing to sling in a few easy steps taking the initial plunge into a diy sliding barn door project may seem like a big dive but we re here to show you how easy it can be to convert your hinged doors into sliding doors in five easy steps.
How to transform bathroom door into barn door.
After the door is clean arrange all the plywood pieces on top how you want them to go.
Use a template to mark the holes for your door hardware then drill the holes making sure to hold the drill perpendicular to the floor.
Make sure your tops and bottoms are lined up perfectly and the plywood is flush with the door all down the side.
Learn how to turn a basic door from the hardware store into a farmhouse chic sliding barn door.
Cut two 1x4s to the height of your door and two 1x4s seven inches shorter than the width of your door.
Apply wood glue to the back of the plywood and stick it to the door.
Trade your ordinary interior door for a farm chic sliding barn door with these easy steps.
We cut the side trim pieces to size and attached them to the side of the barn door with 1 1 4 brad nails and wood glue.
Make sure the notched piece is where the hinges will be.
Measure the width and height of the door.
Determine placement of doorknob.
Once the side trim was attached we measured and cut the bottom trim to size and attached it with wood glue and 1 1 4 brad nails.
But buying a pre made barn door is pricey and we would like to reuse the doors themselves but aren t quite sure if they need to be slightly wider than they are now and how to go about converting them.
We need every inch of space in our small bedrooms and would like to convert the bedroom door and the closet door of the master and the closet door of the spare bedroom into barn door style doors.
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