Turn Door Into Barn Door Get Rid Of Molding

2 years ago i purchased my home complete with a very ominous colored no tell motel dresser set up flanked by two small closets.

Turn door into barn door get rid of molding. Remove the door hinge mortises. Jan 29 2016 update. How to install a barn door for a bathroom. As long as you have enough room for the door to slide you are golden.

By reader laura from use it or lose it diy. Taking off the doors should be surprisingly easy. Now don t get me wrong. Some of the nails will stay in the door casing which you can just hammer back in and break off the ones stuck in the molding.

To do that you must first cut a line with a sharp edge on all sides. We did not remove the moldings. Luckily these ones came off really easily you can see the three pieces in the hallway. And if i were to move to a rustic farmhouse or beach house or lake house for that matter i d be all over a true to form barn door or even one made from reclaimed wood.

Throughout the life of this blog you ve witnessed many diy door transformations like my salvaged wood look. A group of friends find this historic door at a local salvage shop and turn it into a sliding barn door. Removing the doors door hardware. You can find another very thorough blog and video tutorial in this post.

If you prefer not to cut off material you can also fill them in with some filler or bondo. Use a speed square to make sure the 1x4 is square. This barn door kit would be perfect for a bathroom as well. Just above the doorknob measure the width of the door from the inside of the 1x4 frame.

Don t get all excited about a big chunky barn door build a 40 wide one for a 6ft long door track. Generally speaking barn door tracks come in two sizes. There s a peg in the top of each door hinge just pull it out or grab a hammer to help knock it out. How to turn bypass closet doors into faux barn doors.

I love a good rustic barn door. How to turn an old interior door into a fabulous sliding barn door step 1. I particularly like the more streamlined hardware on this one. The board we mounted the barn door hardware too made it stand out just.

Their next project is a new vanity and to get rid of the last bit of peach in the room. How to frame a doorway for barn doors step 1. Bathroom doors can also have awkward swings into smaller bathrooms either hitting a vanity or making it impossible for two people to pass through a narrow space. Cut a 1x4 to size and install with wood glue and staples.