Making the doors was the easy part of this DIY. It's kind of like the 1/2 homemade meal...start with can or frozen food and then add additional ingredient to it. LOL. For the doors, I started with pre-glued pine wood slats panels. This is real wood...not MDF or PVC. From there, I trimmed the length to height needed, added hardware and stained. That was the easy part. The barn door kit slide rail....now that was a different story. Below is the materials I used and how I did this DIY.
I got the hardware kit and accessory pieces from Amazon:
1 - HomLux 6.6ft Heavy Duty Sliding Barn Door Hardware Kit Easy Install Fit 13/8 – 1 ¾ Thick and up to a 40” wide door $38.99
1 - Homlux Sliding Barn Door Hangers Rollers 2pc set Compatible with All barn door – Fit 1 3/8/-1 ¾ Thick door panel (black) $19.99 (I needed this, because the Sliding rail Hardware Kit above only had hanger/rollers for one door)
1 (2pc set) – EaseLife Heavy Duty Door Floor Guide $17.99
1 (2pc set) Rustic Cast Iron Gate Door Handle Pull, Barn Door $14.99
The wood door panels came from Lowe’s:
2 – Edgewood Glued Panels - 3/4D”x20W”x96”H (looks to be made with ten 1x2’s glued together) really nice slat look. $42.99 each
2 – pine wood board 1”x3”x8’ $4.50 each
How to make:
First, I installed the hardware. The instructions with this hardware is a quite scarce….at least there were pictures to view along with the instructions….that was somewhat helpful. After reading them about 10 times and messing with the hardware.…I figured it out and then I was moving right along. Before I attached the hardware to the wall, I attached a 1”x3”x82” board to my the wall and screwed it into the studs since the pre-drilled holes in the T-bar did not line up with my studs. I did an 82” board for esthetic reasons…I wanted the wood to be showing about an inch on each side of the bar. I used a level to verify it was straight.
The T-Bar is a bit hard to handle by one person since it is in two pieces and a bit heavy and I had to get it even so the wheels will roll easily….so hold, level and bolt at the same time. Gez! I only have two arms so I had to YELL for my husband to help. So this step we needed four arms and two steps stools!!
Next, I cut my wood panels down to 80H”. I then cut the 1”x3”x8’ board so I could get the horizontal trim that is attached to the front of the panels. I measured and cut four 20" long pieces. Each door panel I attached two of the pieces one at the top and one at the bottom…..I measured 8” in from each end of the panels. I used wood glue and the nail gun to attach them. I thought about adding on another board to run diagonally but decided not. I added the top door hanger rollers…I drilled the bolt holes 2.5” from the sides. I hung the doors up first to see if I wanted them to be their natural color or stained. I also measured where I wanted the handles to go. I removed them and measured down 32” from the top of the panel and placed the top of the handle at that mark and about 2.5” from the edge. I did decided to stain them. I used Minwax dark walnut 2716….gorgeous!! I hung them back up and opened and closed and open and closed and open and closed them. LOL, I couldn’t help myself. I just love them!
Here is the links for the items I purchased these items.
I noticed that the 20" wide panels are not currently in stock at Lowes or Home Depot, but these two panels (12" wide & 16" wide) together would work. You will need two 12” wide panels and one 16” wide panel. The 16" would need to be cut in half length wise to have two 3/4 x 8in x 8ft. I suggest to use wood glue to put the two together. I don't think it would need to be clamped since the two 1"x3"x2ft boards will be attached to the panels. Here's the links for those optional two panels.
If you decide to make these, please come back and drop me a comment on how your process went and any tips that may be helpful for this DIY.