I think I decided to go all “barn door style” on this house!
I always intended to do ONE OR TWO barn doors but the regular doors in this house are my enemy so I’m reconsidering that number.
Barn doors are so pretty and functional.
They don’t take up any floor space. They don’t block your sink! You don’t have to fiddle around with shims to get them to open and close properly when you install them. Just hang level and you’re done. Bam! I’m sure it’s more difficult than that but I’m irritated at my doors right now so I my judgement might be foggy.
I just haven’t decided yet…
How many barn doors is too many?
Via Houzz
Seriously, if the hardware were not $5000 per door (exaggeration), how many barn doors could one house flaunt before it became obnoxious?
Traditional Kids design by Wilmington General Contractor Tongue & Groove via Houzz
There are lots of ways do have the barn door look with out buying the actual hardware. DIY options are all over Pinterest so I think I CAN do as many as I want without worrying about it getting too expensive. I’m just feeling so indecisive about the quantity issue.
This hallway is the current dilemma. I switched the laundry room door yesterday (PITA) but now I’m thinking that I don’t want three big doors opening up into the space. I always intended on doing a barn door on the middle door but am considering doing three. (I might have to steal some space from the stairs but I don’t need them to be pretty. I’d rather have more storage.)
Tags: Barn Doors, Hallway
I’m all about symmetry (it’s that whole OCD thing, you know!). What do you think about leaving the middle door alone, and putting a barn door on either side? Keep the bump-out, make the opposite side wall step back the same as the other side. Paint the middle door a different color to make it stand out. Or make the middle door two narrow doors that meet inthe middle and open outward. Of course, you’d have to work it so the wall space on either side of the center door was the same. Let’s all say it together now, “symmetry…”
As long as you don’t want the door to seal off anything (noise, smell, privacy), they’re good. We stayed in a hotel a couple months ago that had one to the bathroom, and while lovely, it was useless. You could see around the door into the bathroom, and don’t even get me started on the humidity problem when the shower was engaged. It ruined me for barn doors, I am sorry to say. Unless they are more like a sliding screen type of door.
I love the look of barn doors but like Andrea stated above, was concerned about them sealing anything. I have to say the long rail with three in a row……. I know it’s not the style you would pick, but my immediate thought was ….. a prison. It reminded me of cell doors. Sorry, maybe because I work in one?
You are so talented, you will come up with a winner, I have faith in you!
Opinion–LOVE barn doors but I think they should be used sparingly. For example, a special room or a focal point wall. Like your wall of doors–could be a great spot but three MAY be too many? Or it could look awesome with the right door–not too overdone. Also, switch out the designs a little. If it is in the same viewing area stick with the same door but if you did them to a master bed area on a different floor then make a new kind of door. My big time opinion. I would sketch alot and think alot aobut where and what before doing. But yes, the wall of doors is crazy. My daughter has the 60′s master bedroom and had a wall of three (double)sliding closet doors. The two outer were regular doors and the center were mirror (ugh). We turned the center set into a built in desk area:)
Every door is not too many.
I love barn doors. I love pocket doors too.
Any door that doesn’t get in the way is a perfect door.
I say, Go for it.
Hi, so we actually have 4 doors in one hallway (2 bedrooms, bathroom and laundry room). I have 3 framed portraits of my kids in matching frames, one between each door. It’s quite nice and it will save you $ because you would only be putting in the one door. Also to loose space on your stairs might not seem like a big deal now but wait until you try to move furniture up and down with the corner to turn. I think you will be glad to have the extra space (unless you have a second set of stairs).