Awesome Barn Door ideas
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…
Here are some awesome barn doors I found while looking for inspiration.
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Hey– and this is what I ended up building for my first barn door. I had this really awesome plan to add a super duper something to it but never got around to it…maybe someday. sigh!
I think one long bar with three of the same doors in different colors would look cool. It would break up a long, other wise boring hall.
Why not put two doors on one long bracket for the basement and laundry door, then a separate door/barn door for the new closet? Who says you can’t have overkill???? I LOVE the look!! Do it!!
We have a tiny powder room off of our kitchen. The door for it would bang into the back door that entered into the kitchen. If they were BOTH open, they’d actually lock together via the doorknobs and then we couldn’t get into the kitchen or out of the bathroom. So, I made a barn door out of plywood that we used for our kitchen floor (yes, we used plywood to finish our kitchen floor….I LOVE it!!) and I used rail that is designed for a sliding closet door as the hardware for the ‘barn door’. It works perfectly for us…especially since the doorway into the bathroom is only 24″ wide. We are going to build a box to case in the rail so that it is more pleasing to the eye. I think doing 3 barn door styled doors would look fine depending on how you do the coloring of the doors/hardware. For instance, if you wanted the doors to totally stand out, then make them darker against your light wall. If you’d rather them kind of blend in, then make them a lighter color. If you don’t want people to accidentally go into the wrong rooms, you could always have some vinyl decals made for them and apply them to the doors when you are done. I have some vinyl decals on my living room wall and have been thinking about having “powder room” made for our barn door.
i’m a huge fan of barn doors in the home. i think the last example is perfect for your space. perhaps plain white on 2 of the doors & something bright/unexpected on the 3rd would be interesting! can’t wait to see what you come up with!
Oh geez, I have no idea! It might be a lot of barn door for some people, but at the same time – if it makes you happy, then you should DO IT! It’s your world, your house, and you should do what you want with it.