Make And Stain Your Own Barn Door

Cut outside length pieces 1 6 boards to fit your door and clamp them on.

Make and stain your own barn door. The simplest guide is an l shaped metal bracket that mounts to the floor and fits into a groove cut in the bottom of the door. When we cut the barn wood into strips for the trim it left us with some edges that did not match. A quick two step staining process using common household ingredients that will make any wood look like old weathered barn wood we recently covered the front of this bar with old corrugated metal panels and trimmed it with barn wood. Here s what you will need for this project.

Choose the guide that works best for your door. This may require waiting overnight. Apply the stain or paint of your choice and allow the door to dry. Attach using 8 x 1 1 4 screws.

Then roll on the rest of the paint. Cut width pieces 3 of them 1 6 boards to fit inside your length pieces. See our staining process to match up the wood tones below. A door solid core is best 1 4 lumber this project required 4 eight foot boards 1 4 luan plywood if filling in a design between the outlines wood glue paint or stain this is demo day from magnolia sliding barn door hardware plus optional spacers.

Clamp and attach to door using the same screws in step one. First you have to gather all the necessary materials. If you are using paint start by using a paint brush so you can fill in any edges or holes. Allow the paint to dry on both sides.