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.

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. Then roll on the rest of the paint. Clamp and attach to door using the same screws in step one. If you are using paint start by using a paint brush so you can fill in any edges or holes.

See our staining process to match up the wood tones below. Cut width pieces 3 of them 1 6 boards to fit inside your length pieces. Six 1 x 8 x 8 wood boards three 1 x 4 x 8 wood boards one package of 1 1 4 trim head screws wood glue wood filler a standing block wood stain polyurethane. If your barn door doesn t have a groove in it there are roller guides and adjustable roller guides that will work.

This brand of screws is my personal favorite. Choose the guide that works best for your door. Apply the stain or paint of your choice and allow the door to dry. 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.

This may require waiting overnight. When we cut the barn wood into strips for the trim it left us with some edges that did not match. Attach using 8 x 1 1 4 screws. First you have to gather all the necessary materials.