How To Build A Sliding Barn Door Cabinet

If you have enough this is a great way to save money.

How to build a sliding barn door cabinet.

Diy sliding barn door bathroom cabinet. The first sharing how to build the barn door and the second will be talking about barn door hardware and installation in our attic family room. We re building sliding barn doors. Building a sliding barn door means you don t have to rip open and reframe a wall for a pocket door.

It s easy to see why. If you want to cover the opening with one door you ll need an area on one side of the opening that s wide enough for the door. Before you start shopping for barn door hardware take a careful look at the area where you would like to install the barn door and figure out what door setup works best. Which means fewer pieces and cuts and that means easier to build.

Here is a link to a good budget set of hardware. She also drilled holes through both sides of each stake she would be using. This is going to be a two part series. We have an awesome building project for you today.

I designed this barn door to be visually sleek and modern. Take a walk down the hardware aisle at your local home improvement store and you re likely to come across several barn door style mounting systems in various shapes and sizes. After i cut the side top and bottom pieces for the cabinet frame i drilled 3 4 pocket holes into the 1 6 top braces with my k5 kreg jig. Don t want to build your own.

I was able to build this one in about 30 minutes. We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store. Https amzn to 2cx7rp0 square splinter version of the popular diy rustic barn. I used left over scrap 3 4 plywood for the side pieces and shelves.

To avoid paying 50 or more for pint size sliding door hardware kristine repurposed a 1 inch flat metal bar and metal garden edging stakes. Here we shrink the concept for use in this rustic looking cabinet. She cut the bar to length then drilled screw holes to mount it. Take it down and replace it with a sliding barn door.