Create an outer frame on the door with 1x4s.
How to convert existing door as barn door.
Trade your ordinary interior door for a farm chic sliding barn door with these easy steps.
Use a template to mark the holes for your door hardware then drill the holes making sure to hold the drill perpendicular to the floor.
We removed the existing doors and filled the screw holes with wood putty.
Once the putty dried we touched them up with a little paint.
You ll need a set of sliding door hardware as well as a door that s large enough to cover your opening.
Cut two 1x4s to the height of your door and two 1x4s seven inches shorter than the width of your door.
We need every inch of space in our small bedrooms and would like to convert the bedroom door and the closet door of the master and the closet door of the spare bedroom into barn door style doors.
Measure the width and height of the door.
But buying a pre made barn door is pricey and we would like to reuse the doors themselves but aren t quite sure if they need to be slightly wider than they are now and how to go about converting them.
Trim along this score line using a circular saw for a precise.
To do this measure the door lengthwise and score a line across the bottom.