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.

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. Attach using 8 x 1 1 4 screws. Apply the stain or paint of your choice and allow the door to dry. Allow the paint to dry on both sides.

Here s what you will need for this project. If your barn door doesn t have a groove in it there are roller guides and adjustable roller guides that will work. This may require waiting overnight. See our staining process to match up the wood tones below.

First you have to gather all the necessary materials. Choose the guide that works best for your door. Cut width pieces 3 of them 1 6 boards to fit inside your length pieces. 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.

When we cut the barn wood into strips for the trim it left us with some edges that did not match. Clamp and attach to door using the same screws in step one. 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. 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.