This Old House Barn Door Project

This handsome planked headboard which evokes the warmth and historical character of a stable in an old barn.

This old house barn door project.

Nathan installed the z bar knotty alder wood interior sliding barn door slab with hardware kit that can be found at the home depot. Build the door steps 2 10. A 1940s house makes a fresh start. The kit comes with all the materials required to assemble and hang the door though nathan choose to add additional 3 4 stock in this application because the wall was not plumb and the door would have hit the.

The opening sequence of ask this old house consisted of a gmc van towing the blue ask this old house trailer from around massachusetts before reaching the barn at the end. Season 21 the santa barbara house the guys headed west for the winter to raise the roof on jan winford s 1907 craftsman style bungalow in sunny santa barbara. In this video this old house senior technical editor mark powers builds and installs a sliding barn door. Cut list for installing a sliding door.

He included the hardware to add even more character. The old front door was repurposed into an eye catching barn door red sliding pantry door. Rebuilding dick and sandra silvas house from foundation to finishes after a devastating fire. Close to home this old house tackled a project close to its heart.

Replaced old swinging doors to the pantry with a set of sliding barn doors. While the mattress is the key to a bed s comfort the headboard is what defines its style. Ask this old house carpenter nathan gilbert travels to birmingham alabama to install a sliding barn door in an open concept loft apartment. The pop of color will make it the focal point in a room painted in more neutral tones.

Plan for a 2 day project. See below for shopping list and tools subscribe. What type of wood do you use to make a barn door. Inside the kitchen of a 110 year old farmhouse toh reader jeff m.

Tour the entire home. The twenty five second version of the opening sequence shows silva the passenger picking up four coffees from a drive through. The windows allow natural light to filter through when a solid door would not. As the project proceeded the mix of old and new continued inside.

Before they arrived on site we visited the vermont factory where the panels were manufactured and openings for our barn s doors and windows were precut by a king sized computer controlled router.