Make And Stain Your Own Barn Door

Cut width pieces 3 of them 1 6 boards to fit inside your length pieces.

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. Clamp and attach to door using the same screws in step one. 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. 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. Apply the stain or paint of your choice and allow the door to dry. Then roll on the rest of the paint.

This brand of screws is my personal favorite. Cut outside length pieces 1 6 boards to fit your door and clamp them on. Choose the guide that works best for your door. First you have to gather all the necessary materials.

When we cut the barn wood into strips for the trim it left us with some edges that did not match. See our staining process to match up the wood tones below. 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. If you are using paint start by using a paint brush so you can fill in any edges or holes.