Make Your Own Closet Sliding Doors

I wanted the wood running vertically and then have it framed out with 1 3 s.

Make your own closet sliding doors.

I m very picky when it comes to closet doors i don t really like any of the options out there. First you have the rolling closet doors that always cover half the closet half the time and are a bit of a nightmare to install hate em then you have the old fashioned kind of closet doors where its basically just two interior doors side by side that open out i like this idea but they re. The back of the paneling is really ugly so you want to make sure you paint the front back of the door. First make a wooden frame that is the same dimension as your masonite using the diagram above to assemble your 2 2 boards with one screw joining each board.

Hubby cut a few inches off the board to get the right height and left about an inch or so on the top so he could put the rollers on the door. Measure the opening to your closet. With a dado blade on your table saw make a dado. Our doors were 86 3 4 and the length.

Stapler screws drill acrylic paint to stain burlap also optional closet door hinges you can get similar ones here. Prior to screwing the frame on put your wood glue silicon all over the frame attach. The structure will feel flimsy and wobbly but that s okay. Now you have a door that you can hang onto your existing closet door way.

You don t need an architect s plans to build a door you just need a drill or even less a screw driver. Today we are taking some standard interior doors and turning them into sliding closet doors. To make 2 sliding doors with overlap of one edge find the centerline of your opening and draw a line. Wood stain optional burlap any fabric or you can even use thin plywood i used 5 1 2 yards of burlap i purchased my burlap at joanns.

To make the door we measured the closet opening and bought 2 1 8 s and 5 1 6 s to cover the opening. I just used the width that the wood comes in for the bottom and i cut it in half for the vertical frame pieces. Polyurethane is the clear. If you don t have an existing soffit in your room on which to hang your doors you can build one by connecting two.

Choose a stain that will match your existing woodwork. How to build sliding closet doors step 1. Figure out how large you want your wood frame to be. Golden oak is a common stain for woodwork.

I used poplar wood because it is lightweight and more importantly cheap. Screw the paneling onto the frame and you re done.