Easy rustic barn door using fence palings

Poshrustic

Rustic Bedroom Barn Door

We had an opening into the walk-in-robe, and lots of wall space to the side, so I thought it was the perfect place to add a bit of style with a barn door.  I used fence panel timber, which although seemed very dry as it had been in my workshop for ages, still shrunk later on. It didn't matter for this particular door, and I personally love the uneven rustic-ness of it, but I would recommend fully-dressed dry timber if no gaps is important to you.

Materials

Fence Panels 150mm x 17mm

Bunnings hardware (barn door mechanism and handle)

Nail gun brads

Carbot Interior Stain in Walnut

Tools

Table saw

Mitre Saw

Nail Gun

Brush and Rag for the stain

Steps

Step 1

How bare the room looked before.

Before Photo

Step 2

Just a case of laying out my design and cutting the timber to size and assembling all with a nail gun.  Quite quick and easy.

EricL

Hello @Poshrustic 

Thank you very much for sharing your barn door project. It looks fantastic and the fence railing knots just add to the character of the door. The walnut stain goes very well with the timber paling.

Many thanks for sharing.

Eric