A rustic barn door for a bedroom made using fence palings.
The project
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 it 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.
Steps
Step 1
How bare the room looked before.
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.
Step 3
Once stained, a barn door mechanism was used to hang the door.
Tools and materials
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