Barn Door Remodel

I was helping a family member with some remodel work, getting her house ready to put on the market, when I found a stack of old wood in her garage rafters. She told me it had been up there since she bought the place, nearly 20 years, and if I wanted it I could have it. I told her I would take it, but that I would also try to incorporate some of it into her remodel. So after doing the boring parts of the remodel--new floors, paint, and appliances, I decided that she needed a new door to the upstairs bedroom. It was a flimsy sliding plastic accordion door that needed to go. A regular door wouldn't work upstairs because of the roof line, so I went with a sliding barn style door.

After getting all the wood down from the garage, and removing all the dust and rat droppings, I could see that there were some beautiful colors and patterns in the wood. It was some type of pine, with swirls of red and blue throughout. I ordered up a sliding door hardware kit--I think from Amazon--and got to work on the door. I went with a simple border frame over diagonally place boards.

Once the hardware came, we were ready for installation, which went pretty easy. It was a good quality kit, with everything we needed to get the door up and secure. It didn't take long before it was rolling nice and smoothly.

With the door complete, I was done with the remodel and the house was put on the market. It sold soon after and my Aunt told me she wished she could have taken the door with her when she moved. It was a fun project, and I'm glad that the unique and beautiful wood we found stashed away in the garage was put to good use.