You ll need a set of sliding door hardware as well as a door that s large enough to cover your opening.
How to convert existing door as barn door.
Once the putty dried we touched them up with a little paint.
Trim along this score line using a circular saw for a precise.
Measure the width and height of the door.
Cut two 1x4s to the height of your door and two 1x4s seven inches shorter than the width of your door.
We removed the existing doors and filled the screw holes with wood putty.
You can find the barn door hardware that we used here and the handle that we used here.
Create an outer frame on the door with 1x4s.
To do this measure the door lengthwise and score a line across the bottom.
But buying a pre made barn door is pricey and we would like to reuse the doors themselves but aren t quite sure if they need to be slightly wider than they are now and how to go about converting them.
Use a template to mark the holes for your door hardware then drill the holes making sure to hold the drill perpendicular to the floor.
If you choose to leave the door trim like we did you can used a pre primed 1 6 pine board for attaching the barn door track.