Barn Door Cabinet

Got it home and unloaded it.

I cleaned it with tsp (it was pretty dirty). Once it was clean I sanded it lightly all over. I then took my leaf blower and blew off all the saw dust. It’s amazing the things I do. Lol, heck it works. So then I cleaned it again with tsp just to get the rest of the saw dust off.

I had purchased some heirloom traditions chalk paint and at the time of you buy one you got one free. Well my freebie was a beautiful red. I went ahead and primed it I knew white would show through if I distressed so I tried tinting the primer with a little red paint. I saw that trick on Pinterest. Heck, it turned pink and I couldn’t keep adding all my red chalk paint so I went with it. I hated it. Here’s a photo I later found out you need a gray primer under red paint. Future red pieces l'll know!

I decided to sand the red paint off and try a different look with white, black, and cream chalk paint.

This is the piece before any of the painting began.

The red paint looked very streaky but the shelf I added turned out nice. I made it with old fencing I stained with red mahogany minwax stain. I put glue on the sides of the fencing and clamped them together to dry and then nailed a 1x4 across them so they wouldn’t bend out of place.

Once those were secured i left it about a day to dry I stained them.

Then I started sanding my red paint off or at least tried to because it just didn’t look good.

I had previously watched a video on you tube on how to diy barn doors cheap. All you need is a metal flat bar, clothesline pulley wheels a few washers nuts and bolts. I cut my metal flat bar with a jig saw. I marked where I needed to cut it. I spray painted all of it black including the wheels and the two other pieces of the flat bars that hold the door on.

I'll post the supply list below for the barn door hardware and pictures.

This is more old fencing for the back of the cabinet also stained in red mahogany

I ended up adding a piece of 1x4 in front of the cabinet to hold on the flat bar and give it a better look without having a huge gap behind my door.

I used primer of course to hide the red paint I couldn’t get off and painted the entire piece with white chalk paint I mixed up with calcium carbonate. I liked it but I didn’t. So I took and put a little black chalk paint in a bowl with water and brushed it on lightly and wiped it right off. I did this with black and a cream color. Both watered down. And this is the result. I love the color

Once I got it painted and dried I added my door. To attach the barn doors, use 1”spacers against your furniture piece and place your flat bar on that and screw it to your piece of furniture. Then, take other two pieces of flat bar that you’ve cut and drill holes so the door lines up with the long flat bar you previously added. Place bolt nut and washer to your wheels and use locking but to secure to your pieces of flat bar that go on your door. Use regular screws to attach to your door.

On these particular wheels there is a section in the middle that has to be clipped off for the bolt to go through it. Once that’s done just slide the bolt through.

*Just make sure you have a 1" gap from the top of the wheel to the door or it won’t slide. I had a little trouble with that part. Finally figured it out.

on how to DIY your barn door.

Here's the front with the barn door all assembled.

Here's the back. To keep the door from flying off I used a corner brace and attached it to the inside of the door so when it slides it won’t slide off.

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