That s when i decided to turn them into barn doors.
How to turn bifold doors into barn doors.
Be sure to check the width of your door prior to ordering to make sure the hardware with work with your particular door.
So the bifold door barn door became more of an option.
I first saw this project from my friend erin over at lemons lavender and laundry.
Our bifold pantry door was the most asked about since we created a diy faux barn door look.
How to turn a bifold door into a barn door.
Bi fold door into a single door.
Closet door ideas with the price of real barn doors way out of my budget i decided on a much more budget friendly way to attack the project.
Watch the video below for more tips to turn a bifold closet door into a single door.
So i decided that converting the bifold doors into barn doors would be the way to go.
Remove the door hinge mortises.
So instead of completely replacing the door pat and i layered the doors to make them appear to be real barn doors.
Barn doors are popular and a great diy project but if you don t have the space you can still have the look with this trick to turn bypass closet doors into sliding faux barn doors.
You can choose whatever width you d like whether wide or narrow.
I removed them with a circular saw and a guide cutting away about 1 4 of material.
The first thing we did was cut the underlayment into strips using a table saw.
I m frequently asked how we updated our bifold doors into single doors so i put together this tutorial.
How to turn an old interior door into a fabulous sliding barn door step 1.
And since i re used the doors i only needed to buy the barn door hardware which is much less expensive than buying brand new doors.