Throwing back to how I installed Barn Door Hardware

I thought this door was just gorgeous after I hung it up and I still do! This was back in the days when rolling barn doors in homes was all the rage. I think that has probably cooled since then as there is definitely a time and place for a door like this and it is NOT everywhere. In other situations you would be sacrificing the wall the door rolls on for storage etc. But we would never be able to put anything on this wall anyway as its basically a glorified hallway through my closet. And a hinged door here would be so much in the way all of the time.

We don’t use this door a TON as the bathroom itself is on the second floor away from everyone and everything anyway and we have a door on the whole master suite besides. Since this post came out in February of 2016 I have done some modifications to make it work better.

I added bumpers to the bottom trim and along the wall so the door would stop scraping and beating everything up. I also trimmed out the doorway making it narrower because the door wasn’t quite wide enough. On top of that I moved the door down because it was practically a foot too short!

This did mean you can see the hardware along the top of the door frame from inside the bathroom but that doesn’t bother me as much as having a door that was way too short.

With those modifications we started using it a lot more because it actually served the purpose of a door a lot better!

You can see more info about all of that in my post about the master bedroom and closet when I repainted the whole a couple of years ago.

Here is the original post from January, 2016:

I’ve had my hanging barn door hardware for nearly a year now (I’m ashamed to say) so this project has been on my “to do” list for WAY too long! Being as this is an old farm I have the perk of having several old barn doors that I stashed in a safe place and have been drooling over for months.

A door on my master bathroom is totally required, it is on the other side of the stairwell to the bedroom but, regardless, it was time to get this hung!

Whether I’m actually going to be “using” this lovely hanging barn door or not, I believe it actually qualifies as artwork on the wall!

After reading multiple nightmare stories of hanging barn doors online I was a little apprehensive getting started. First, I spent an hour online the Amazon page of the hanging barn door hardware I had purchased months before.

Within a few minutes of studying the pictures and reading through the question and answers section I got excited. Turns out, I made a really good choice in the hardware I purchased, it looked easy!

And, I am stoked to say, I had this done in an hour, it WAS easy! I wish I could say I purchased it with that in mind but it being easy to install was just a bonus.

The REAL reason I purchased this specific hardware was the price. It was only $80! Other hanging barn door hardware I looked at was over $200!

I brought the door and the hardware in before I went through all of the instructions. Then, I grabbed my drill and started the entire process by adding the wheels to the top of the door, this was a simple as drilling out the correct sized holes and screwing in the anchors before attaching the top wheels with screws.

With the wheels on the top of the door attached I took the measurements then headed up stairs with my six foot level to decide where to attach the five mounts for the rod. This was as simple as drawing a level line on the wall and then adding them in, three of them I attached to studs, the other two I used sheet rock anchors.

Then I set the rod in place and secured it using the mounts. With the rod up and mounted I just had to set the door on the rod and TA DAH! All done!

Now, my master bathroom and master closet are finally complete 🙂 I can’t wait to fully reveal them to you guys!