I posted these pictures on Facebook, but never really talked about it. This barn door to our bathroom was an idea that started very early in the process of designing our house.
Which, by the way, if you plan on remodeling a house that you just bought... you pretty much have to have some ideas before even knowing which house you are going to buy, because the process goes so fast! We knew we wanted an old antique barn door somewhere, but never thought we would have this great opportunity for one.
Our bathroom door is in the smack middle of a side wall to our bedroom. My little head sleeps about 4 feet away from that wall. And the ceiling is vaulted, so its a perfect place for a statment piece.
David, the Husband, welds. He learned from his dear old dad at a young age and has made us many a fine item with his skills. i.e. planters at the old house, and some other things that don't come to mind at the moment.
We really like this type of hardware. www.barndoorhardware.com I have used it a couple of times in commercial designs for some of my work projects. But the price tag is a little scary. About $500 for something that we needed. So... David just made it himself.
At first I didn't want him to, afraid that the R&D behind thhe $500 price tag was probably justified and he just didn't have that time and knowledge to deal with the trial and error of it all. But as most times happens, Husband came through with flying colors. I shouldn't be surprised anymore by his Renaissance man qualities, but it is always a nice ending.
Husband hanging the door.
steel hardware
And then we needed to frost the glass because it is our bathroom after all. So, David found this for me at Home Depot. It is a stick on film that needs very little prep/set up.
Spray the glass with some water.
Take your pre-cut sheet (measure your window before, and cut with an exacto) and remove the backer.
place it on the window pane/glass starting at the top, let it fall and adhere
take a credit card or something like that to spread the water out from under the film to the edges.
and wipe away the excess water.
You can see the transparency difference. Its awesome!
Now we need to work on some acoustical sound masking issues :)
Installation of any kind of door doesn't have to be costly. You only need to know how to be creative and resourceful. But what definitely matters is the quality of the material you'll use. Being resourceful doesn't mean choosing cheap materials, but choosing the right material at an affordable cost.
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