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35 striking Barn Doors + Rolling Door Hardware
Barn doors are everywhere — and as Mandi puts it, they are like puppies, everyone loves them! We’ve been loving the rustic barn door for awhile (we built a barn-door inspired baby gate, then turned it into a full Dutch door) and when you add the sliding door hardware to the equation, it makes a statement that’s hard to beat. I think the rolling barn door style will stay around for some time, too. Why? Because on top of the stylish magazine look, a barn-door style hardware installation is less daunting than tearing up a wall to install a pocket door — both of which are great for conserving space in a small room like a bathroom. (If you do want to install a pocket door — we’ve got a walkthrough for that.) And a sliding door is much prettier than the builder-standard bifold doors, too — but don’t worry, we’ll have more solutions those coming up, too! (Be sure to subscribe by RSS or email to get updates for every post of Shut The Front Door Handmade week, and don’t forget to come link up your door-related projects here, plus tell us a knock-knock joke for a chance to win $25!)
The biggest hangup to getting the barn door look — the price. But Bekob and #ShutTheFrontDoorDIY are all about helping you make your boring builder-grade doors look like big bucks on a modest-cost (bam, look at all that alliteration!) so, without further ado, we present to you 35 of our go-to barn doors and rolling door hardware solutions.
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page 1: Handmade Barn Doors to Build
page 2: Double and Triple Barn Doors for Wide Openings
page 3: Rolling Door Hardware to Make Yourself
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Barn-Style Doors You Can Build
Any kind of door can be put on a track and/or casters to make it a rolling or sliding version, so if you have an old door hanging around, all you’ll need is hardware! No door? You’re a Bekob — build one! Styles range from straightforward to more advanced, and the advantage of DIYing is that you can make sure your door is the exact size you need to fully cover the door opening.
My (most recent) go-to door to build: this memorable door that our reader Emily shared with us! Get the walkthrough to build it here (including the link to the hardware the Emily purchased inexpensively on eBay). So vivid, right? And the fact that the hardware is mostly hidden gives it a sleeker look — even though I do love the look of industrial hardware.
And Emily was inspired by this walkthrough over at The Accent Piece, which is hung with trolley-style hardware you can buy on Amazon.
I saw this striking barn door at the local Parade of Homes (see more pics here) and I was smitten. The traditional barn style combined with the bright modern color (like this) — so lovely! And did you notice that the barn door hanging track is mounted right on the craftsman style door trim? (Just be sure that any hardware is appropriately secured to studs!)
And, the best news is that it’s the same style door as this one from House Seven,
which we shared clearly straightforward building plans for here
and don’t miss the details of Anissa’s Handmade rolling door hardware here.
If you have a door and just want the barn door hardware look, look at this walkthrough that 4 Generations 1 Roof shared with us — you can give your hinged doors the look of barn door hardware!
This beauty of a door was built by the folks at Do or Handmade (walkthrough here) and then hung with DIYed $55 hardware using flat stock metal.
Jaime lives in a reeeeeally old house, so she already had this great antique door that she installed on a pipe rail system with casters — but it’s an straightforward style to build yourself and she’ll teach you how to build and hang this door here.
Impatiently Crafty added some extra metal and bold accents for a an extra rough industrial feel to their door (and did you see the pet door, too?
This pantry door and Handmade hardware have such a clean classic style!
And I love the rough weathered look on this door that Jenna Sue Designs built! (and it’s hung on pre-made hardware that only cost about $100, too)
And this 3-panel door from The Handmade Home looks a little rustic here, but you could just change up the finish to make it more rustic or more modern, too.
You know I love yellow, and this barn door from Find It Make It Love It just makes me happy! (They also made their own hardware, walkthrough here.)
More like this lovely 5-panel Handmade modern door by Paper Daisy Design (and read about their modest-cost-friendly hardware here)
And for a completely non-traditional look, follow this walkthrough from Vintage Revivals to build a lightweight fabric barn door — straightforward to customize!
See the next page for double and triple sliding barn doors –>
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page 2: Double and Triple Barn Doors for Wide Openings
page 3: Rolling Door Hardware to Make Yourself
Double Rolling/Sliding Doors (and Triple, Too)
If you have an extra wide space or just don’t have space to slide a full-sized door to one side of the doorway, you can split the difference and use two (or more) doors instead!
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Karah from The Space Between upcycled old french doors into a vivid statement for her master bath, and she hung them using straightforward-to-install premade hardware.
You can get a similar look following this building plan for these doors we found on Better Homes and Gardens.
The Turquoise Home built two extra-large rolling barn doors to cover a large opening:
But Pretty Providence just used one extra-wide barn door, almost like a moveable wall!
And My Repurposed Life built a set of doors and then hung them using tractor supply hardware:
If you don’t have space for a full door, you can try a bypass door system like Inspired By Charm — just be sure you have a wide opening to begin with, since you’ll be blocking half the door way even with the door all the way “open”
Wilkerdos has a very detailed walkthrough for not just making the barn doors (single or double), but also hanging them on a Handmade rail system — plus lots of tips!
And you can build these double barn doors over at The Handmade Home — clearly fun for a playroom!
Addicted2Decorating had a long wall for double doors, so she created an extra long rail using pipe to carry her doors which she made by adding glass to plain doors (inspired by the Bellagio!)
Need more than 2 doors? Use a layered closet track system and barn door setup for triple doors like Build Sew Reap — all 3 doors can slide to one side, giving better access to the pantry.
Or you can put bypass closet door tracks to good use and have FOUR doors (on two tracks) to cover a large span of a closet, too (via Lynne Knowlton). 
See the next page for rolling door Handmade + inexpensive premade hardware options –>
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page 3: Rolling Door Hardware to Make Yourself
Handmade Rolling Door Hardware
There’s more than one way to hang, slide, or roll a door — in fact, we have more than 15 Handmade versions here!
plus scroll down to see 23 options available to purchase for between $70 and $200!
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Lindsay from Girl Meets Carpenter used the wheel part of vintage meat hooks (discarding the actual hook part) — see more here on Bekob.
The folks at AKA Design really thought outside the box — on top of building this lovely door from upcycled wood (love the vertical metal accents!), they used broken scooter wheels to create the hardware!
Farm Fresh Vintage Finds spent only about $20 on this Handmade rolling door, using clothesline pulleys and wood scraps
Lynn Knowlton used these vivid wood pulleys for her barn door — and then she found local Amish to make them for YOU! Details on her blog here. (And even after the cost of handmade wooden wheels, you can still outfit your barn door for about $100 or less.)
Lisa from My Not So Shabby Life hit up the hardware store and for about $45 used pulleys and deck hardware for this elegant-looking door hardware: 
And, over at The Lettered Cottage, one of Layla’s readers, Brier, shared this solution which uses a lowly sliding closet door rail — but it hardly looks like one once it’s painted and hung with the wood!
And then we enter the plumbing section of the hardware store — handy for shelving and curtain rods, and also for sliding door hardware! Use the pipes to make the rail which will save you a bundle, and then use a loop or hook (like an eye hook). A few examples:
Fig Milkshakes spent just $40 on the fittings for this setup:
And Mandi over at Vintage Revivals (who was doing this before everyone else, because she’s always ahead of the curve like that!) used galvanized pipe for the same option, different look.
A couple of J hooks worked for Cottage 4C to hang her doors — plus they’re easily removable should you need to pull the door down for some reason. 
This walkthrough over at Apartment Therapy uses a different style of hinged loop:
Baby Rabies and her engineering husband came up with a Handmade solution for a barn door track (and see how they built their doors here)
Sweet Maple Blog used a similar approach, using flat stock metal for the hardware but leaving it galvanized for a different style:
And since the long metal track can get pricey, you can do like A Little Bite of Everything did and use a similar pulley setup with two (or more) shorter horizontal flat tracks:
And… an honorable mention because it’s striking AND affordable even if it wasn’t sweat-of-your-brow Handmade…
(because sometimes paying a little more money to save some time/energy is sooo worth it)
The Hunted Interior used a traditional interior door and an door hardware kit (about $150) from
Home Depot
UPDATE: WOW! We found dozens of pre-made barn door hardware options — many under $100 and all 23 are under $200!
Both Amazon and Home Depot have a nice selection of rolling door hardware, in lots of different styles — be sure to look around and check weight and door height/thickness requirements to make sure you choose the right hardware for your door!
*Please note that online prices may fluctuate, but even if these prices change a bit, they’re still pretty modest-cost-friendly!
UPDATE: We’ve also added our go-to rolling hardware options plus barn door handles and locks here in our Amazon shop.
1 – Steel European Style Barn Door Track Set
2 – American Country Style Rolling Door Hardware
3 – Black Sliding Door Hardware Set
4 – Sliding Door Hardware Track Set
5Black Steel Rolling Door Hardware
6 – Bent Rail Sliding Door Hardware Set
7 – Stainless Steel Rolling Door Hardware
8 – Antique European Style Sliding Door Track
9 – Dark Antique Horseshoe Style Rolling Door Hardware
10 – Aero Top-Mount Modern Sliding Barn Door Kit
11 – Black Antique Style Sliding Door Hardware
12 – Basic Sliding Track Hardware Kit
13 – Dark Coffee Steel Sliding Door Hardware
14 – Country Style Rolling Barn Door Kit
15 – European Horseshoe Style Rolling Barn Door Track
16 – NW Artisan Hardware Classic Black Sliding Door Hardware
17 – Belleza Stainless Steel Door Track Set
18 – Wedge Style Rolling Door Hardware Set
19 –DOUBLE (12 ft) Sliding Barn Door Hardware
20 – Modern Stainless Steel Rolling Barn Door Track
21 – Matte Black Bent Strap Rolling Door Hardware
22 – Everbilt Dark Oil Rubbed Bronze Sliding Door Hardware
23 – Everbilt Stainless Steel Rolling Barn Door Kit
MORE IN THIS POST:
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page 2: Double and Triple Barn Doors for Wide Openings
page 3: Rolling Door Hardware to Make Yourself
