Have you had enough of the DIY sliding barn door yet? Okay, I promise this is the last post devoted to it. I just wanted to share a few finishing touches we’ve added – some handles. Handy Hubby added this steel pull to the bedroom side of the sliding door. I think it’s actually meant to be a drawer pull but we liked the modern, simple lines of it and the flat black finish goes well with the track. And the less than $10 price tag wasn’t too bad either.
The bathroom side of the barn door posed a slight problem. Since the door was mounted onto the outside {bedroom side} of the bathroom doorway, there wasn’t enough room for a standard handle that would stick out from the door…it would have banged into the door frame and kept the door from opening/closing properly…not to mention ding up the frame I just painted. We needed something that wouldn’t protrude from the door. Handy Hubby found this recessed door handle for less than $5. He simply routed out a ‘well’ to place and screw the flush pull into. It works perfectly!
Notice how the recessed handle doesn’t sit right at the edge of the door. There are 2 reasons for this: 1) the screws for the pull handle on the other side of the door are there and 2) we wouldn’t be able to reach the recessed handle from the bathroom side of the door when it was completely shut. {There is a small overlap so that the door covers the door frame moulding on the bedroom side of the doorway.}
So, finally, our barn door is fully functional and D-O-N-E. Going to the bathroom has never been more fun.
FYI – I was not compensated in any way for this post. I just love sharing stuff we find and DIY!
images: all Dana Miller for House*Tweaking
budget decor, DIY