Bathroom Barn Door Privacy
Hgtv remodeling expert laurie march shows how she built a sliding barn door to add privacy between a master bedroom and bathroom.
Bathroom barn door privacy. By painting a barn door you basically give it a new identity. We actually have a barn door between our master bedroom and bathroom and get a ton of questions about it so i thought that it would be fun to weigh in on what we think. For double barn doors a sliding barn door latch isn t too difficult to find or install. A sliding bathroom barn door can be distinctly different from your run of the mill door with hinges.
Barn doors are super trendy but often one of the places that people want to use them is on a bathroom. The lock mounts to a door jamb to keep out prying eyes and keep barn doors shut. Consider the type of barn door. Many people are in love with the look but they question whether or not this entry type is suitable for the room particularly because it does not have full privacy just like any other door types.
In other words a painted barn door is still a barn doors at its core but with a customized look which helps better blend in with the rest of the bathroom s or bedroom s decor and atmosphere. Instead of fastening the barn door rail to drywall first screw a ledger board to the wall studs for a sturdier mounting surface that allows the hanging door to clear the door frame. Barn door and bathroom are diametrically opposed design wise. A teardrop sliding door lock is one option to consider for added privacy.
Adding privacy with barn doors. The doors simply slide together and can be locked together. Purchase a door that s as tall as the opening height or opening plus trim and 2 inches wider than the door frame to cover the entire opening. Not because we wanted it to be open but because i didn t want a door to swing into our room.
There s one thing that has been missing. To save money she used plumbing pipe instead of standard barn door hardware and she saved time by having some of her lumber cut at the hardware store. When we designed and built our home we didn t add a door to our master bathroom. Closing off a room from prying eyes and giving you an extra barrier between you and the rest of the world or just the people in your home.
Because the door was going to be used in an area where moisture might be an issue she used a high gloss paint to. Sliding barn door bathroom privacy is still a hot topic. We recently did a few updates to our master bedroom decor. To further give one another level of comfort we added our privacy lock which keeps parties on both sides of the bathroom barn door from having an unpleasant surprise.
Nevertheless some of the defining characteristics are preserved. Barn doors aren t only.