Today I am sharing a barn door installation without removing door trim and the barn door is amazing! Do you have a door in your home that when opened, creates a traffic jam? The sliding barn door and track that I’m installing today is perfect for any doorway in your home, especially a basement or bathroom doorway.
Barn Door Installation
We have partnered with JELD-WEN Window and Doors to show you their amazing new Barn Door Kit. The barn door cost is very affordable and available in many different styles: rustic craftsman, old world, contemporary, and farmhouse. This post contains affiliate links for your shopping pleasure.
This classic modern door comes in 1 box and everything you need is in the sliding door track kit.
Sliding barn door hardware
Isn’t the black sliding barn door hardware gorgeous? The black door hardware coordinates perfectly with the black kitchen island and black stools. It is truly amazing how the barn door hardware draws your eye to the ceiling (that normally is a white blank space) and creates a cohesive look throughout the kitchen. My door is out of stock but this white modern barn door is available on Wayfair.
Barn Door Installation Without Removing Door Trim
Personally, I think barn style doors are perfect for a closet, basement door, bathroom door or even a built in bookcase. Be sure to check out our double interior sliding barn doors we installed to cover a bookcase that we converted to store baking dishes and small kitchen appliances.
Here is the kitchen basement door before.
Removing door trim can be a daunting and expensive task
Removing door trim can be expensive as you will need to repair the sheet rock and possibly replaster the area. Door trim when removed, typically leaves the wall underneath the trim in need of TLC. The sheetrock will need significant sanding, patching and repainting.
That is why this barn door installation is perfect as you do not need to remove the trim.
As many of you may know, we are planning a move in the near future (Update: You can see our new mediterranean house here) so I reached out to a friend to see if she was game for a kitchen door makeover.
My friend has a beautiful kitchen but unfortunately, their basement door (which leads to their finished basement) swings right into their kitchen island area creating a major traffic jam when the door is in use.
As you can see below, the door swing is completely annoying and not functional at all.
My friend Sophia and Gerry were thrilled when I told them about this opportunity with JELD-WEN and couldn’t wait to tackle the project. We had a family friend on hand to help with installation as well.
The JELD-WEN Design Glide Barn Door kit has easy to read instructions and took just a Saturday morning to install.
Barn Door Installation Without Removing Door Trim – Just A Quick Spackle
We removed the standard sized existing basement door as well as the door hinges. The nice thing about the JELD-WEN barn door kit is you can install the door right over your existing door trim. You do NOT need to remove the trim!
You will need to use some spackle (we used the quick dry version) to fill the area where you remove the previous doors hinges but that is all. It took about 15 minutes to fill the holes, sand and add touch up paint to the existing door hinge spots.
Be sure to reference JELD-WEN’s site for appropriate sizing.
How to install a barn door
Once the old door was removed, we installed the wood header piece above the door frame. JELD-WEN also supplied a matching white wood header but Sophia wanted the header to match the wall color so she purchased a piece of 3/4 inch pine and had it custom cut to the length we needed.
She added two coats of paint (same as wall color) and we were good to go! We used the wall screws that JELD-WEN provide to attach the base/header to the wall.
You can fill the screw holes with wood putty or spackle and touch up with paint.
Barn Door Installation Without Removing Door Trim – Attach The Rail
Next we attached the sliding black rail to the wall.
We then fastened to the door sliding track and soft close feature to prevent the door from slamming open or closed. The kit comes with a bottom door track as well which we opted not to use as it wasn’t necessary for our install. The Soft Close feature is by far one of the coolest features on this door.
Hanging Barn Doors
They have two kids and this door leads to their playroom in the basement so you can imagine the slamming that would take place without the Soft Close! We installed the Soft Close on each end of the track so that if you are opening or closing, the door doesn’t slam in either direction.
This modern frosted glass sliding barn door from Amazon is really pretty too!
Before.
After.
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I am sure many of you can relate to an awkward door swing and this barn door kit would solve a lot of those issues, right? I cannot even begin to tell you how amazing this door is. Not only is it functional and pretty but it’s great quality.
How to install a barn door for a bathroom
This barn door kit would be perfect for a bathroom as well. Bathroom doors can also have awkward swings into smaller bathrooms either hitting a vanity or making it impossible for two people to pass through a narrow space. As long as you have enough room for the door to slide, you are golden!
Related: Our sliding barn door installation in our kitchen is a must see post as well!
See our built in DIY sliding barn doors in our kitchen renovation
The directions for the sliding kit are very useful and straight forward. Like I mentioned earlier, the door comes in 4 different styles and we chose the Contemporary Style.
I absolutely love how the door looks in their kitchen and it’s amazing how the door looks like it was made for that spot. Not only can you enter and exit from the basement without bumping the stool or possibly hitting a person who may be in the way, the door provides gorgeous architectural interest.
The wall literally went from being a boring wall with a standard door to a wall that is now modern, fun and sophisticated. I will most certainly want this door in our new house! You can find the JELD-WEN doors at your local Lowes Home Improvement Store or you can visit JELD-WEN website for more information.
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of JELD-WEN. The opinions and text are all mine.
Eileen says
Your friends are fortunate!! I live up the road in North Grafton….do you design on the side? Love your taste in home design. Good luck and many blessings in your new home.
Jessica Bruno says
Thank you 🙂 Yes I do design consulting on the side 🙂 Feel free to email me at jessica (at) fourgenerationsoneroof (dot) com
Sandi says
I love it!!! Hugs,
Sharon says
Looks great! In love
Very much interested in replacing my existing door for what I call my study, catch all room which is directly left of opening my back door. 70’s rancher, open back door and the steps lead directly to basement or turn head to left step up your in our study or turn head right step up your in kitchen so not sure if it would work or how much room is needed of wall space. What do ya think?
Bird says
This is such a cool DIY trick!
linda smith says
This looks AMAZING! Would love a barn door in my home!
Leah Bergman says
Would love to have barn doors someday!
Carissa Bonham says
This is perfect! We want to install a barn door on our panty and wasn’t sure which hardware to go with. I’ll have to check out Jeld-Wen
chris - Celebrations At Home says
That’s a really great idea, and looks fantastic!
Jenna says
So pretty! Love how easy install seems!
Amy Anderson says
WOW! I have a friend who wants to put one of these in but is afraid. I’m telling him about your post!
Roxanne says
This door looks fantastic and is a great solution. Does it have a fixture at the bottom to keep it from swinging?
Thanks!
Jessica Bruno says
Yes, it did come with brackets but we opted to not use them 🙂
Kim prager says
Question- when you take down the original door what do you do with area where original door hung? I have ugly holes now.
Jessica Bruno says
We patched the holes, sanded and repainted the trim.
Joyce says
Jess,
When I saw this I thought immediately of installing a barn door! But, that is only because I’ve been following you for so long, lol! Love seeing/reading your DIY, decor and renovations. ????
Lynn DUnbar says
Is there a gap between the door frame and the door? I’m afraid that if we use one of these for our bathroom doorway which has similar trim around it that there will be a gap.
Please let me know.
Thank you,
Jessica Bruno says
There is a small gap because you wouldn’t want the new door sliding and hitting your trim but unless you are right up on top of it and looking for it, it’s not very noticeable.
Anneliese says
Lovely and so practical! Do you have a handle of any kind on the other side of the door? If so, what did you use?
My husband and I are looking to install a barn door on a bathroom (the current door hits the tub and makes it impossible for two people to share the room). We are considering an inset handle since a standard handle would obviously bump the wall and prevent the door from opening all the way.
Jessica Bruno says
It’s just a little knob pull on the other side 🙂
Shane M says
Where can I find the hardware? Looked on their site and didn’t find much
Christine Brennan says
Hi what is the distance you need from the top of the door frame to the ceiling I have low ceilings.. thank you..
Lisa says
Did you also patch the door entry trim on the opposite side of the hinges where the door knob goes into the trim to keep the door shut? Also, you left the door stop trim that stops the door when closing? I can’t tell by the pictures.
Shay says
Love this idea! Love the paint color can you tell me what brand and color you used?
Sharon says
Looks great, but hard to tell from all the white, you had filled the holes where the door old door hinges was, but did you leave the door stop piece. I;ve found that taking this off can be a pain, and was wondering if you just left it?
Keena Stainbrook says
Question: No one ever shows the other side, like coming up from the basement in your case, what is the door hardware on that side? Is it flat? And did you intall the floor guide piece? do you feel it is necessary? We are going to put a barn door on the laundry room because the door opens in and makes it tricky to get to the closet in the laundry room.
Jessica Bruno says
It wasn’t really necessary but we did install a recessed pull.
Laura says
I feel like I have looked everywhere, what is that top long Black rectangle piece that is attached to the door and to the rollers? Is this part of the “soft close” or is it just an accent attached to the door? My husband and I bought a door that was mistakenly too short so we were trying to find a way to salvage this project. I recommended having someone fabricate a kicker plate on the bottom to “close the gap.” it almost looks like the piece on your door gives you additional inches that we could benefit from.
Jessica Bruno says
The black piece is the barn door sliding kit. You need a sliding kit (Home Depot or Lowes has them) .
Steve says
Hi, I am interested in doing same. Did you also fill, sand and paint the jam where lockkeeper was? Did you remove the small piece of trim that runs from the top of jam to the bottom to stop the swing of the previous door ( door stop)?
I’d love to see pictures of the jam and how the repairs came out please.
Thanks,
Steve
Jessica Bruno says
Yes we filled and sanded the old holes!