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I’m literally filled with so much excitement to have tackled the project I tackled and be involved in a party with the lovely ladies involved!

Originally when I thought about this party I though I had pinned ideas for the nursery but truth be told, my Pin-spiration became an obsession back when we were redoing our pantry with this inspiration post. Well that didn’t work out, AT ALL. The moment we realize we’re pregnant I deem it as a must to do in our nursery, over the closet. Todd gave me an, “Ohhh, thats nice.” It’s his famous, I’m not saying no because then you’ll spend every waking moment convincing me that it’s a must, it’s nice.

We had, two NASTY sliding doors...we needed an upgrade!

Thanks to Pinterest I had a lot to work with to convince him that it would be perfect, that and a Pinterest Partayy!

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As soon as I started looking into barn doors I knew that we probably couldn’t rationally afford it. So, I began thinking of ways to mix and match ideas to find something that would combine the esthetic I was going for while making it affordable and still functional. Obviously I loved the yellow, which is why I decided on using it in our nursery but I knew that a yellow door would be too much in such a small space. I decided to use the Apartment Therapy’s “hardware” approach but I liked House of Gerz’s use of paneling.

So off to Lowes we went, in search of a 10ft pipe, 2 flanges, 2 nipples, 2 90 degree elbows, a package of hinged loops, 2 casters, paneling, and 3 2×4′s. We opted out of purchasing a handle since the 2×4′s would serve that purpose perfectly but if I decide to get one I think it’ll be cute and modern. This was the most prepared I’ve ever been on a project, trust me it’s impressive. Shortly after arriving we realized that we could actually buy a composite siding sheet and as opposed to spending $50 in just siding we could spend $16 and buy exactly what we needed! We walked out with $66 worth of barn door making goods and got the ball rolling on the project. Todd cut the wood down to size as well as the siding sheet and used the trusty Kreg Jig to make the base of our door.

We (well, Tenley and I watched from afar) sanded down the font and sides so that they were smooth and snag free and then attached the siding using far too many screws.

I had made the decision to paint the door as one whole piece so we decided to test out our paint sprayer. We picked up on clearance at Lowes one random night, while wandering through the store looking for some tool Todd was sure he needed. For once his new toy actually came in handy and we both were so excited that his crazy “must have” purchase actually worked out!

I was busy being Todd’s assistant to take many pictures of the set up so I’ll give you the run down…

All the hardware was really simple to assemble, we screwed together the pipe, nipples, elbow and flange. We realized we needed to put it together before we could put it up, making it pretty tight in the nursery as we were trying to move and work around it. We also had the hinged loops on the bar so that we could simply screw in the base of it, otherwise we would have literally had to put the whole door together and try to put it up all attached. Here’s my advice…MEASURE MEASURE MEASURE!! We initially didn’t and just eyeballed it, which isn’t ever a good idea with a large project. Once we patched, textured and painted our 6 holes it went up really smoothly!

Driving the final screws

I’m SO excited with how it turned out, we did move the sign I made and I’m afraid it may be too small for the space. AND of course, Todd now loves it! Some day he will learn not to question my amazing ideas! There’s still lots of accessorizing to be done, she will probably be walking by the time we finish this stinking nursery! The closet is so much bigger now that it opens all the way, no more half door business! Unfortunately, now that we can actually see IN the closest, we can see what a disaster that is her closet. Our next project will be nursery ifying it and actually putting her clothes in there now that she’s transitioning into a different size!

The hinges really are only to prevent the door from running away

We really love the uneven "boards" and texture of the siding!

I can’t wait to see what you have posted! Don’t forget to head over to Baby Gators Den, Design Build Love, Hernando House, Knack Attack, Merrypad, Mrs Priss, and The Stucco Bungalow to see what they’ve done and link up at their sites as well!!

I let you see mine so let me see yours…

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