Sliding Barn Doors Aren’t Just for the Barn!
Posted on June 7, 2012 By Kelly (Edit) 2 Comments
If you thought there was only one use for a sliding barn door, think again. This rustic accent can fit into nearly any interior design style as a unique and interesting feature. From being used as a headboard to separating space within the home, here are some wonderful ideas for bringing sliding barn doors into design:
Here we used sliding barn doors as a twin to king headboard.
This is the bed in a king configuration:
Here there’s a sliding barn door in the background used as a door to the dumbwaiter.
The Houzz photos below are equally inspiring.
We used the concept of the twig 3-form seen below in a sliding barn office door here in Steamboat but framed it out to achieve a less contemporary look. . It was a perfect way to maintain but get light into the office.
Look how Linea Architects interpreted the sliding barn door in the Historic Telluride District.
This is a contemporary take on the sliding barn door.
These traditional glass doors were made into sliding barn doors.
Here, old doors were transformed into sliding barn doors in a contemporary setting.
Painted sliding barn doors separate these two spaces.
As you can see, there are a myriad of ways to use sliding barn doors in interiors – what would you do with sliding barn doors in your home?
Images: 1-3 Home on the Range; 4-9 via Houzz, as linked above
Great post Lynne! I love all the contemporary glass concepts for a very functional yet hip look.
Definitely gave me some great ideas…thank you!
I’m glad you got some good ideas Mitzi! Thanks for following our blog and for your comments!
Lynne