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DIY Faux Shiplap Barn Door

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This tutorial for a DIY Faux Shiplap Barn Door can add tons of character to your home!

Today I’m sharing ALL the details on our DIY faux shiplap barn door. I actually revealed the door back when I shared my mudroom reveal, but I never shared the details on how I built it. Today I’m giving you the entire lowdown. This entire project, including the door came in well under $100!
DIY Faux Shiplap Barn Door

I started out this project with a solid core door that I found at our local Habitat restore for $20.

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First I took some baseboard and attached it around the perimeter using my brad nailer.How to Turn a Door into a Shiplap Door

Then I took thin plywood and ripped it down into 4.5″ strips and measured the width of the door inside the trim pieces.How to Shiplap a Door

Then I attached these pieces to the door using my nailer. Most pieces took 6 nails. I just spaced them with my eye, but they are about a dimes width apart from each other.How to Put Shiplap on a Door This is the nailer I used for this project. **post contains affiliate links**How to Build a DIY Barn Door

When I got to the bottom strip I had to rip that one just a bit wider so that there wasn’t an awkward gap left.
DIY Shiplap Barn Door

Then I painted it my favorite green: Benjamin Moore Hidden Falls. First I brushed the cracks and then I used a roller to hit the rest.How to Paint a Barn Door Hidden Falls Green Barn Door

Then I screwed a 1×4 stain grade board to the wall where the barn door track was going to be mounted. This was to determine and mark where the studs were. Then I took it down and brought it outside.DIY Barn Door Hardware

From here I just followed the exact same steps for DIY barn door hardware that I shared in this tutorial.

Green Painted Shiplap Barn Door

When it was all assembled I added this handle to the barn door. When you open and close the door as long as you use the handle to pull out it doesn’t scrape the trim. I think that with a small guide or wheel on the bottom though it would keep you from having to pull the door out like this.DIY Barn Door

Hopefully this post inspires you that building your own barn door really isn’t that hard! Honestly, after building the track and then seeing how affordable the hardware has become online, I think I would have been better off just purchasing hardware! That way it takes all of the cutting, drilling, and spray painting out of the equation! Even if I purchased the hardware, I still would definitely build a shiplap barn door like this over and over again.

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  1. Rachel Bibby says

    Did you shiplap the backside of the door as well? If you close it, what does the reverse side look like?

    • BrightGreenDoor says

      If we still lived there I’d send you a photo, but we sold that house. I didn’t shiplap the back, I just used a thin sheet of plywood to cover the backside. Thanks.