Homemade Sliding Closet Doors

Flip the door so that the newly attached plywood side faces down.

Homemade sliding closet doors. Place the plywood on top of the frame apply wood glue and secure it with screws once it s aligned. Cut four 2x4s for the door frame and miter each corner to a 45 degree angle. Attach the plywood sheet to the back of the door. Apply wood glue on all top surfaces of the pieces of both your inner and outer frames.

Now you have a door that you can hang onto your existing closet door way. Stapler screws drill acrylic paint to stain burlap also optional closet door hinges you can get similar ones here. If you don t have an existing soffit in your room on which to hang your doors you can build one by connecting two. Finding sliding closet door hardware can be tricky and expensive so today i am going to show you how we made the door and the sliding closet door hardware we chose.

Our doors were 86 3 4 and the length. Our completed closet doors. With a dado blade on your table saw make a dado. Adding something unusual like a sliding door made of repurposed shutters is a certain way to make the space more interesting.

Better yet it works with just about any décor style including even a modern style and doesn t cost a lot to make. Screw the paneling onto the frame and you re done. If you do consider turning them into sliding doors for your closet. Pick your choice of paint and roll brush it on.

Prior to screwing the frame on put your wood glue silicon all over the frame attach.