Functionally they are big space savers.
Mudroom with barn doors.
Instead of fastening the barn door rail to drywall first screw a ledger board to the wall studs for a sturdier mounting surface that allows the hanging door to clear the door frame.
A white barn door on rails opens to a mudroom featuring a chalkboard hung from a light gray wall in front of white built in open lockers fitted beneath cabinets finished with metal grille cabinet doors and oil rubbed bronze hardware.
Barn doors come with both functional and aesthetic benefits.
We added a new mudroom with lots of closed storage cabinets a pantry with a sliding barn door and a powder room for guests.
Purchase a door that s as tall as the opening height or opening plus trim and 2 inches wider than the door frame to cover the entire opening.
These are basically rustic slabs that open and close on rollers.
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We raised the ceilings by a foot and added beams for definition of the spaces.
The rich color of this wooden barn door is mirrored in the floor to ceiling storage area in this mudroom and even in the roll up shades on the window.
Tucked away between the kitchen and mud room a rolling barn door guards the entrance to the pantry.
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The use of a barn door is one of the better mudroom ideas.
It features all the elements of a traditional mudroom like shelves hooks and drawers but uses a sliding reclaimed wood barn door to keep everything stylishly concealed.
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While this may not be an issue for large houses more space starved homes will find it more than a little problematic.
Three rooms in one upon entering hgtv s green home 2012 one would never guess that this tiny space houses an entryway mudroom and a laundry room.
The traditional swinging door typically needs 9 feet or more of space to function properly.