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This post was updated in February 2023.
There’s no denying it, barns door are in! They are all over Pinterest and the one featured in my own kitchen got a lot of comments. It may seem a bit adventurous to include one in your home, but they can easily be understated and on-trend, plus they’re ideal when you’re working with limited space! Below are some of our favourites.
One of the most popular places to buy barn doors and hardware these days is good old Bunnings! They stock a variety of brands like Corinthian and Hume with a great range of designs in solid timber, timber veneer or primed and ready to paint MDF. Bear in mind they’re usually special order items so expect to wait three to four weeks. Prices start from $289.
They also sell the black barn door hardware I used in my own kitchen which sells for just $232. I’m really happy with it, four years on.
Fancy something a little more custom? Check out Brisbane’s Billygoat Barn Doors, who have built quite the reputation on Instagram!
Barndoor Outlet: Based in Melbourne, Barn Door Outlet is an affordable online barn door and hardware specialist. Products range from pinewood barn doors, white barn doors, grey barn doors, DIY barn doors, hardware, locks and they also offer customisation.
Aubarndoor: Another Aussie barn door and hardware specialist, Aubarndoor offer a wide variety of stylish options including fishbone and metal framed glass door designs. The range also includes a variety of hardware finishes including white, stainless and black and they offer doors and hardware that supports a by-pass system too.
Ideal Barn Doors: Supplying a range of classic timber barn doors, they all come ready to be stained or painted so you can keep your options open. Also stocking hardware, the wide range includes everything from stainless steel and matte black to the more wacky designs of an anchor, guitar and axe! I am particularly in love with their black steel and glass iteration. Gorgeous!
Obviously much more practical than us, blogger Katrina Chambers recently showed how easy it is to DIY an affordable barn door in your home. We think it looks fab!
Catering to popular demand, Doors Plus also exclusively stock the Glengary range of solid Ash barn doors.
Prestige Barn Doors: This unique range includes barn doors made from reclaimed timber as well as Aztec and Chevron inspired designs. The company also produces souble or triple sliding barn doors that run along two or more tracks (see below), passing in front of and behind each other. Each door requires its own rolling door hardware kit with two hangers on each end of each panel.
Barn doors don’t have to be expensive, despite the impressive statement they make. Our carpenter achieved our look by covering the wall and a very plain and affordable oversized door with Easycraft’s popular EasyVJ wall panelling then painted it all in the same colour.
We love that the barn door trend isn’t just reserved for country or traditional interiors. Barn doors can be modern and sleek too. And practically, they’re obviously a massive space saver, perfect for applications like ensuites and butler’s pantries. And above all, they make a great visual statement, whether you want them to blend into the background (like mine) or stand out.
Some more barn door inspo from around the internet:
Have you installed a barn door in your home? Please tell us about it in the comments!
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Comments
I didn’t know Barn doors were popular. We have three in a cottage
Then you don’t watch Foxtel. The building programmes have been using them for at least 6 years I know of probably longer. They are so elegant and leave pocket doors for dead. I’ve hated them since 1974
I love barn doors. There is something about them. We have one installed and we used an original vintage barn door and fab hardware from Country Barn Doors in country Tenterfield. We have an old cottage and the barn door fits in beautifully between the original and the newer extension.
That sounds just perfect, Pam! We love them too!
We’re just finishing our new house and used a large barn door to cover our study nook (so we can hide all the mess away when needed!). Our builder built ours and we used Rustica Hardware for the tracks. Initially we were going to use bi-fold doors and we’re so glad we changed to a barn door, it saves space & looks fabulous!
Sounds like a great solution! Jen
Hi Jen, great post on Barn Doors, yes they are becoming very popular and they look fabulous. Countrybarn Doors started hand crafting Barn Doors around 4 years ago, and we have been very busy from day one. We are a husband and wife team and have a large range of designs and finishes which has made our doors very popular with customers all around Australia.
We are about to order a black steel / glass barn door… any chance you know of any companies with best deal on at this moment? Thanks
Ideal barn doors.
https://idealbarndoors.com.au/barn-doors/steel-barn-door
Can you do this on a wardrobe? If you have a four door wardrobe can they be dually hung?
Yes they can
Looking for barn doors for high ceilings. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks.
Bunnings has a lot of larger doors on special order.
Sharron Clark from Brandoors.com.au is a total con artist. Stay away from this business unless you like losing money see https://www.productreview.com.au/p/barn-doors-australia.html
Thank you for this info, we have removed them from this article.
The Merry Barn have closed
come to our shop, we have the wide range of barn doors in Melbourne
My Husband had just made our barn door for our pantry, from scratch, using wood from the discarded paneling of our kitchen. He had an idea in his mind about how it should look, and was able to construct it from there. He has done brilliantly and could even go into business (not that he would) it’s THAT GOOD!!!
I love what he has made for our home!
That’s so great and even more special that he made it! Hoorah! Jen
I would highly recommend Rustica or Brio hardware which we have used in the past.
Industry insider’s advice: cheap hardware can cause many issues such as derailment, broken walls and accidents with jammed limbs (ouch!). There have also been a number companies that have already folded within Australia as they offered cheap and nasty products leaving consumers with no warranties.
Do your research and opt for an American or European made product – it may cost a little more but the engineering and quality will be worth the piece of mind.
Thanks Lisa, great tips!
Hi Jen,
Where did you find your plain oversized door to start with? I’m not a big fan of Bunning’s barn door design and would love to DIY my own barn door from a plain door, however most of the sizes are too small for us… Any ideas where to find the oversize door? Thanks a lot.
I think the builder got it direct from Hume Doors from memory!