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Double Interior Barn Doors

January 2, 2013 by Jane F 3 Comments

double interior barn doors, painted blue and used for display - West Elm via AtticmagSliding double interior barn doors deliver maximum impact.

Since our renovation nine years ago, Gary (our contractor and friend) and I have a running conversation about adding on to our house. And while a new project is fairly remote, I continue to collect ideas – especially for doors – because the 1920s salvage doors we found together back in 2003 added so much character to our previously vanilla house. (I showed the one we used downstairs for the powder room when I made a privacy curtain for it.) Every time I see a pair of double interior barn doors I  start to envision a new master bedroom. And while I appreciate singles, double doors frame the open space in such a great way and slide out of the way,

One new twist on the barn door idea is coating them in contrast paint, like this soft blue [above], and using them as a stationary element. The presence of hardware indicates they can move but adding pictures and placing a bookcase right up against them – what decorators call layering – adds another dimension because they are doors treated like walls.

double interior barn doors with French Provincial style raised panels - Lynne Knowlton via AtticmagWe so often see barn-style doors that this pair of more formal French-style provincial beaded panels in chippy gray paint, is a reminder that slider style is only limited to what you can find or create. In a previous post, Allison showed a pair of superb Decorative Interior Barn Boors in Sharon Osborne’s house which are even more elaborate than these. Usually, graceful Louis-style doors would be inset and swing which makes these look fresher to me.
double interior barn doors - black painted sliding barn doors used in a pair on a corner - chiccoles via AtticmagSliders gobble up wall space. So in an old house like this one, it isn’t surprising to see corner openings. The steps down into the room and wide-board flooring are clues to an old house solution where additions often had different levels. Black-painted doors are a modernizing element that helps update what might otherwise be a period look.

double interior barn doors - pair of red painted salvage sliding barn doors in a kitchen - the polished pebble via atticmagKelly Davis-Motschenbacher, a California designer with a delightful blog called The Polished Pebble showed off two sets of barn-style doors created for her own home.  The first, for the kitchen, were fashioned from amazing salvaged red-painted wood and embellished with vintage handles and hooks.

double interior barn doors -pair of white painted interior sliding salvage doors used for a closet - the polished pebble via atticmagAnother set of Kelly’s doors included numbers (from horse stalls or beach cabana storage lockers maybe?) and add a ton of character to a bedroom closet.  I am in serious door envy over Kelley’s terrific vintage finds. Wow.

double interior barn doors - European style arched vintage oak doors with wrought iron accents - house beautiful via atticmagPerfectly suited to the arched doorway in this living room, the hefty pair of barrel-vaulted doors with hunky hardware  add a definite European flavor that reminds me of doors you see in French vineyards where the aged oak takes on a taupey-gray patina. Elegant and exquisite.

(Source: West Elm, Lynne Knowlton, chiccoles, polished pebble, house beautiful)

For more on barn doors see Interior Barn Door Color and Interior Textured Barn Doors

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  1. mbwife says

    January 7, 2013 at 1:04 pm

    I want to do this now in my home office! So cool looking.

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  2. Kellyann Smeja says

    September 7, 2016 at 9:03 pm

    Where can I buy this French-style provincial beaded panels in chippy gray paint?

    Reply

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