It s a quick 1 day project perfect for the holidays.
How to build a barn door baby gate.
Thank you all so much for your sweet compliments on the baby gate.
The whitewood is smooth and super easy to paint.
Keep the little baby girls and boys safe from falling off or getting hurt from the steep stairs by installing this wooden baby gate.
You will either screw these into the wall find a stud or zip tie them onto your stair posts.
Diy barn door baby gate.
These are great for keeping pets wrangled too.
My wife wanted baby gates for our house but was hoping for something with a little more character.
A simple way to get the cuts you need are to buy boards hat longer than the diagonal of your assembled gate hold them in place mark the angle and cut.
We hung our barn door baby gate using this gate hardware for less than 20.
Dave went down the trigonometry rabbit hole with this one and we re not gonna follow.
This gate is designed for a stair base with posts on both sides.
The final pieces boards d are the diagonal boards that give the gate its barn door look.
Make use of barn wood to trim down your expenditures.
This wooden indoor gate is perfect to keep children and pets safe and restrict access to the stairs hallway or any room in your home.
Mark the left and right side with a small hash where the cross board touches the top board.
Step 8 cut angled boards for you diy barn door baby gate.
Lay a 1 x4 board corner to corner across the gate.
And as others have suggested this would make for a great pet gate too.
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We got all of the supplies at our local hardware store.
Since i was installing the doors one upstairs one down stair.
Make sure you are installing your hinges in studs because this gates is extremely heavy.
Use this diy baby gate on its own as a half door gate or add a dutch door to the top for a full split door setup.
The unique barn door facade keeps baby safe without disrupting your decor.
Rustic barn wood would also add mind blowing rustic details to your modern charming environments.
Build a barn door baby gate.
Barn door baby gate.
In addition to the barn door you will also need two pieces of 2 4 board that have been cut a little bit taller than your gate these are your brace pieces and help keep the gate up.
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This hardware adds the finishing touch and gives the gate an authentic barn door look.
Connect the two hash marks with a straight edge to get your angled cut line.
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