I have a closet door makeover to share with you today! We have a large closet in our upstairs hallway that has had broken bi-fold doors on it since we moved in. Since we were already adding wide pine floors to our hallway we decided it was finally time to tackle this closet.
DIY Closet Door Makeover- Bi-Fold to Hinged
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The closet also had some broken freestanding shelves in it that we used to store our linens, toiletries, and suitcases.
The first thing we did was take off the broken bi-fold doors and disassemble the shelves. The trim around the old doors and baseboard had to go too. We also pulled up the dirty carpet and laid down the wide pine floors.
Next Jason framed out a new doorway so the old bi-fold doors would fit. He added a 2 by 4 to the middle of the doorway to have a place to screw the hinges to and also lowered the header so the doors would cover the space completely.
Jason also added 2 long shelves to the top and the bottom of the closet to store more clothes and have a spot to put his shoes. He really doesn’t like putting his clothes away so I have a feeling he plans to just throw all his clothes on these shelves so he doesn’t have to 🙂 We also added a hanging bar to hang Jason’s clothes on.
We primed and painted the inside of the closet white.
I am not sure Jason will ever have enough clothes to fill his closet :).
Jason zipped off about an 1/8 inch off of each to door to allow the hinges to fit. After sanding down the many layers of paint we brought the doors back in to see how they would fit.
After putting 3 layers of paint on the doors Jason added the hinges and we screwed them to the door frames.
The doors fit great and I love the handles and hinges we added.
I am pretty excited to have this hallway and closet done. I know we will always have some project we want to do in our old farmhouse but it feels great to check this project off the list! If you want to read more about how we refinished our farmhouse stairs you can check that out HERE.
For more DIY Projects you can always follow along on Pinterest!
You may also like these DIY Projects from Lehman lane…
Refinishing our Farmhouse Stairs (HERE)
DIY Closets – Custom Closets on a Budget (HERE)
DIY Pallet Sliding Barn Door (HERE)
DIY Angled Door (HERE)
DIY Door Makeover with Transom Window (HERE)
DIY Hanging Closet Light (HERE)
Organizing Our Linen Closet (HERE)
Wow, that’s a beautiful transformation!
Thank you Carolann!
Tara I love what you did! Beautiful hallway. What is the name of the color in the hallway?
Thanks so much for stopping by Baronica! The color we used is Sherwin Williams Kestral White
You and your husband did a fabulous job. We have bi-folding doors that alway getting of the track. I hate that about them. We need to try doing to our doors what you did here. In love the way they look. Excellent job!
Good luck changing out your bi-fold doors Ivory! It really makes a big difference!
This is a lovely project. Question- for the center 2×4 how did you secure it to the floor?
Thank you so much for stopping by to check out how we made over our closet door makeover Susan. We secured the 2 by 4 with screws in the front and back of the 2×4 angled into the floor. The front screw is then covered by the piece of trim on top of the 2×4.