The barn doors are nice, but as with anything, you can have too much. The reason I wouldn't use them on a bathroom of any sort is privacy - they don't provide much in the way of sound.

I do think it is a great look in the pic you provided. You just won't be able to have all your windows exposed at one time since the doors are so big. Not sure if that bothers you.

If you and your husband agree, go forward.

I like them but that would be too much of a good thing in my house. I'm also old and my experiences probably color my response. I have spent a lot of money on new and shiny things that I LOVED. Unfortunately, when I got tired of them I was too frugal to change them out. If you have the income and temperament to change them out when you get tired of them, go for it.

I think the use of barn doors in that room is lovely. The windows are in the perfect configuration for it, however.

Errant, that is an excellent point. The window layout, room size and furniture placement work seamlessly with the barn doors. It might be harder to make a retrofit look as good.

YMMV on this, but SO and I both have dust allergy issues so I wouldn't want a rough timber barn door behind my bed, too difficult to get the dust out of all the little crevices. In the photo, those doors have a flat, solid surface so not as much of an issue. Also, where I live, we need the windows closed down as dark as possible at night, for privacy and also because SO is such a light sleeper he gets disrupted by any little stream of light.

theclose - The bathroom noise won't be a problem. We have a water closet for sounds and smell. LOL I'm not quite understanding what you mean when you say " You just won't be able to have all your windows exposed at one time since the doors are so big." Can you elaborate more? In the pictures the windows are fully exposed when the doors are open and behind the bed. When they close, they should fully cover the windows, am I wrong?

Errant_gw- Here is the window configuration in our master bedroom. You can see where the master bathroom door is and the window locations. I think doing the barn doors and windows would look great but my husband is telling me it's over kill and to pick one. If I do pick one it'll be the windows because he really likes them but if I can get both well then..... I know what I'm doing. LOL

l pinkmountain - Thank you for bringing up the dust allergy being problematic. We don't them know but whose to say we won't develop them in the future? That gives us something to think about.

d_gw- Our house is a new build but I agree about retrofitting and trying to make them work. I posted our plans and believe they can work in our favor.

Well, you obviously love barn doors so take this with a grain of salt! I think they're very trendy and I'm not so sure they'll stand the test of time. As has been stated above, it probably wouldn't be a big deal to remove them, but I'd still thing long and hard before incorporating something so trendy in more than one place in my home. Your mileage may vary, of course - and the bottom line is that you simply have to do what you love (if you can get your DH on board, that is).

ETA: Since this is a new build, have you considered pocket doors instead of barn doors? I'm sure they'd be more costly to install, but IMO they are a classic.

I do wonder what you're supposed to do for a headboard when the doors are covering the windows though.

Sorry, I am assuming there are windows behind the barn doors somewhere. Maybe that is incorrect.

As all have stated, if you love the barn doors, go for it. They do look nice in the room you posted.

Totally agree re: very cute but very trendy. FWIW, I was traveling recently and the cutest sliding barn door in hotel alternately closed closet or bathroom. Guess how quickly I got tired of sliding door to get to or other room...

theclose- I get you now. That is a solid wall behind the bed. The doors would push away from each other to cover the two windows on the side of the bed.

idacliare - Thank you for bringing up the head board issue. In this picture the barn doors act as the head board. I guess if we're closing the windows up its for time when we sleep. Is a head board really necessary? hmmm... That is a great question to bring to my husband.

What if you want to remain tucked up in bed on a rainy evening, reading a book? Or when your DH brings you breakfast in bed on a cold winter morning? Think about the times when you would like to sit up in bed and have something to lean back on, but you want your windows to remain covered. You don't want that "something" to be the wall.

And do you want your windows to appear "boarded up" when lounging on a cold winter morning?

IdaClaire- you have a very good point here. I have so much to think about and discuss with my husband. I may lose my battle having both the door and windows but husband will probably lose the windows if it comes down to the headboard issue. He's the one that likes to sit up in bed. We don't eat in bed that's no problem. I guess I should just leave this up to him now.

Errant_gw - Laughing at the word cold!!!! Haha Just kidding! We actually live in South Texas. It really doesn't get cold down here. Like today it will get to 81 degrees.

I'm going to let husband see the points everyone has made and leave it up to him. I'll either have a barndoor for our bathroom or window covers or both.

I hope you'll post pics on this thread when you're finished with your room so we can see how your magic worked on your husband!

I LOVE that room you posted and the look of the barn doors there. But, in reality, if that were my room and home, I would never close them because the view is so gorgeous and it looks like privacy isn't an issue. I guess if someone needed to sleep in total darkness, it would be effective. I would feel claustrophobic to have solid walls when they are closed, but that's just me (no window coverings at all for me). Also, how could you peek out the window if you felt the need?

Then I think of just how would you close the ones behind the bed? The end tables seem to be in the way of pulling them from the sides. Would you stand on the bed and move them? I would think you could have a wall panel behind them to be the "headboard" when they are over the windows, if you wanted.

I think I've seen barn door style glass shower doors :-)

Playing devil's advocate here - Note that the home you show us is a BARN style home, and that almost every window in that does have a 'cover' has a 'barn door' type. I saw one roll down shade in the pics in your link. What style is your home? Will several barn doors be appropriate as they are in your example?