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Building a Home Design Dilemma

Do barn doors need to match interior doors?

6 years ago

In the process of building a house, if I have plain 2 panel square top doors throughout interior can I use a 2 panel square top with V-groove stained as barn doors in the office? Just need direction...

Thanks!

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Kristin S

6 years ago

I think you either want them to coordinate (so the same or similar) or be a distinctive visual accent (in which case you want the notable different in finish, style, and/or color). What you really want to avoid is ending up in the middle ground no-man's land, where it looks like you tried to coordinate them but failed.

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cpartist
6 years ago
Why not?
phuninthesun
6 years ago
Yes. They aren't typically the same type/color door.
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bethyh
Original Author
6 years ago
Thank you...builder was just questioning me and needed outside opinion!
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Mark Bischak, Architect
6 years ago
The doors on your barn do not have to match the doors inside your house.
B Carey
6 years ago
Not the same style at all....that would be weird! The point is that you want it to look like it may have come from a real barn. You could stain it any tint or paint it any color you want.
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Virgil Carter Fine Art
6 years ago
Well...I guess it all depends on whether consistency or contrast is important in your eyes. There are no "rules", only what may be considered an overall harmonious and unified design. Good luck!
weedyacres
6 years ago
We installed "barn doors" (meaning using barn door hardware, not a door that came from a barn) in our last house, but used doors to match the rest of the house. We used them to help with a space/swing issue, not as a focal point.
spacecoast_fl_zone_9
6 years ago
What about centering a panel door. I have 6 panel doors. we put a barn door (6 panel) between the master bedroom\bath and i like the way it looks from the bedroom but not too crazy about the bathroom side. I want to put one in between my kitchen and laundry. The laundry side will have the hardware.. But how is it going to look from the kitchen? We have to hang it high because of a cabinet issue in the laundry.. so it will be about an 84" door in a 80" hole...

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