You only posted an inspiration photo: whatbis the dilemma?

It will go away when you paint that trim white.

I assume it still needs to be stained or painted? But is the door supposed to go over that? So close to the counter? Can we see a picture of the whole space? I have 2 expensive barn door tracks and I am sorry to say that neither works well and I'm glad I don't have to open and close them, like, ever.

Let it stay. It is a lot of fuss for a very small amount of Storage, but it will be fine. Your husband's sanity at a stressful time is more valuable. Btw I had the same inspiration pic (the first one). Your kitchen looks great-enjoy it.

Ps the 2nd pic has reclaimed shelves-would you like those better?

Just paint them white. Once painted and decorated this will all seem silly

Once you fill those shelves you probably won't notice those rails. I know, to me, this is nothing to stress over IMO.

Nira,,it's not bad at all. like was mentioned, paint the entire inside with white paint,,you won't see those rails. plus, when all your food is in there, you won't even see the walls!

as for the door, you can make it longer. they have different size pulleys that you can attach to the top of the door. if you show me what you have and what you want exactly, I can help you better.

however, the door stain should match the wood piece it's hung from. the dark and light don't work. you can paint something white, or stain them both the same tone. actually, if you remove the trim from around the pantry opening, you won't need the bump out of the wood panel above it,, remove both of those and just have the track on the wall

why don't you paint the door white and do black chalkboard paint on the middle panel? it would resemble your inspiration

kind of like this one

I agree with those above. Pain the whole thing white. Once you have stuff on the shelves you will never notice.

I know it's frustrating when things don't turn out the way we had hoped. To make the shelves look beefier like your inspiration, attach a 1x2 across the fronts making sure to keep the top edge of the 1x2 flush with the top of the shelf. No need to replace them as this will straighten and also make the shelves stronger.

If you do this, or replace the shelves with reclaimed wood, paint the interior to match the island, and fill the shelves, you'll be very close to your inspiration and won't notice the rails.

zsmith - I was about to suggest the same. I just did the top shelf here. If you paint the interior white, your shelf supports will disappear.

We did something similar on our family room built-ins. Pre-painting:

Paint it white get thicker shelves and stain them a walnut color

Very nice, oldbat2be. :)

And after you are done with all your little changes to make the shelves feel great, go hug that husband. Tell him you love him and thank him for all he has done. Kitchens come and go but the love from a good husband is to be treasured for a long long time.

~boxer

If you have to return the door anyway, I would take Beth h's advice and get a white door, square paneled, do the chalkboard. If you paint the back of the shelves a color absolutely match the island. You have a lot going on and minimizing colors, materials, and shapes will help bring all of the elements together. Here is what I did w the same inspiration photo. Decided not to sink the fridge in there in light of view from entry and desire for pantry space. Note how trim was extended for rail. It actually worked pretty well just now!

Keep the special board, paint the door. We had to add to our door so we could reuse one we already had:

Nira,

You are going to make your kitchen stunning, you just got stumped on this minor glitch with the barn door and shelves. I can't wait to see your beautiful kitchen unfold. And when I say go hug your husband. I say this because I was not always nice to my sweet husband. I look back over the 28 years of marriage ( 10 kitchens) and wish I been a little nicer to him. I need to go hug him.

: )

I agree that painting the inside white would disguise the rails but what I keep looking at is the clearance. Once you install the hardware and hang the door, every time you want to access the cabinet on the right, you're going to have to open the barn door.

It sounds as though you have covered all your bases. Good luck with your project!

oldbat2, what are those shelf supports that you used in your family room built-ins?

Those are sawtooth shelf supports, jellyetoast.

http://www.sawtoothshelfsystem.com

How is that counter top supported...

Double up the shelf thickness. Cut another set of shelves. Add to existing shelves. Glue up, wipe well. Sand and paint. Will help achieve heft of photo inspiration shelves.