But in the meantime, here are the details on the back bathroom door. The back bathroom interior barn door to be exact!

Before the awesome barn door idea, I had originally wanted to install a pocket door to create more space in that little, tiny back bathroom. You see, when the door was open you had to squeeze around it from the right side just to make enough room to close it behind you. And even then the door didn't close. It was warped or something. It was all very inconvenient when helping small children with their business, as you can imagine.

However, two light switches were located on the wall that would need to house the pocket door. Of course, this was no problem. My father-in-law is an electrician! And so I recruited him to relocate the switches to a completely different wall, which he did with ease - nearly two years ago! We just covered the biggest of the two holes with a charcoal drawing and easy forgot about the smaller hole.

When we were finally ready to take on the back bathroom project, we realized that most of the existing wall would need to be removed in order to insert the pocket door. Major set back. Being that Stephen and I aren't really patient do-it-yourselfers, the amount of labor involved in a pocket door led us to quickly change our plans.

This is when we decided to mount a barn door, which we were planning to do in the master bathroom already. I was a little concerned that the space was too small for a barn door and might block the back door to house. Plus, did we really want two barn doors in one small house? Yes, we did. Especially if it meant less work!

Anyway, here are some pictures of Stephen doing my barn door bidding.

This little back door entryway is painted the same gray as the living room. Our pantry is directly across from the bathroom door, just so you know or whatever. In this first picture you can see where we patched the holes made from relocating the light switches. I smoothed them away with my editing skills in the second photo.

To hang the door, we bought actual exterior barn door hardware at D & B Supply - this stuff is legit. It'll keep your cows safe. Stephen had to cut to size. Fortunately, we were able to buy just one of these big runner things for both bathroom doors.



And then there was lots of measuring. I don't remember why. Probably because nothing in our house is level or square, which causes Stephen all kinds of grief.



The barn door itself was constructed with the assistance of Steeley - surprise, surprise. The door is pretty sturdy. Like it might hold a cow or two. I picked out the wood. I don't know what we bought. It was inexpensive, the right length, and the most rustic of my choices. The boys stained and distressed the door to further meet my rustic yet industrial design needs.



This is the view from inside the bathroom. There is a small hole that produces a wee bit of sap, which leaks from both sides of the door. Henry likes to stick his finger in the sap. So do I.



The view from the toilet.



And because nothing in our house is level or square, there is slight gap between the door and the wall. But only when you pull the door too far forward. So be warned! Stephen also had to shave off a bit of the trim surrounding the top of the door in order to pull the barn door with ease.

And there you have it, the first of two barn doors. I am quite pleased. It's different and I like different. And it really does make that tiny bathroom seem much larger. Feel free to replicate in your own home. We have some friends that have already and it's quite flattering!