I live in the house my grandfather built. It was built in the 1970's. He did the same as you did w/your closet doors. How wild is that. We have the same French doors in both our homes. I love my doors. The only difference is grandpa didn't paint his doors & he didn't have those fancy hinges. He had to hang them like regular doors. Much harder then what y'all did. But same results. I guess Alaskans & Native Americans think a like.... lol.... Have a great day Ana & family, Chris from Missouri
Thank you so much....THAT was exactly what I was looking for......no sliding doors/barn door.....just simple but good looking double doors.....THANK YOU AGAIN !!!!!!!
Love seeing you and Jacob work on projects together. I know he has other work to provide for the family, but it's cool to see you all work as a team. :)
I LOVE your channel Ana. You and Jacob and your family are so kewl. I've loved watching you build your house, help your community and raise your family. Thanks for everything you do, and for the free plans. Peace ♥️🙏🏼✌🏼
Thanks so much! This is exactly what I'm planning to do in my kids' bedroom (with 18" doors) but wasn't sure what all I needed to get at the hardware store. Cool products! And the simple door stop was especially helpful. Can't wait to get going on them.
Your video was my inspiration for a second closet in my mid century modern 1950’s ranch home. We are the 3rd owner of this home and the previous owners are the ones who added this odd closet and had these ugly mirrored bi fold doors they attached to the wall because they were wider than the door opening. I took those off and just hung some curtains there to cover the closet opening. For my project, I used Jeldwen hollow core wood doors from Home Depot ($37 each). I used 3” wood trim on the sides and a 4” trim on the top to hide the holes from the old closet doors. I painted everything white. My project turned out great. It’s not perfect, but the closet looks fantastic now and is not an eyesore. My total cost was approximately $150 excluding paint.
Love those doors. Great job ! By the way I am planning to use your method to make bed headboard and nightstands. Maybe naturally oak or something western color as I want to decorate my guest bedroom in TX Longhorns them with big canvas picture of Bevo the famous Longhorns mascot above the headboard hehe 😉
Bi-fold doors pinch both little and big fingers. No respecter of people! When my sister built her house I recommended regular double doors on all closets. They told me they had already come to the same decision. Great minds think alike!
I just got to see your videos. Really well-made, nice to see it! I wondering, when you make holes for the hinge and for the handle, which tool/attachment are you using? It's the first time I see that and I wonder if it's something to help centering ?
Overall nice work, however to anyone looking to do this build, get 2 of the ball locks and install on the top of the door. Then it will be close to factory made.
Not priming the door because the door is, "pre-primed," is not a great shortcut. That's my only critique on this project. I really like the method of measuring for hinges. I don't think I'd be a fan of those types of hinges though but it's still an interesting feature.
I've got those hinges on the door into our laundry room, they hold up good, and don't create an unsightly gap not being mortised in because the 2 halves fold into eachother, like she said as long as it's a hollow core door they work fine..barrel isn't much smaller than normal, just short 2 screws compared to normal
Do u think I can reuse my two nice closet sliding doors to make them into French doors like yours? I would probably need to cut doors to make them fit. The only thing is I don't have a saw like urs:(
Ana and Jacob! I need help! I am trying to get or build juliette style French doors for my tiny house. I wanted to try and convert some old solid wood doors into French doors. Can you guys help?
"french" usually just refers to 2 doors that latch together and swing apart, I'm sure in the past it was a more concrete definition but that pretty much what it means nowadays
@@mattsharpe3989 I suppose it must be an American thing, here in Australia, afaiaa, they must have at least some glass in them, and usually full length, and are almost always exterior doors, although I can't see why that makes a difference. I do accept though that for wardrobes (closets) there is usually a divider between then, but I wasn't thinking of that aspect.
