by Thomas Porter | Jan 31, 2014
John Nicholson at Nicholson Custom Homes had us design/build a custom sliding barn door utilizing a natural steel and polished steel look with the integrated fixed hardware that we manufactured. We used our surfaced tobacco barn wood siding with a natural lacquer...
by Thomas Porter | Jan 25, 2014
Here’s a door we shipped to NY for a customer. It’s our reclaimed grey hemlock siding with a slight surfacing and a color match for “Jacobean”. We built the door and crated it up so we could ship it and their contractor could install it. Looks...
by Thomas Porter | Jan 22, 2014
Here’s a sliding door and hardware set we manufactured for a customer in North Scottsdale. It makes for a very fun pantry door. This is our 4″x2″ roller set with angle...
by Thomas Porter | Jan 22, 2014
Here’s a door we built for a customer for their master bathroom. Steel 1/4″x1.5″ steel frame with ply core and reclaimed hemlock facade on front/back. Hardware from rusticahardware.com. Lacquer finish. Natural hot rolled steel...
by Thomas Porter | Aug 13, 2013
Tobacco Barn Wood Sliding Barn Door Here is a great sliding barn door project we built for Brandon Williams @ Willsheim Design & Build. We came up with a design to compliment the living space and provide privacy for the master bedroom suite. The door itself is...
by Thomas Porter | Jun 19, 2013
One of our customers, Dixie, asked us to design a door for her space. She showed us a picture of a door she liked. Given the width of the opening we could have done two doors, but opted to do one large door that looks like two for functionality. This door separates...
by Thomas Porter | Jun 12, 2013
Here’s a contemporary sliding barn door we made out of steel and reclaimed hemlock barn siding. We used modern stainless steel hardware and made a header piece to hang it on. This door has a light, clear, flat lacquer finish. The door has an adjustable ball...
by Thomas Porter | Jun 9, 2013
Here’s a fun door that we built using our custom hardware and door frame. The customers came out to the barn wood lot and hand selected the pieces that make up this door. We took it all back to the shop and built all the components. We installed this over their...
by Thomas Porter | Jun 5, 2013
Customers Chris & Austin at Rafterhouse sent us this picture of a project they just completed. Austin writes: “Hi Thomas, Chris and I wanted to follow up with you and send over a photo of your product in one of our homes. Attached is a photo of the kitchen...
by Thomas Porter | May 25, 2013
Here’s an awesome looking door we built for a customer to match their existing bathroom cabinetry and separate the bathroom from the bedroom. This door is oversized slightly at their request. We used hardware from Rustica Hardware, but made our own rail to suit...
by Thomas Porter | May 5, 2013
This door has two faces. One side (the front) is covered in mushroom wood that has been thicknessed and smoothed out a bit. The other side has red-grey hemlock siding. It has our larger custom 8″ v-groove door sliding system and custom adj. phenolic stop....
by Thomas Porter | May 4, 2013
This door for a customer in Anthem, AZ happens to be made up of wood from barns in Pennsylvania, Iowa, and Michigan. Add The fact that it was made right here in Phoenix, AZ and we have our “Four States” door. The customers were able to come out to the yard...
by Thomas Porter | Apr 19, 2013
Here’s a door we installed using a new style of contemporary stainless steel hardware we ordered in special for the customer. They also wanted to add a hardwood header plate above the door. The wood here is from our reclaimed grey hemlock barn siding. We made...
by Thomas Porter | Apr 17, 2013
We built this reclaimed mushroom wood sliding barn door for a customer in the Arcadia neighborhood in Phoenix, AZ. We manufactured everything from scratch. The door, the hardware, the finish, and installation was done by our team at PBW. The door is fairly large at...
by Thomas Porter | Mar 25, 2013
Here’s a door one of our customers, Brian Oldham, made using our antique industrial sliding door hardware. We were able to acquire about 23 pairs of cast iron rollers from a turn of the century industrial building in PA. These door sliders work great and look...
by Thomas Porter | Mar 24, 2013
Here’s a nice looking grey siding covered sliding barn door we did. This wood came from Iowa. This cool door covers the entry to a pantry and uses our 8″ v groove wheel hardware. I love this oversized hardware. It glides so smooth. I used the new style...
by Thomas Porter | Mar 24, 2013
Here’s a custom door we built for a home in the Arcadia area. This door leads to the master bathroom. It was a tricky install because the wall behind it is furred out and drywalled, but just behind it is cement block. We had to use some unusual anchoring...
by Thomas Porter | Mar 8, 2013
Here’s a door we constructed/installed for a customer that wanted a very specific look. They showed us a picture from a hardware manufacturer’s website and wanted to make a very similar door. The door is made of new, kiln dried knotty alder and is a total...
by Thomas Porter | Dec 24, 2012
Here’s one of the largest doors we’ve ever done, and definitely the heaviest so far. It’s designed, built, and installed by us here at Porter Barn Wood and we sure love the space it’s in. This beautiful room is decorated with lots of hunting...
by Thomas Porter | Dec 22, 2012
Marty from Fine Arts Woodworking sent us these pictures of a sliding door he made for a customer using our grey siding materials and a piece of thicker material from our misc. barn boards. He made the wooden handle which looks very authentic. Nice job! This is hung on...
