Closing the Barn Door

Continuing the activities from two weekends ago, this is one of the PLANNED projects- and we made great progress on it!

As detailed in the horse barn highlight, the barn itself is in pretty good shape- except for the big, sliding barn doors...

Front barn door- BEFORE

Back barn door- BEFORE

Mike and his brother worked out a little labor trade- some jobs are just so much easier with two!  His brother (who's really good at wood-working) would help Mike build new barn doors, and Mike is going to help him trim-up some trees at his house.

I got the best part of the deal- spending time with my sister-in-law and adorable nieces (while watching my two boys too, of course!)

In just one afternoon (after moving the butler's pantry) they got the two doors built...

Front barn door- in progress

Back barn door- in progress

Last week the hinges/rollers got a fresh coat of black paint.

And this past weekend our neighbor helped us hang them back up.
They were HEAVY!

Then Mike & I did a little trim work to dress them up a bit.

FRONT

We ran out of wood for the last "x" on the back door... so we have to finish that up.

BACK

And then, of course, they need to be stained.
We'll save that as a summer weekend project!