DIY: Build a Felt Sliding Door
Build a Felt Sliding Door for your apartment and say goodbye to old bulky doors. Here is a list of things you would need for this endeavor:
Ingredients:
• 1/2 inch white wool felt from Sutherland Felt Company @ $75 a yard
• Hospital track, endcaps and rolling hooks from MedicalProductsDirect.com
• Thick brown leather from a place on Bleecker Street that charged me too much
• White spray paint
• Silicone spray
1. Measure your doorway and order your felt large enough for both panels to more than cover the opening both side to side and up and down. It comes 72″ wide so you are in the best shape if you only have to buy one length and have them cut it down the middle for two 3′ wide pieces.
2. Order your hospital track to all felt door to slide out to the side in both directions. It only comes in silver, but don’t worry, you can paint it.
3. Mount your track on the ceiling and as tight to the door as possible so that the felt will hug the opening.
4. Insert end caps and rolling hooks. Spray with silicone to ease movement.
5. Masking off area around track, spray with white paint to blend in with ceiling.
6. Hold up felt and measure to fit.
7. Trim felt down with eXacto knife.
8. Using 1/4″ drill bit, drill holes in top of felt about 1″ down and 3″ apart. Also drill holes for leather handles as well.
9. Stitch leather handle on with leather thong.
10. Hang felt from hook
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