Paint Ideas to Look Like Barn Doors

Murals

• Use barn doors as inspiration in assorted mural projects, such as those in children's playrooms and bedrooms, as a basement rec room wall decor and even on wooden fences or shed doors. The classic red barn door is one option for a barnyard scene; you can also use brown and white paints. The "X" design found on many barn doors will indicate what kind of door you are looking to replicate.

Window Shutters

• Add a touch of country to wooden window shutters of all sizes by using white paint to give them the classic "X" barn door design. Stain the wood or leave it as is for a rustic look, or paint it red, brown or shades of tan. The barn door design can be used on shutters outside, as well as inside the home, such as on wooden shutters in bathrooms, bedrooms and on the sides of houses. Wooden shutters that are featured in garages may also be painted in the barn door design.

Side Doors

• Houses, ranches, bed and breakfasts and even apartment buildings that feature small side and back doors can be painted in the barn door style, whether to give a city home or an apartment a country flair or to give a side door at a bed and breakfast or dude ranch an extra touch of country. Doors do not even have to be attached to a home or commercial building to be used for barn door designs; paint old unattached doors as stand-alone art pieces.

Trap Doors

• Trap doors and triangular basement doors that open out can be painted in various barn door designs. This is a way of disguising an unattractive trap door and turning it into a backyard design piece. The paint color can depend on the overall color scheme of your home or garden color scheme, though the "X" design can still be used.