Building a Barn Door

  I set out to create a rustic sliding door that would be utilized to divide the bathroom from the laundry area.  While the aesthetic was originally intended to be…

Barn Door Report – Part 2

The barn door likely would never have happened if not for this class.  In our day-to-day lives there are always things vying for our attention – classes, family, homework, housework,…

Barn Door Report – Part 1

  I set out to create a rustic sliding door that would be utilized to divide the bathroom from the laundry area.  While the aesthetic was originally intended to be…

Barn Door Progress 4/13

The barn door is coming along. The pallet boards are painted and wood for the frame has been acquired. I am still playing with ideas for the back of the…

Bar Door Progress

The barn door is coming along. . . Slowly. The pallet boards are painted, though I am still wrestling with frame options that will fit into the space available. I’m…

Barn Door Update

I have made some progress taking the pallets apart and laying out the wood slats in a pattern that I like. I have become a bit concerned that the big,…

Marble Music Machine

I ran across this video and thought it was worth sharing. I think it is an amazing intersection of engineering and art. Enjoy!

Top Five Barn Door Constraints

One constraint is time, though that is likely true of any project. There are only so many hours in the day and more obligations than comfortably fit. Another constraint is…

Creating a Barn Door

The barn door can be an attractive and functional solution to the real challenge of dividing rooms where architecture and/or space don’t allow for a traditional door.  For my class…

Barn Door Inspirations

As I mentioned in a previous post, the idea to create a barn door to divide my guest bathroom and laundry space has been largely due to necessity.  Currently, the bathroom…

What Brings Me Here

Careers, like the design process, are constantly being iterated and improved upon. While it was once commonplace to have a job or trade that carried people through their adult lives…

Skills of Minion Laura – Team Chad, Liz and Laura

I am not a mechanical engineering student.  Rather, my background is in anatomy and physiology with various topics of biology sprinkled in.  I enjoy design and learning about the various…

Glass Flowers

Glass Flower Inspiration The inspiration for glass flowers came when I was shopping with my family one weekend and saw some in a store window.  It was some time ago…

Upcycle Progress – Barn Door

I have been wanting to make a barn door out of old pallet wood for quite some time.  The guest bathroom in my home is also the laundry room and…

Rat Rods

If you are familiar with rat rods the term may conjure images of Mad Max and the over-the-top rust-buckets that sped through the desert in the never-ending chase scene that…