When thinking about barn doors and how they can be used inside the house the first thing that comes to mind is the bedroom.
Barn door inside or outside room.
If your barn door is the entry to a bathroom or bedroom you ll find different privacy latching solutions available from a hook and eye closure to a latch with strike plate even a decorative deadbolt.
My cleverer than i am brother who also happens to make sliding barn doors for people took one look at my door and suggested i put a sliding latch on it on the inside top of the door with the piece you slide your latch into on the top part of the door frame.
It will look fine i have a larger door on a barn track will take a photo from the kitchen and post it for you.
This is the perfect place for such a feature considering how much cozier and inviting the room feels like with it found on ksaarch.