I think the only statement it would make is; "dated". I think the barn door thing is over. Use a regular door and get a nice piece of art for the wall space

If you make it the width of the opening and the wall you would need a 110” track and the door would block the kitchen entrance when open? That doesn’t make sense. Pictures?

I don’t think you understand barn door sizing or use at all. Barns used them because they were cheap and allowed full opening access, on a big wide structure, where the doors could be stored when open. Narrow spaces in homes are not where barn doors work. Or look good. They mostly look like too much HGTV.

Beauty and style is relative...if a door or other house feature is done right, it's often timeless. Barn doors can be useful and certainly make a statement. IMO it depends on hardware, type of door and other factors - it's not enough to simply mount a barn door and expect it to look great. Further, in some locations a barn door is sensible and no other door might work there (see pic below, where we have an opening to a suite that's too wide for a swinging door). That door in pic covers a large opening and is 9 feet tall

You may or may not like that barn door below but the point is, one must carefully designed the parts. We chose a track that is (neutral modern iron color with no wheels visible, The handle hardware carefully picked and sized, and door wood itself (stained select Dougl

as fir) to create the look we wanted.

Yes, pls post pics. Maybe a pocket door would work there??

Posting pics is mandatory IMO and what is the reason for this type of door. I also rarely think doors are an art statement unless you spend huge money to make it so.

It is dated, but setting that aside, it’s also impractical because of the amount of track needed for what sounds like a small opening. I am not understanding how a barn door can be an art statement because it’s a barn door. Perhaps provide some pics so we can get more what you mean.