I have quickly learned to never turn down a piece of junk! It may not be vision at first sight but it will soon come! My BFF, Lauri, is a true friend! I cannot count how many times she has called me willing to dumpster dive through someones trash if I was interested! That’s where this story begins. Several months ago I got a phone call from Lauri saying ~ I just passed a door on the side of the road….it’s not a whole door but do you want it? Well, duh! Great friend I have ~ she not only loaded it into her car on the side of the road, she also brought it to my house for me! I have had many visions in the past months for this 3/4 of a door but I wasn’t super excited about any of them until this vision! I had a hunch this would make the perfect focal point for my mantel!
Here she is the 3/4 door!
I started by taking the hardware off with a Dewalt battery powered drill.
I then marked off a line for cutting…..
and began cutting with a Dewalt battery powered circular saw.
Time for sanding! I lightly sanded all over to make painting easier and to clean off the cobwebs and dust.
I painted her with Behr Cozy Cottage Satin…
distressed with my 3M sanding block (80 grit paper)
and painted on Minwax Red Mahogany Stain over the distressed edges.
Ralph stopped by for another visit (remember ~ paint on then wipe away)
While I was waiting for her to dry I went to JoAnn’s and found the perfect cardboard T on sale for $4.00 ( T is for our last name)
She looked great with 2 coats of Behr Forever Black!
I used Gorilla Glue to secure the T to the center of the “door”.
I found these two unfinished wooden corner pieces at JoAnn’s for $2.00 ~ painted them with the Behr Cozy Cottage and a touch of Ralph
and secured them to the top corners using Gorilla Glue!
Now for the finishing touch ~ I wanted this to still resemble a door so I purchased a large knob at Hobby Lobby for $3.00. I drilled a hole to screw in the knob.
Perfect!
I LOVE my new mantel focal point! It was so easy and almost FREE!!!! If you would like to make one of these and don’t have a junky door laying around you can always buy one at a hardware store and follow these same easy steps! I hope you have been inspired!
You are both so creative and talented…Christine
You two are just amazing! This is way too cute! :o)
OMG! I love this. My mom has an old pantry door she just had removed and I have a cardboard T upstairs! (T is for our last name too!)
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love that I think I will try to make one for my daughters house
It's gorgeous! You are so creative.
Jane
I REALLY love this! Looks so, SO good! What a great and creative idea for a door!!!
Have a great weekend! I know you will be busy! 🙂
Lou Cinda 🙂
What a creative way to decorate the mantle.
-Angela
Oh, to be so creative…love it!
ta da, you to are awesome!!!
Jenn~ It is not letting me reply to your email question…The candle sticks are small…and you're right one is a little !taller than the other two. I would say they are around 4 inches tall! Hope this helps
Hi Everyone! Thanks so much for all of your sweet comments!!!!! ~Ashley
Hello,
I have looked everywhere and cannot find candlesticks. What size are your candlesticks? It looks like the two smaller ones are the same size than the other one is a bit larger? I cannot seem to tell from the photo?
Thank you,
Jennifer
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LOVE it! Love it, love it!!!
It's so neat! You did a great job!
Nancy
Love it, now if I can just get up the nerve to use those power tools.
Sandy