I am thrilled to be partnering up with Jill over at Mission Decorate as a part of her August theme…using ordinary things in unconventional ways, all while spending very little money. Just up my alley!
For a little refresher, Jill first wowed me with her 1 hour garage organizing project. I was in awe of her speedy transformation skills. Today she is back and ready to give new life to old cabinet doors. And stay tuned for Thursday’s post when I share my own ideas for re-purposing household items!
Hi Space for Living readers! I am very excited to work with Autumn to bring you this project shared on Mission Decorate today. I hope you enjoy!
This, ladies and gents, is my ultimate project for August. For the cost of going to the movies, I made an entire wall of art!
You know those cabinet doors you have been hearing so much about. Yes, the ones I bought at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore. Well, I have finally put them to good use…
I bought these doors with no real plan in place so I spent the first month glancing at them every time I went in the garage thinking hmmmmm what should I do with these. I woke up in the middle of the night several times thinking “Ah ha! I’ve got it!” Actually that is where the idea for the shelf came up. It was about 3am and I was lying in bed not able to sleep and I thought “SHELF!” Wow, that is just as sad as it sounds.
Well, let me break this down for you a little bit. I bought 4 cabinet doors for $2 a piece. (I actually bought one more huge door, which you see behind the four doors in this pic but that is being saved for something else.)
Each door began with a different finish and color and they all received different pampering. The small door was primed, painted, stenciled and splattered. The cream door was sanded, primed, crackled unsuccessfully, sanded again then painted and stenciled. The wood finish door was sanded, primed white and painted blue. And the black door was painted with 4 coats (darn black), roughed up with the sander then given a shelf.
One of my favorite parts of this project are the knobs. I thought putting knobs on the doors would not only tip people off to what the things hanging on my wall originally were but I also thought it was a little playful and fun. I bought the knobs on the same trip to the ReStore for 50 cents a piece. Again I had no idea what I was going to do with them at the time but I figured I would come up with something. They started out looking like this…
And with some acrylic craft paint and a little creativity they came out looking like this…
The craft paint worked great, but I will say that I am not certain it is the best for knobs you will be handling everyday. I think with more use the paint would rub off. But since my knobs are just for show, I think they will hold up just fine.
So all in this amazing wall of art came to about $15! $10 for the doors and knobs and about $5 in various paint. One great way to save cash on paint is if you only need a small amount buy those handy dandy tubs of paint samples. That is what I did for the blue and it was the perfect amount for about $3.
So I hope you all enjoyed my re-purposed project! I can’t wait to see what y’all have been working at the Facebook party on Wednesday, August 31st. “Like” the Mission Decorate Facebook page to get updates and to join in on the fun.
I love it! I just visited a ReStore for the very first time last weekend, and got myself a cabinet door as well! I’ll be revealing what I used it for on Friday on my blog. 🙂
Oh, I loved to see it! You should join us for our Facebook This into That party on Wednesday, August 31st. Just “Like” the Mission Decorate Facebook page to get updates.