OLD DOOR MAKEOVER

After

 I am super excited this morning to be typing up this blog sitting right beside my latest makeover project.  It was latest auction find. 

This old, solid wood door that I managed to snatch up for only $2.00. I guess no one was interested except for me.

Before: My old $2.00 Door

It has the cutest, working hardware and hinges (one left at the auction house that I need to get) from the old days. And is very solid still.

The aged chipping is just beautiful!

I had to clean it a couple of times before getting to the paint. And in doing so, I knocked off lots of the chippy paint. But there's still tons left.

I had previously bought some buttercup yellow paint, in the Olde Century Colors in simulated milk paint, at the same auction for $6.00 a can. I got all they had which was two yellows and a barn red. Oddly, the paint cost more than the door. Go figure.

Buttercup Yellow

One coat is all it took. And I just love how it looks now.

After

I was going to put it in my craft booth for sale, but I think I'm going to wait.

I love how I have it sitting right beside my desk in my computer room.

 To finish up the door, I got out an old lace table runner and draped it over some red and white ticking fabric that I folded over it.

And I hung a little cute sign:

"To have joy, One must share."

~Jane Austin

Take another look, side by side, of how just a bit of cleaning and paint can change something.

I love it!

And now every morning this old $2.00 door welcomes me to my craft blog.

My desk chair came from an auction too, new in plastic for only $5.00.

Ps. the Hobnail lamp (missing the round shade) I also won at the same auction for only $2.00!!!!

I am now on the hunt for the matching hobnail globe.

I love that place! 

Don't pass up a good bargain ya'll!

I sure can't.

Happy Crafting,

~Lisa