Finally, this project is completed!
As you'll remember, we had a variety old doors in the house that needed another purpose in life.
And a new bed that was looking rather forlorn.
We needed something. Desperately.
Enter our old kitchen door.
I decided early on that this was going to be my project. I wanted to complete the whole thing by myself. And I was going to be proud of it, despite the flaws. And believe me, it has 'em in spades.
I started back when Chris was out of town for the week. So I could say: Hey, check this out! I made it, and I still have all my fingers. The dear man is slowly learning to get less nervous when I use power tools.
But I was careful. I got a safety tutorial from my dad and from Eric. Thank you, gentlemen.
And I even fashioned myself a mini bench so Chris' tall, tall sawhorses would be appropriate for my height. Before that, they were up around my armpits.
I measured, and cut, and planned as I went.
There was a lot of piecing of parts together.
Holding it up, stepping back, thinking, pondering...
I got no help from this one.
The trickiest part: cutting the crown molding. Especially since my (err, my dad's) chop saw couldn't reach all the way across the width.
So I had to do the rest with a hand saw.
Which didn't turn out too well.
But I was still pleased with the results.
I should have put more thought into the frame that would hold all the pieces together, though. Eh, nobody is going to see it anyway...
I had my first caulk experience. Doesn't look great...but that's ok.
First coat of primer
Second coat of primer
And a dog that is covered in a light dusting of white paint
Things look slightly better when covered in paint
And at last, the final blue-green top coat. Which was also a learning experience. Note to self: Less is More, when working with paint. Otherwise you will gets lots of drips that require sanding.
I also had a bit of a side project going at the same time. I picked up these tired old lanterns from a garage sale last summer.
They were dirty
And had about 10 years worth of dust, dirt, grime, and various dead bugs.
And some oil. Which was promptly drained.
But I slapped a few coats of primer on them too
It wasn't perfect, but that's ok
Fashioned a candle holder out of a canning lid and a pushpin
And some sculpy clay
And glued that sucker into place.
Not half bad.
Add a coat of blue paint and we're good to go. So here is the final product:
As seen on craftomaniac.
