SWEET TEA N' SALTY AIR: An old plain closet door, an old tool box make a pretty barn door

Monday, September 12, 2016

An old plain closet door, an old tool box make a pretty barn door

Hi there, so happy you could stop in today! I want to share with you today a door that was layed to rest brought back to life with a lick of paint! I am so loving the vintage doors I see about online. But here I never run across any old vintage doors so I painted this one up and dressed him for Fall.

The first step was to give the door a brown coat of paint.

Then a vanilla color of paint taking care not to get ahead of myself I did about 2 ft at a time, and I took a yard stick and drew lines using the opposite end of a paintbrush so what you see is the brown paint on each line.

Which makes it look like this.

I also dry brushed a trim and made also painted the barn look crossed pieces of trim

I had an old small toolbox I added to the front and filled it with these small primitive little pumpkins that I crafted from some old tin cans.

I just brushed them with a very light orange and added some darkness

I let some rust come through....these poor cans have been out in the rain for days

I crafted a Fall wreath

I had a metal hanging piece that I used for the wreath

And to finish it off I crafted a sign to complete it! It sits againt the glass doors in my dining room and has quickly became a favorite. Be sure to save your old doors even if they are totally ugly and also you tin cans , they are becoming a favorite to craft with!

Hope I have inspired you to give a lick of paint to a poor old door sitting in your garage!

Thanks so much for stopping in

Lisa