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I could spend hours wandering around the local architectural salvage warehouse, dreaming up new lives for shutters, doorknobs bearing floral motifs and intricately carved mantels. Last time we were there, we found a pantry door (and some salvaged balusters) perfect for the door-turned-coffee-table I’ve been hoping for.
-a salvaged pantry door (mine is about 5 ft. long by 2.5 ft. wide)
-four salvaged balusters
-a can of spray paint for the door (aqua was my color of choice) and another can of spray paint for the balusters (black for me)
-eight “L” brackets and screws
-a miter saw (for leveling)
-sander and sandpaper (if necessary)
1. Measure your balusters to make sure they’re exactly even… if not, use the mitersaw to cut to level.
2. Sand your door and balusters if necessary.
3. Paint both your door and your balusters (TIP: If you screw an eye hook into the end of the baluster and hang it, you can paint all four sides at the same time without having to wait for dry-time). Wait for everything to dry.
5. Stand upright and admire. Put in your living room and admire some more. Proceed to drag it outside everytime you have an outdoor affair because it is so darn cool. Actually, it’s pretty fabulous in the living room as well.
*ps- I know I told you awhile back that I was wanting to make a full-sized door into a coffee table. This isn’t it. When we found the perfect-for-a-coffee-table-size pantry door (which essentially eliminated a huge portion of the re-sizing and work), we decided to use it instead. 🙂
Thanks for the tut! I have a door that im wanting to do the same thing to just didnt realy know how to go about doing it.
This is great. Love your color choice. 🙂
I need a fun door like that!!!
Cool idea!
I especially LOVE your tip on how to paint the balusters. Hooks are now on my shopping list!
Donna
LOVE the table. i saw someone use a door like that as a headboard & it looked great.
Stunning! And I'm a big fan of the turquoise! What a great job you did … congrats for taking the plunge.
Love it!!
Love the color you picked for the door – it turned out great.
Oh wow! It's beautiful! I love the color that you used. I'd be dragging that thing everywhere with me too.
great job! love the color and the tip about painting! you rock!
gail
That blue is fabulous! Thanks for the directions and for linking up to Trash to Treasure Tuesday!
very neat.
Pam
Coincidence!! I saw a door at the curb today on my jog & stopped to stare at it, thinking it could be reborn, just not sure as what.
Great job!
Great job – so creative !
Kammy
Brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant! I love the color blue you used for the table.
This is awesome! I've been wanting to do this very thing for some time. LOVE the color choice 🙂
Very creative. I've seen them made into headboards and have wanted to do that myself, but never a coffee table.
As usual, you never disapoint. I love everything about it. Thanks for sharing.
Cha Cha
Love it! Come link at my party: Thursday's Treasures!!
http://treasuresfortots.blogspot.com/2010/04/thursdays-treasures-week-17.html
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, the result is amazing!!!
I seriously love this and want to do this!