On garbage day last week, I drove past a house with a mound of stuff set out at the road. I wanted to stop, but I was on the way to work and I was driving our little car. Well, what do you know! On the way home, it was still there, so I took a few minutes to check out the “trash”. There were three TV’s, a particle board entertainment center, two wooden closet doors and a king size headboard. The headboard is what caught my eye; you can see a portion of it in the picture below. (It is halfway to awesome-ness and maybe I’ll get a chance to finish it up this weekend.)
I pulled over and tried to fit the king size headboard into my little Honda Civic.
Uh. No. Not even close.
I had twenty minutes to spare before I needed to pick up Gracie. Easy Peasy.
I drove to Brian’s work and scanned the parking lot until I found his truck. Parking is scarce, so I did a little switch-a-roo , leaving him the itty bitty car and taking the big a$$ truck. After all, we got that truck because it can pull our trailer AND haul all my awesome finds. LOL
I painted the wooden door with a sample paint color I got free from Lowe’s. I love that blue… After it dried, I brushed some brown paint over top to add some depth and interest to the color. A couple sections of cork board covered up the door knob hole. Turns out that painter’s tape didn’t secure it AT ALL – but clamps overnight did the trick.
I dug around my basement and found a white shelf and those awesome tin buckets that mom gave me for a birthday gift last year. I’m happy I waited for the right place to use them. I can visually store some of the tools I use most frequently in my studio/ dungeon. I screwed in white hooks on each side of the shelf to hang things like my tape measure, and added pretty wood trim around the cork board.
I love buttons and actually have a lot more. Sometimes when I’m feeling like I need to be productive, I separate them out by color into glass jars. Fun times. Check out my pinterest page dedicated to the little things: Repurposed Buttons
I’m happy with how this piece of “trash” turned out. It was a random find, a road kill rescue and a good distraction during a hard week. The weather has turned; we’ve had our first snowfall and my paint brushes have been put away for the next 482 days, or until spring comes back. You know, whichever comes first….
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- I don’t have any “walls” down in the basement; just cement. This door adds some interest with its height and storage space.
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- Tin buckets hang in a row, holding scissors, pens and other little things
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- The pretty circle was once a clock that stopped working. I loved the scroll work around the edges.
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- I cut a 12×12″ cork board in half and glued it right over the door knob hole.
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- This door was rescued from a landfill!
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- Completed project, made from found items around my house and neighborhood.
You my dear Amy Jo are way past awesomeness!!!! LOVE this….great, great idea!!!!
and LOL that you switched vehicles and went back for the stuff….you always make me smile.
xoxoxo
mom
Wow. Do you know what you are making when you start or do improvise along the way?
I don’t usually have anything specific in mind when I start. I go with the flow depending on what I have on hand. I have a lot of “supplies” of fun junk in my basement. There’s even a box labeled JUNKY-JUNK!
Ridiculous. So much talent. Thanks for letting us no-talent people live vicariously through you.
Got love it.saves money.
True. It’s creative therapy for me to do projects like that closet door, so it’s nice to get the supplies free!
Amy, this project is awesome! Today is the first time I’ve seen your blog and I bookmarked it for sure. Did you ever finish the headboard you found? I’d love to see it.
Thanks for visiting!
Sadly, the headboard has been sitting in the garage all winter. I painted and glazed it, and then couldn’t figure out how to add knobs to turn it into a coat hanger “thing”. I’ll take another look at it soon now that the weather is turning nicer and see what that headboard’s future holds!