Cabinet Door Recycled into Coat/Purse/Key Hanger

My In-Laws just did a massive remodeling project on their house,

They redid everything,

including their kitchen

so upon finding the old cabinets on the lawn, I tore a door off and took it home

and there it sat, until the idea hit me

Nice poplar wood cabinet door, huh? 

Well this isn't how it looked when I started 

It looked more like this

Red Oil paint (They are big Husker Fans)

over an off white latex

I first started sanding, and that was taking forever

then I got a flat razorbalde and scraped off all the oil

then sanded the latex paint off 

so this is what it looks like in it's fresh state

I really tired to get all all the lax, but really didn't ant to get out the paint stripper,

 so some remains in the corners

I drilled holes for the knobs I found at Home Depot (4X$1.96) 

I picked a stain that I had from another project

(Dark Walnut)

Here it is

You can tell that I didn't get all the stain

but I thought I would go for the "worn" look

Here is my template before I use the "rubbing transfer" method

(which I basically drew everything out on the front,

traced it on the back,

then rubbed over the drawing on the front with a pencil to transfer the lead onto the wood)

After finding my lines,

I then painted,

one coat

(found the paint in the Oops stack for $.50)

I dried the paint with the hair dryer

(cuz with kids, who knows how much time I have to craft)

and then sanded it to make it look worn

I then added another layer of stain over the paint,

Then Polyed it, so just in case they put it outside

and Done!

I hope they enjoy something old coming back into their new house

(It is supposed to be a belated birthday gift to my MIL,

 but I haven't seen her since Christmas,

 so if you know her,

 don't ruin the surprise!)

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UPDATE: 6/18/14
Here are a couple of doors that I have completed since this project:

I've Linked up to:
http://ladybug-blessings.com/2011/02/07/handmade-tuesdays-handmade-pact-20/









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