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Finding the right item is a bit of a challenge, but I enjoy
the hunt and the excitement of finding just the right door
or window. Of course, sometimes I'm not sure what they will
become, so I have amassed an inventory of items waiting their
turn to be transformed into something useful. (Thankfully,
I have friends with barns who don't mind storing extra stuff
for this frustrated, space-deficient city slicker.)
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The same door gleams after the author scrubbed
it, removed the old paint and nails, sanded it and
applied topcoat to protect it. |
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I
recently made a table using an old board-on-board door. When
I found it, it was being used as a worktop on a couple of
sawhorses in the basement of a house built in 1904. The owner
wasn't certain if it was from the house, as there were no
doorframes that it would fit. It was an odd size, but I loved
the huge boards on the back side.
One of the challenges with this piece was a notch that had
been cut out of a corner. Also, the door was badly stained
with paint and other substances, it had protruding nails and
it had holes from the huge hinges and hardware that it obviously
required. I was fortunate enough to find an area below the
notch that was nail free, so I sawed off the offending area
and then perched it on some found legs, which I was hoping
would have enough weight to carry the size of the door. I
thought the table would look top heavy had it been set upon
some finely turned legs; in my mind, it required chunky legs
to match its rustic appearance. I found the solid legs at
one of my usual haunts and they still had the attachment hardware,
so no mortises were required.
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