Reclaimed wood barndoor

Happy Monday! Well I hope you had a good, productive weekend like I did. I finished another door for a client this weekend, and I think it turned out awesome! The door is made from reclaimed walnut, and the handle from cast iron piping. This door is super easy to build, and the hardware is even easier to install. The client wanted something different for her newly finished wash room. Since there is no real need for privacy, this is more of a statement piece, but also serves as a functional one. The wood came from The Wood Yard in Griffin, Ga. The hardware can be purchased at any Tractor Supply Co. store. Links for both are below.

The Wood Yard

Tractor Supply Co

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Reclaimed wood bench

This is a bench that I made last week for my kitchen from scrap wood I found at my job. If you can't find it, I say MAKE IT! Now all i need to do is fill in the holes with wood filler, paint it, and have a cushion made for it. I LOVE how it turned out. See what a wild imagination, some left over wood and about 6hrs can do for you.

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 Old pallet, and plywood  used for 

bench seat and shelf for baskets. 

Frame up w/the 4x4 posts

 These are the slats for the top of the seat,

as well as the frame for the shelf on the bottom

that will have baskets for shoes.

Plywood cut for shelf.

Nailing slats on top of bench seat

Finished product.

Reclaimed wood project

So I saw something on Etsy several weeks ago and thought to myself..."I can do that!" and quickly  the wheels started turning on how I could make it happen. Obviously I love to create, and being inspired to create by others, well I love that more! So I saw the sign below on a very cool Etsy shop of which I will post a link. This over sized sign was selling for $100- so you can imagine why I would much rather make it, if I can. Not that it's not worth it, I would just rather make it. I get complete joy from doing so, and I love telling people that come into my home "why yes I did make that myself"...lol. Anyway here is the inspiration(along w/ the link) and my finished product. If you want one, let's talk, I got more wood and "wood" love to do more of these.

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Etsy Shop

Now for some before, after and how I did this.

These are the tools I used plus a drill of which I clearly

forgot to place in the photo.

A belt sander, Dremel tool, jig saw, circular saw & drill

I started w/this piece of reclaimed wood I had at the house

I then decided on my dimensions, sketched the word onto the wood

cut the piece out using my circular saw, used my jig saw to cut the

outline out, then drilled holes on the insides of the 'D','E' & 'A' in order

to get my jig saw inside those areas.After that I used my belt sander to 

bring back the natural wood character of the piece. It had 

years of varnish or whatever on it. When I was done with that 

I took my Dremel tool and smoothed out all the edges on the

inside and outside of the whole piece, until I was happy w/

how it looked. I have now only to decide what color to paint

it. *Sorry I don't have step by step pics, I was too focused

on doing the piece that I forgot....whoops

And here is the finished product.