Woman Cave face lift Shop replacement door modified 15 pane French door

 

That door was an upcycle from the porch remodel. It is the original back door off the house.

and is over 30 years old.  It is also ugly!  

We found a 15 pane single french door at one of our favorite second hand stores, Hidden Treasures in Elgin SC.  It was the right price so we snagged it.

It was the correct width but a little tall.  

so we cut it down to fit the She Shed. 

Fortunately when we pulled the old door off we saw a few deck boards that needed to be replaced.

Mr. RTI is an amazing builder but window repair not so much.  Red Green would be so proud!  He could be an honorary member of the Possum Lodge with that duct tape application. Luckily he is the one that broke the window and gladly went the extra mile to replace it.

The windows in the shop are also from a home remodel  .  We decided to take the bottom window out of the opposite window, hidden by the Red Honey suckle , and install it to the left of the door.  The most light comes through that window.  And drop in some exterior wall board in place of the window.  

This was also the perfect opportunity to refresh with some exterior weather beater white paint.

I think I will leave the door the off color.  It will match the same theme at the Green house. 

 I mean who wants to paint around all of those windows!  

If you live in the area check out Hidden Treasures in Elgin on Main Street and a second location on Green Hill road in Elgin.

Happy Thrifting!

Sheryl

Sugar Bucket upcycle

 Some times you need to know when to stop.  I recently found a sugar bucket at Habitat it had a broken lid and some one decided that they needed ,in magic marker, to add their initials to it. Every thing else about the bucket was primitive heaven.  

I managed to glue the lid top back together but reattaching the rim was difficult.  It literally fell apart every time I tried manipulate it.  I decided to omit the rim.

Now I have a sugar bucket not in its original state.  Rim broken and removed so the lid will not stay on top and removing the lid with out a rim is frustrating.  

I had found a well used wooden trowel on one of my excursions and picked it up just because it was well worn and you just never know when you may need a trowel.

I decided the handle on the trowel was some what primitive enough to be a up Cycled Sugar Bucket lid handle.

I addressed the sliding of the lid with an old dowel.  I cut three 1/4 inch pcs off and attached them under the lid.  The positioning was off the edge a smidge over the thickness of the bucket wall.

You drop the lid on and it will not slide off.

Now the general state of the bucket was beautiful in my opinion.  I did not think I could replicate the color of the original paint so I stopped here and decided not to paint.   I sanded the lettering off as best I could and applied clear and dark wax to age those scuffed areas.  

I also cleaned and waxed the interior.

A perfect storage container in any room of any home!

Hope you have good one!

Sheryl