When people go to a salvage yard or re-store they need to make sure that the door is solid wood. If they’re newer doors they could be solid core (MDF) with veneer. They’re beautiful, weigh a ton, and you would need trim or veneer for the edges. These come as a flat door and 6 panel doors. If it’s an interior door, it’s most likely hollow core (honey comb cardboard) and can’t be used. Most everyone will probably know this.

Heather,

I’m a one woman show. I buy it, change it, build it, blog it, all by myself. I am NOT getting rich off this gig, but I am my own boss. It sounds like you have a creative aspiration, but maybe you should start it out as a hobby. Tools to get started are not cheap. It took me years to collect all the tools I use.
Wishing you lots of luck whatever you decide to do.

gail

Great minds think alike, eh Wendi? 🙂

I have a lot more doors in my stash….

Distressing would have been okay, but I would have still needed to pain it white because I wanted the brown to show through. 🙂

Weather proof furniture for outdoors? Marine varnish is the only thing I would consider to protect a wood project outside.

No, I didn’t make the pillow. I have added the Amazon Affiliate link for the pillows shown in this post.

good luck with your project Kate!

gail

I’m thinking of making some kind of bench (headboard? door?) for my garden. Do you have any suggestions on weatherproofing it? I live in CA, so it can stay outside year round, but it does need some protection against the rain. I know using indoor wood outdoors, must need something extra. I made a firewood box out of a door, but it sits on an enclosed porch, so I didn’t do any weatherproofing.

Thanks Karen! This was such a fun project. Sometimes when I bring new stuff home, it never even makes it to storage because I have to jump right in. 🙂 This was one of those projects.

I have more doors in my stash… so hard to cut them.

Let me know if you try the glue crackle technique.

gail

I’ve heard of using glue for crackling, but since I usually work with smaller projects, I’ve always just stuck with the commercial crackle medium – and with great results. It might be fun to give the glue method a try. I really love how your chalkboard turned out with it.