It’s time for our thrift store decor projects! I used a reclaimed cabinet door to make a chalkboard. It’s perfect for any room in the house. Use it for decor or for those all important messages. I use one in my kitchen for lists and reminders. I don’t know how I got along with chalkboards for so many years!
How to make a faux dresser harp chalkboard out of odd, unwanted items. I never find old dresser harps in my junking adventures. So, I made it up as I went along. One can never have too many chalkboards, right?
This easy coat rack shelf made from a cabinet door project makes me smile. It was fairly easy the way I made it, but I have tips on how you can make it easily if you don’t have the tools I have. You can see the simple construction is a long narrow cabinet door…
I love using old cabinet doors to make new and useful projects. This chalkboard key rack wall organizer is perfect for the gal or family on the go! Keep everything you need right by the back door. Hop over to see complete step by step directions.
This fun repurposed cabinet door made into a craft paper dispenser is easier than it looks. Don’t attach your paper dispenser to your wall, make it more portable. By using a cabinet door with d-rings, this paper dispenser can easily be moved from the kitchen to the playroom.
When you are a pet parent and have a pet with a disability or medical issues you may need to think outside the box. I couldn’t find an indoor pet ramp for my aging dog, so I decided to make one myself. Since then, I have used it for a new puppy and a geriatric cat! Step by step directions to make your own indoor pet ramp.
It’s the second Wednesday, so that means it’s time for the Thrift Store Decor Team projects. I love joining in with my friends each month to share great thrift store projects. This month won’t disappoint. Awesome projects for you to work on someday soon.
It’s time for this month’s Thrift Store Decor project! I made a luggage rack side table using an old luggage rack I bought years ago and a cabinet door. The luggage rack was a pretty simple makeover, the cabinet door feet became a little more challenging. But I have good tips for you to add feet to make a cabinet door tray.
Can you spy cabinet doors in this simple bench? I boxed in two doors for each support. This was a fun and easy project that can be done in a couple of hours. Extra seating that could even double as a coffee table? Won’t you click the picture to see how it all came together? I think you’ll be surprised how easy it is.
Today, Angie shares a quick and easy project using an old cabinet door and a loaf pan. She made an indoor herb planter and herb drying hook with just a few very basic supplies. We hope you click over to see all the details.
Happy New Year! It is great to be back at My Repurposed Life! In case you are new here, my name is Mindi. Nice to meet you! I blog at My Love 2 Create, and love contributing for Gail once a month. Today I am sharing my Repurposed Cupboard Door Lap Desk, which I am…
It’s Mindi again from MyLove2Create! My project today is a simple and useful repurposed cupboard door bookshelf Cuteness! I have to admit I had my doubts while building this project. But I am happy to say that I love it! Free cupboard doors I was gifted a whole kitchen of cupboard doors from a friend,…
It’s Power Tool Challenge day! Today I’m going to talk about how to use a Kreg Jig. Each month some of us bloggers get together and share projects with you to help encourage you to use power tools to do projects of your own. We understand what it is to be intimidated by power tools….
This large chalkboard shelf is so different than anything I’ve done before, and I love it! Staging it was a lot of fun too, be sure to read all about it at the end of the post. If you’ve been a friend for a long time, you probably have seen this picture before. My…
Hello! It is Mindi from My Love 2 Create again! I am happy to be here today to share my latest project. I made a repurposed cupboard door shelf. Yay! Fun stuff, especially because I had everything on hand to build this. I must say I am very pleased with the end result. Besides…chalkboard…
What? A photo display wall shelf made from chairs and a repurposed glass door? Yep! I used a part of one chair . . . . . . and one of these glass cabinet doors to make — Photo Display Wall Shelf This unique photo display wall shelf! Here’s how I made this easy project….
Hello! I am happy to be back here at MRL! For those of you that may be new, my name is Mindi, and I blog at MyLove2Create. I love being one of Gail’s contributors. 🙂 Can you believe it is March?! Time is speeding up, and spring is just around the corner, which always makes…
This sweet little repurposed cabinet door table is the product of me having so many doors in my stash. I’ve made a small table out of a cabinet door way back in the day, but it’s much easier and prettier when you have the right tools. Items to make a cabinet door table…
Today, I’m going to share some more of the last minute repurposed cabinet door projects that I took to Glendale 2015, an easy welcome sign. *this post contains affiliate links* Painting cabinet doors and any other projects are so easy with my Homeright Finish Max and my favorite DIY chalky paint primer. After mixing…
I’ve been at it again. I’m still trying to deplete my cabinet door stash. You know I love making coat racks and shelves. I think they are so practical and they are great sellers. My stash doesn’t look quite this neat these days, but I think I found the doors in this picture that…
I love making stuff out of cabinet doors, and it doesn’t get any easier than paint and stenciling this Happy Fall Y’all sign! While I was getting stuff ready for Glendale 2015, I was sort of on a painting frenzy, grabbing lots of cabinet doors from my stash. I painted them all black with…
I love a good coat rack, and making an easy coat rack out of a cabinet door is even better. How about four cabinet door coat racks? You’ll love how easy these projects are! We had some beautiful weather last week, and I went to my cabinet door stash and grabbed several doors and…
Happy Friday! I have a quick and easy small chalkboard easel made out of cabinet doors. Make one for you, for the kids or both! A long time ago I picked up a LOT of small cabinet doors from my local ReStore for $1 each. Be sure to check the bottom of this post for…
Today I am sharing fun DIY Corner Planter. I guess technically I used a corner cabinet door, but I decided to shorten it. 🙂 Last year I made Old Drawers into Porch Planters, which I shared on My Repurposed Life as one of my contributor posts. They were such a pretty addition to my porch…
Happy New Year MRL readers, I am happy to be here today! Have you been setting goals? I sure have. There are a million things I can improve on, but I am trying to just work on a few at a time. 🙂 In fact my first project of the year, my License Plate Coat…
I’m sure you’re busy getting ready for Christmas. I just wanted to pop in with a quick and easy cabinet door coat rack chalkboard project. All you need is an old cabinet door, knobs, scrap plywood and some paint.
Do you love a great DIY chalkboard easel. I have made a couple of repurposed crib easels, but at this time I didn’t have any good crib ends. I have had two matching oversized unfinished cabinet doors for over a year. Frame out two identical cabinet doors First, I ripped some 1x’s to…
A couple of months ago, my friend Shannon gave me a LOT of cabinet doors. While looking for an easy project to do recently, I decided that using repurposed cabinet doors to make a small bench for kids, dolls, or the garden would be a great little project. this post contains affiliate links I sorted…
Happy Friday! I am loving the nice spring weather, warm days and some delicious smelling rainy ones. Don’t you love the smell of rain? Today’s project was super simple and super needed, a perfect combination! I am sharing an upcycled cupboard door into command center. It is perfect for the small spot behind the door…
This small wall cabinet made from a vintage cupboard door and a new pine box has been a long time in the making. I took this “before” picture on November 16, 2009. Can you believe it? It only took me four years to finish this simple project. In April 2010 I built a…
I used $1 cabinet doors to made a cute toy box, but I have many more cabinet doors looking for a purpose. So, I whipped up this little cutie using four of those $1 cabinet doors. These are what the doors looked like before. I ripped some 2×4’s down to square them up,…
I love this project! I’m going to show you how I made this adorable toy box out of 10 cabinet doors from the ReStore. Don’t you love it? would you think it was cabinet doors? These are the doors I used. I’ve lost count of how many I’ve actually purchased. Just looking at…
Using a Finish Max with Chalkboard Paint I recently decided to clean out my storage shed. It’s one of the places where I store my inventory. You can see a few empty spaces where I’ve pulled some stuff out. I didn’t quite “gut” it, but I did remove most of it to organize it…
Do you remember these cabinet doors I picked up at my Spring Fling? I purposely chose unfinished doors so that I wouldn’t have to deal with a shiny surface. I decided to go the easy way and use Spray Chalkboard Paint. After the first coat, it was a little blotchy. However,…
I bought these 4 “glassless” cupboard doors at Tickled Pink. I used two of them (on the left) to make chalkboards. I had two left that were the same size. I cut some 1×6’s to size. This post contains affiliate links I used my Kreg Jig to make pocket holes to make a “box”. I also used…
This is a story about a couple of chalkboard/magnetic boards. Have you used magnetic paint? I have a couple of times, with very little success. I decided to break it out again, and give it another try. I was making two chalkboards. I cut some luan (very thin plywood) to size. I proceeded to tape…
I have a busy day ahead of me today. Breakfast with some friends, then packing up the car. I worked on trying to make my chalkboards pretty. I think they sell better if they give the buyer an idea of WHY they need a chalkboard. You can see the repurposed Scrabble tile holder at the…
Who wouldn’t love some great repurposed cupboard doors into signs? My good friend Jan gave me some cupboard doors. Within a couple of days I started changing them up. I love making signs, I love cupboard doors, and FREE is pretty awesome too. Thanks Jan! Jan had already put primer on some of the…
MeganDVD and I are getting very excited about our Mint Julep June Jaunt. It is in 2 days! MeganDVD has scored a $25 gift certificate for one winner to the Peddler’s Mall! If you find that you can make it, we still have a few spots left, and we would love to have you join…
This post was a guest post for Cheri, but as most of you know we like to repost these so that the content will be on our own blog. If you’ve already seen it, I apologize. Stop by tomorrow for a simple/easy project! Way back in November (?) I started working on my kitchen. I…
