Thursday, January 13, 2011

Dream On Until Your Dream Comes True

Every single time I do an Ikea run I come home with a couple random cabinet doors from the "As Is" department. I have about 8 of them sitting the basement collecting dust. Like seriously. They are covered in dust.

A couple days ago while at Hobby Lobby I found a metal dream sign that was on sale for 50% off. I snagged it up thinking it would work well in the guest bedroom.

Well once I came home and started browsing my cabinet door inventory I realized one door was practically the same exact color of the furniture in the master bedroom. Guess, the guest bedroom won't have a dream sign afterall.

So this....





I used small dabs of Liquid Nails to adhere the dream sign to the cabinet door and attached some D-Ring Hangers to the back of the cabinet so I could hang it on the wall. 

And just because here's an action shot of the bricks, books, and Costco sized bottle of vegetable oil I piled on the sign to "clamp" it down while the liquid nails dried.
COST BREAKDOWN
 Cabinet Door = $1
Dream Sign = $7
Liquid Nails =  Already Had
2 - D-Ring Hangers = $2
TOTAL COST = $10

PARTY HARDY

5 comments:

  1. Good Eats! We have that book. We got the second one for Christmas this year as well. I did the same thing with books (sans vegetable oil) to weigh down the big frame when we were gluing it together.

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  2. We love Alton Brown! I've been meaning to get the second cookbook for some time, but I keep forgetting. Books make great clamps!

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  3. Nice action shot. :) I have a few of those exact same doors from Ikea! I love 'em! I always check out the "as-is" section for those suckers. Love how you used yours!

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  4. Very smart and stylish! Good for you.
    Thanks for sharing, have a great day,

    xoxo,
    Ellen

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  5. @ Meg - Don't you just love the Ikea "As-Is" section! Thanks for your comment and for stopping by!

    @ Ellen - Thank you! I hope you have a great day as well!

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