Keep 'Em Comin'

I've slowly been making a dent in my cabinet door surplus by repurposing them into wall art. Here is yet another installment.

I hung these bad boys in the master bedroom right by the master bathroom. The intention is that random clothes that get thrown on the floor will get hung up instead. A girl can only hope.

 

Here's an action shot of our robes and hats hanging out.

A couple close up's of the knobs I used.

And a side profile just for kicks.

Supplies

3 cabinet doors ( from Ikea)

white semi-gloss paint

6 d-ring hangers

6 knobs (from Michael's)

wrapping paper

Mod Podge

Painting Pyramids

drill with bits

Ignore the huge "E" and "G" letters. That idea didn't work out.

I started off by giving each cabinet door about 6 coats of paint. The painters pryramids mentioned above are the absolute best thing ever invented. Hands down. I suggest every one should invest in some! But watching paint dry for hours not so much fun. After it dried I drilled pilot holes for my knobs and screwed in some D-ring hangers onto the back each door. Then I Mod Podged the wrapping paper onto the front. After they were dry I screwed in the knobs and hung them up.

MOD PODGE TIP

The wrapping paper kept wrinkling all over the door, but then I found out the trick to getting it on without wrinkles. Too bad I figured it out on the third cabinet door. The trick is to apply the Mod Podge to the paper and then let it dry for like a minute until it's tacky to touch - NOT wet. Then you just lay it down and flatten it out. You should now have little to no wrinkles!

See, no wrinkles!

COST BREAKDOWN

3 cabinet doors from Ikea = $5

Wrapping paper (Hobby Lobby) = $5

6 knobs (Michael's) = $5 (used coupon and got them for 80cents each)

6 d-ring hangers = $4

semi-gloss white paint = already had

Mod Podge = already had

TOTAL COST = $19

PARTY HARDY

Cabinet Door < 3

Just wanted to show you really quickly another cabinet door I found at Ikea and subsequently made into wall art.


I bought this when we first move in and I was still wet behind the ears in the junk-reviving department. There were about 4 or 5 of these, but I only grabbed one. I keep kicking myself in the rear for not buying more.

It is essentially a glass door with frosted/etched squares. I love how you see the shadows of the squares on the wall behind it.

 

I just added a couple of D-Ring Hangers to the back of the cabinet door and hung it on the wall. Didn't even change a single thing about it.

I love it when reviving junk is so simple. Don't you?

COST BREAKDOWN

Cabinet Door = $8

D-ring hangers = $1

TOTAL COST = $9

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....

Turned into 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