When One Door Closes Another One Opens

Since moving in we have

been tossing around ideas

 for our laundry/mud

room door.

When you opened the

door you had limited

access to storage,

 

 

 laundry baskets,

 

 

 and coat hooks.

 

  

  

One idea was to remove the

 door and make an archway

 similar to others 

in our home. 

 

 

 

 

Another idea was to
install a dutch door.


 Which would be perfect
since it would hide
the baskets full of
dirty laundry.

 

So I started looking
for some ideas and found
 these little beauties.

 

Love! Love! Love!

This yellow door.

 

 

I'm Lovin this  black
colonial style door.

This would be perfect
for my Hearth Room.

I smell another project!

 

 

 

 And this blue and yellow
 door is divine.
 

 

On my adventures

I happened along

Kelly Rae Roberts Blog.

 

She made her own using a

door she found at

a garage sale for $5.

She had her Father cut
the door in half,
 installed the first half
at the bottom of the
stairs leading up
to their attic
(master bedroom), and
used the other half at
the top of the stairs
 leading down into their
basement (family room, etc).
 

Here is the link to her post.

http://kellyraeroberts.blogspot.com/2012/01/charming-safe-diy-baby-gates.html

 

Great Idea!

 

 

 

So what did we decide to do?

 

We cut the door in

half of course. 

 

We used a 1x6 for the

top/shelf and rounded

the corners so that it

would clear the door jam.

 

  

We notched the hinge side

to fit like a puzzle

into the door jam moulding.

 

We used a 2x4 and planed it

 to thickness so it would

slip down inside the hollow

 core door to provide support

 and act as a mounting surface

for the shelf.

 

 We attached the planed

2x4 onto the bottom of

the shelf which made

it resemble a t-shape

and slid it down between

the two half's of

 the hollow core door. 

 

Using 2 screws on each

 side we  attached the

 top/shelf to the door. 

 

We attached 1/2" moulding

 to hide the screws and

 provide a finished look.

 

 

The bottom hinge stayed

but we had to move the

middle hinge down a bit

 and remove the top hinge

 which left notches

 in the door frame.  

 

We utilized some old wood

blinds we had on hand.

 

 They were nice and

thin and fit into the notch

 on the door frame where

 the old hinges used to be.

We adding some wood putty and sanded until is was smooth.

 

And this is what we got.

 

 

 

 

It turned out great!

 

 

 

And while we are on the

subject of doors......

 

Another change we made

 since moving in was to

 our pantry door.

 

 

We painted it Red.

 

 

 

I found this before

picture from the

original listing.
 

 (previous owners)

 

  

 

 Pleased as punch :)

 

 

 

Happy Thursday!