Friday, January 31, 2014

DYI Barn Board Arrows

Today we are sharing with you how we made our barn board arrows.

I saw these on Bob Vila’s Facebook page and had to have them!

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Found here

http://www.bobvila.com/how-to-center?campaign=redir&id=46626

So what did we do???

We made some of course :)

We took a few of our old barn boards and cut them at an angle.

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And attached them together with some metal brackets we had on hand.

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And for a little added bling we included a gold stripe.

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It’s as easy as that.

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I love projects like this.

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Easy, simple and done in a day!!

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Happy Friday :)

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Damaged * Discarded * Salvaged * Refined

 

Bring it on!!

The bigger the challenge the better!

And this guy is going to be a challenge for sure!

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He has been sitting outside in a barn for who knows how many years.

Never fear!

Steve & Meg are here!

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We are talking some serious damage!

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We stripped it.

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We sanded it.

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We repaired the door.

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We also had to replace all of the drawer guides.

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And repair a few of the drawers.

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To repair/cover the damage on the sides we took a couple of oak boards we had on hand and cut them to fit.

Much Better :) 

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We chose a dark stain at first.

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But decided to lighten it up a bit so we wiped it down with some mineral spirits and applied a coat of Danish Oil.

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We also cut a piece of chalkboard for the inside of the door and trimmed it out.

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And purchased a new lock set.

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All of the original knobs were present and accounted for.

All we had to do was clean them up a little.

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And 3 weeks later………

BAM!

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Happy Thursday :)