Furniture's Reform School: "A-door-able" Hall Tree

So many uses for old doors these days. Surf the net and you'll find dozens of ways to re-purpose them.

Mr. B built the storage box for this hall tree out of new wood. He covered the box with recovered oak flooring and an old door jamb.

Re-purposed hinges were used for the lid and we left the original hardware on the door.

The door jamb made a great frame that holds the old oak flooring for the front panel. Also we turned old banister knobs into the feet for the front of the hall tree.

The glass windows of this great old door have waves in them and we love that! We really wanted mirrors instead of glass windows but did not want to lose any of the character of the old glass that already was in place. Our solution, Krylon Looking Glass Mirror Like Paint. It gets sprayed onto the back of the glass and took several coats but we got exactly what we were hoping for.

This project was also a great chance to use Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint. This paint comes in a powder form that you mix yourself. One of the features of this paint is that it gives a "chippy" distressed finish which is perfect for this project. Plus, I am totally in love with the color "Typewriter" that we used.