Barn sash window cupboard...

Hi Everyone!  I hope you are all ready for a great weekend.  I plan on being out in the shop as much as possible because I have orders to fill!  YEAH!  And since it's Mother's Day on Sunday, I plan on spending some time with my mom.  I promised you a couple of days ago that I would share this little cupboard with you. 

Here's a little closer look at it at the craft fair.

I took this to the craft fair a few weeks ago but brought it home with me.  And I'm not sad that I did because I love it!  I don't think anyone really realized it was for sale since it had the soap dispensers in it.

I started with this.  It's a barn sash window that I shared with you a few weeks ago that my uncle Bill gave me for free.  He rescued it from going to the dump.  Let me tell you, it pays to have family that own the sanitation department in town.  This window was dirty.  I cleaned it up and found that it was in really good condition.  I don't know why anyone would throw this away.

I decided to make a hanging cupboard with it.  I started out with a box shape and put the shelf where it would line up with the muntin bar.  I secured the box together with glue, a few nails to tack it in place and the screws to really secure it together.

Then I sanded it and painted it white.  (Sorry I don't have anymore of the building pictures.  I was getting behind for the craft fair and forgot to take more pictures.)  I cut a piece of luan for the back and painted it a very light blue.

Then I added the window with three hinges.

I also had to paint the window.

Don't mind the paint job on the inside of the window...it wasn't perfect and I didn't mind because if it had been painted a hundred times it wouldn't have been perfect either.  Well, that's my story anyway.

I added a little wooden knob that I painted white.  I thought I was done with it and as it was sitting in my living room, I liked it sitting on the floor so much that I had to readjust the base of it so it sat nice and sturdy.  (Again, sorry no pictures of that part.) 

Now it can either sit or be hung on the wall.

I really like this little cupboard.  I thought it looked so cute in my booth holding the vintage ball jars.  And I'm glad it came home with me.  I can enjoy it for a while longer.....  Thanks for stopping by.

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Barn sash windows...

Hi Everyone!  I hope your week is off to a great start.  Have you ever heard of barn sash windows?  Around here, these are what are called barn sash windows.  It's just a simple single paned window.  I didn't know that they were called that until I was having a conversation with Uncle Bill and he was telling me about some and then two days later I found these leaning up against my shop door.  They were from Uncle Bill.

They are old and dirty but in great shape.  And they will be great once I clean them up.  Thanks Uncle Bill!

I'm not sure what I'm going to do with this one yet...

But I'm thinking of turning this one into a door for a cabinet.  We'll see if that actually happens.

 

And I thought I'd show you the bench I started working on and hope to have built tomorrow on my day off.  I have so much to do tomorrow.  The fair is going to be here before I know it.  I only have two days off left and this weekend to get everything done that I have planned.  I dropped some wreath stands off at my parents house so my mom could paint them for me.  This weekends storms really put me behind schedule.  I have a lot of work to get done.  And I need to get back to it.  Thanks so much for stopping by.