Recycled cornice board....

Hi Everyone!  I hope your week is off to a great start.  It was hot and windy all day yesterday so no shop work.  It was too windy to open the big doors and too hot in the shop to be out there.  Instead I worked on some things inside the house.  And then a storm came through and it rained!  Thank goodness!  We needed the rain.  It has been so dry and windy here.

I was looking through my drafts the other day and found several that didn't get posted so after some editing...here's one of those posts.  Do you remember I showed you this cornice molding from a house from the 1880's era that I was given?  I decided to turn it into something pretty and useful.

It needed a bit of repair.  Whoever removed it from above that door was not gentle about it.  After repairing some holes, I decided the top ledge needed to be a bit wider.

 I cut a 1x4" board down to the right length and width.  I miter cut the ends to match the angle on the top of it and attached it to the cornice.  This way it can be used as a small ledge...adding to it's usefulness. 

 Then I painted it with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Old White.

 Don't you just love the details on it?  I sure do.

 I cut down the rails from an old broken chair to create pegs.  I painted them to match and attached them with glue and screws from the back side.  I took it to the craft fair back at the end of April, but it came home with me.  So I've added it to my stash of inventory for the next craft fair.  I'm hoping I will find it a new home soon because it's just too lovely to be in storage and I have no wall space for it.  Thanks for stopping by.

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FREEEEEEE!

Hi Everyone!  I know I've said it before, but I'll say it again and again and again.  I LOVE FREE STUFF!  I wanted to share with you some of the things I got for free.  One of the truck drivers that I worked with at the Grain Elevator called me up and asked me if I'd like a few things that he and his wife had been storing but knew they weren't going to get to.  And of course I said YESSSSSS!

This all came from a house that was torn down.  It had been built in the 1880's and before it was torn down he and his wife went through and salvaged as much of it as they could. 

 They gave me three solid core, hardwood doors.  One was painted on one side and stained on the other side.

 The other two doors were stained.

 They gave me two cornice boards.  They need a little bit of work but won't they look great?  It's just calling out to be painted and for pegs to be added.  Maybe some numbers??

 Or maybe it needs to have a sign painted on it?  Isn't it gorgeous?

And I got two of these giant windows.  Can you imagine this painted??

It still has the hardware on it.

I'm so excited to get started on these new items.  I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the doors.  They are from the same era as my home.  And I'm almost thinking of you using one or more of them in my house.  So what would you do with these?  Do you love free stuff as much as I do?  Thanks for stopping by.