Headboard remake....

Hi Everyone!  I hope your week is going well.  I've been busy working in the shop this last week since the weather has been nice.  This is one of the projects that I was working on.  If you remember, my aunt gave me this headboard which you can see here.  It needed a lot of work so I knew I wasn't going to turn it into a bench.

I cut the legs off.  And will use them on another project.

And used parts of a Jenny Lind crib to make the pegs.  I attached them with glue and long wood screws.

I painted it with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Old Ochre.  Then sanded it down.

I hand painted the letters on in black.....

...and painted the bird silhouettes and the branch.

I really like how it turned out.  I will be taking this to the fall fair.  I've never made one like this before.  I thought about cutting the peg part off and turning it into two separate items.  What do you think?  Should I leave it as is?  Or should I separate it?  I'd be interested in what you think.  Thanks for stopping by.

Linking to:
http://www.uncommondesignsonline.com/2012/08/uncommonly-yours-link-party-43.html 
http://blackberryvine.blogspot.com/2012/08/tuesday-to-do-party-76-and-75-list.html 
http://shadesofamberinc.blogspot.com/2012/08/chalk-paint-link-party_28.html 

Door sign...

Hi Everyone!  I hope you are having a great week.  Do you remember this door I showed you a few months ago that was given to me?  It's a solid core door that came out of a home that was torn down.  My original plan was to use this in my home since it's from the same era, but I decided to use this one for other purposes.

I cleaned it up and then I cut it up.  Yes I said I cut it up.  I almost didn't, but since I have two others, it didn't bother me so much.

 This is what I did with the middle section of the door.  I cut it apart, sanded it and added chair part pegs to it.

 Then I hand painted the welcome and the love birds to the center.

I love the chippy look on the edges.  These are some of my favorite pegs.

 I put a sealer on the sign to keep the paint from chipping anymore.

This is one of my favorite signs.  I love the fact that the door parts are still intact.  I would love to keep this one but I have no wall space for it.  So it will be going with me next weekend to the craft fair where it will hopefully find it's new home.  I got a lot done today on my day off.  But unfortunately, I didn't finish any of the things I was working on.  I have more projects to finish after work for the rest of the week.  As always, thanks for stopping by!

Linking to:
http://www.myrepurposedlife.net/2012/04/catch-as-catch-can-70.html 
http://simplydonewright.blogspot.com/2012/04/all-stars-linky-party-1.html 

Door wreath alternative...

Hi Everyone!  This weekend I was in one of my grain (storage) bins looking for something else, when I came across this picket fence welcome sign I had made a few years back that didn't sell.  So I brought it inside and made some chances to it.

I almost forgot to take a picture of it before I started working on it.  I remembered after I  started sanding the birdhouse.  It did say welcome on it, but the paint needed to be touched up so I sanded it and then repainted it and the pickets.  And this is what I ended up with.

 I painted just the face of the pickets white and repainted the birdhouse the same green color.

 Then hand-painted the Welcome and the flower on the birdhouse.

 I decided it needed a little bird so I cut one out and painted it blue.  Then added a sprig of apple green pip berries.

 And here it is hanging on my back door.

I like how it's been refreshed and the bird and berries were much needed additions.  I think I might have to keep this one.  But I will probably end up taking it to the craft fair at the end of the month.  Well, now I must head to the lumberyard so I can pick up some lumber for the supports for the benches I'm making today.  Thanks for stopping by.