REVIST - creamy white secretary

Originally built back in the summer of 2010,
this is a desk I made to look just a bit better than when it started.

The bottom was a regular drop front desk needing a fix or two,
however I built the top parts from several recycled pieces.

I built this piece while working a full time regular job,
many late nights and early mornings.
All done in the middle of my little kitchen.

The main body of the upper cabinet was a old shelf that I customized.

- the doors are from a larger hutch unit.

- appliques were picked up at a yard sale.

- vintage hardware from a discarded cabinet.

- crown molding was free on a local internet recycle site. 

Salvage from a water bed headboard,

I used tongue and groove boards on the back of the upper cabinet.

BORN IN A BARN - sliding barn style doors

There is one element I didn't have time to share in the original post about the guest room make over

New sliding doors we purchased and installed.

The plan was to hang a vintage door we've had for a while

so off to home depot to get a track.

I had built a pocket door for my daughter's room years ago so I wanted to use this same method

again but on the outside of the wall.

We found the track and were heading to the cashier when we started to gaze at all the different

sizes, shapes, colors, and designs doors come in these days.

and before we knew it there we were standing in front of a clearance trolley with

a set of tempered glass doors with all the hardware marked down over $160.

The mark down price was $100.

We were already willing to pay $30 for the track and these were gorgeous,

not to mention they would let light into the hallway.

The only thing we had forgotten was we were 45 minutes from home and in the smallest.

vehicle we own. GREAT FUN was had on that drive home.

The track they came with was for a pass by closet door so we asked my welder fabricator father

if he could cut it into 2 to make 1 single length and luckily he could.

I fashioned guides for the door bottoms from long corner brackets using the vise and a hammer.

They are attached to the wall behind the doors.

Eventually I will make a valance to hide the mechanism at the top to give it a finished polish look.

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ST. PATTIES DAY - green inspiration pictorial

St. Patrick’s Day is observed on March 17

 because that is the feast day of St. Patrick,

the patron saint of Ireland. It is believed that he

 died on March 17 in the year 461 AD. 

In Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day,

people traditionally wear a small bunch of

 shamrocks on their jackets or caps. Children wear

 orange, white and green badges, and women and

 girls wear green ribbons in their hair.

A leprechaun is a type of fairy in Irish folklore,

 usually taking the form of an old man, clad in a red

 or green coat, who enjoys partaking in mischief.

 The Leprechauns spend all their time busily making

 shoes, and store away all their coins in a hidden pot

 of gold at the end of the rainbow. If ever captured

 by a human, the Leprechaun has the magical power

 to grant three wishes in exchange for their release.

In the color spectrum of the rainbow,

green is a second-order color formed from the

mixing of yellow and blue.

 

In feng shui green means balance

which inturn brings harmony.

 It is versatile and it isn't gender specific

 until we choose it to be. 

 We can find green just about

 anywhere we look, 

Green apples

Green glass

Green limes

Green beds

 Green curtains

Green walls

Green shades

Green chairs

Green doors

My favorite green will always be *HOME* 

*** Interested in finding sources for the inspiration photos used in this post,

right click the photo and in google image search use the file name listed under properties to search each pic.

Door Perfection

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I think this might be the most perfect blue door I have ever seen. Big statement. But true.

It has such a pretty profile too. Beauty is everywhere, isn't it.... even in doors!