so this is actually a basement window with red distressed border. |
it holds 3 8x10's |
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so started w an old 5 panel door |
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built the frame, notched and shaped the armrests |
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jigsawed and ground down the top |
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stripped it down to paint it |
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paint is biscuit white w a burnt finish |
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the bench gets its color from the burning process |
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all polly'd |
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while the polly was drying i got the seat and back cusions covered in a leather print vinyle |
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the pics do this thing no justice...it looks so much better in person |
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its going to get sold in the morning.....kinda like it wish i could keep it!! |
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this thing is a hair over 7' long |
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so i have a stack of old farm doors i have been trying to figure out projects with, so why not make a desk |
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so the doors make up the backs of the cabinets |
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the drawrs i salvaged out of a kitchen from early sixtys, so that makes them vintage.....i think! |
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hard to tell, but that slab is 27" deep and 2 1/2" thick |
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planed and sanded, ready for finish |
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this top is 2"thick and 24"wide |
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the top is all one piece the miter has 6 1"dowls 8"long. getting them to line up and fit together snug was a mother bear! |
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the cabinets are attatched solid to the doors so there are only 4 pieces to the desk. the top, drop in leaf, left and right cabinets. |
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i dropped the leaf to make room for keyboard and ????? |
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mocked up the "vintage" doors |
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distressed the doors |
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installed glides for the printer tray |
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finished the top |
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the hardest part was drilling holes to rout all the cables and cords....i almost cried!!! |
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everything fit..... |
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all done!!!! |
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so these sayings and picture are some my wife picked up somewhere and oneday i just decided to frame them for her!! |
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so it is roughsawn fir $12, red laquer toner $6, burnt finish $0, semi gloss poly $4......the hug and kiss i got for it...$priceless$ |
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this would look good in green or white also!!! hmmmmm.. the wheels start turnin!! |
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so this is a 1930's farmhouse door w skeleton key lock and is extreamly weathered |
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the armrests are carved from roughsawn as well as the support dowls, seat, and lower shelf |
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starting to tear it all apart to glaze and laquer the door |
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so the door is the original faded green w/a dark walnut rubbing glaze, and the chair is biscuit white w a burnt finish |
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my favorite seat in the house! |
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giant wear pattern.....well from were your buisness end sits..... we will just leave that one alone!! |
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cabinets and stand b4 finish |
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stand is my fav..hand selected top and shelves took me a while to find just the right ones |
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cabinets are just over 5' tall 30"w x 24"d the stand is almost 30"tall 5'w x 24"d |
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this thing is over 9' end to end |
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these old wood windows are 24"w x 60"t perfect for the doors! |
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cabinets are leapfrog green and natural w/ burnt finish |
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finished on all sides |
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set up and ready to go!! |
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now if i could just build a newer tv!!!!! |
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distressed pine in burnt red!! 5x7 8x10 10x13 custom sizes and colors for whatever your needs!! |
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distressed pine in leapfrog green!!! 5x7 8x10 10x13 custom colors and sizes for whatever your needs!! |
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distressed pine in biscuit white!! 5x7 8x10 10x13 custom sizes and colors available!! |
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sorry the pics are sidways!! these are all 5x7, 8x10, and 10x13's |
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these were fun to build!! |