Make a hairpin leg coffee table from reclaimed butcher block I recently discovered that antique solid wood doors are actually made up of oak butcher block hidden under wood veneer. Lucky for me I have a bunch of old doors lying around in the garage. Having been exposed to years of humidity and temperature swings, […]
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Reclaimed wood ladder upcycled into a decorative wall ladder This project is so simple, anyone can do it. All you need is some sandpaper, varnish and… a wood ladder. Ok, so maybe that last part has you cocking your head quizzically at the screen thinking “isn’t the whole point of this article to show me
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Create floating butcher block wood shelves made from reclaimed old solid oak doors. To my surprise, those 100 year old doors that they call “solid wood” aren’t made from solid wood. Instead, they’re actually made up of many small oak wood blocks glued together like butcher block. Then the door is assembled with various mortise
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If you’re in the process of renovating an old home with plaster walls, this headboard project is right up your alley. When we renovated our 1920s original very pink bathroom, we opened up a wall to make the bathroom bigger. While doing so, we carefully removed the lath from the wall we suppressed and saved
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