I have been so busy that I haven't been able to take on any projects for a while. However, I did manage to squeeze this one in, and it's a really exciting one!
My mom found this old Victorian wooden screen door on an abandoned house in Portsmouth, VA about 20 years ago, and never did anything with it. Her dream had always been to use it as a headboard for their king size bed. After all this time had passed, and the door had been under a layer of dust in the attic, I finally decided to get it out and bring it back to life.
I wanted to use it as a headboard myself or a wall hanging of some kind. My mom didn't want it any more so she gave me the go ahead to do whatever I pleased with it. So I ripped out the screen, sanded any splinters off (the finish was pretty much gone anyway) and then I painted one layer of rustic looking pastel sky colored paint. Then I gave it a light distressing with sand paper. This was a really easy makeover, there wasn't a whole lot of surface to cover.
I tried hanging the door sideways like a headboard, but because of the handle (which I thought looked cool so I didn't want to remove) it wouldn't lay flat. I felt like I just couldn't keep it up on the wall securely enough to sleep well at night. I would not want to awaken to that thing falling on our heads! So I stood it up behind the bed and hung a votive candle holder shaped like a branch in the space, and I think it looks really cool the way it is! I love the spindles on the door, typical Victorian accents. Here are some photos-
