An old door as decor!

The wall space above my bed has been missing something for over two years, but I have never been able to put my finger on what that something is.  I knew I wanted to make a sign of some sort that was on a large scale {our master bedroom is quite large}, but had no clue how to pull it off.  The hubs and I always say, "calmer than you are" to each other so I really thought that I would do something along those lines.  However, when I saw a picture on Junk in the Trunk's blog, featuring items for sale at a recent sale they held, I had full intentions of purchasing their sign or going to see it in person to see how I could create my own!

When my mother-in-law got to the sale, I immediately spied the sign and then looked at the price.  It was worth every penny, but I needed something a little bigger and the bigger I had to go the more moo-lah I was going to have to fork over.  So I passed on their sign, but it gave me a really good idea for how to make my own.  As we waited in the forever long line at the sale, I spied the most beautiful, old, chippy door I have ever seen.  But it was inside the barn, so I figured it must be sold already.  I didn't want to make assumptions on something so beautiful, so with fingers crossed, I found out that the door had not sold and it became mine, as it was the perfect colors and size to hang above our bed!

Pretty huh?

With a can of paint from the local ReStore {for only $5}, a pencil and two different types of brushes, I went to work.  I figured if I messed up, I had one more shot to correct it on the other side!  Lucky for me, it worked the first time around!  I very lightly sketched out the word love {kept it simple and thought the original quote would be too much for the door}.  I then began tracing it with the yellow paint.  It is far from perfect, but matches the look of the old door perfectly!

I thought about distressing the yellow, but when I started to, it took off even more paint from the door, so I stopped.  It was chippy enough.

No matter how much I loved it, it sat for about another three weeks.  You see, this sucker is big, old, and heavy {6 and 1/2 feet x 2 and 1/2 feet of solid wood}!  I knew it would require much more than a nail to hang it up and it would depend on when the hubs got tired of my whining to do it for me!   

He must have been sick of it, because it went up this weekend and WOW is all I can say!  I knew I loved it just sitting in the garage waiting to be hung but it looked so much better actually hung on the wall, where it felt like it always belonged!

I won't even begin to tell you how he hung it, because I have no clue.  He did tease me several times though by saying that a true DIYer could hang this on her own.  Seriously?!  Thanks babe, I love you too.  Just hang the door!

Once it was up, I didn't want to leave the room.  I just stared at it {and took pictures} from about every angle!

No matter where I stood in the room, the door looked amazing!  

It was just what the room needed and is my favorite piece of artwork in the house!  Especially when it comes in at under $50!

And just because I like a little before and after...

So...what do you think?  Love it too?!

Have you ever used a door as decor in your own home?

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