Happy Friday! Today I’m going to share five ways to repurpose old doors. You can always find some good, solid wood doors lying around. I’ve found them in the basement of both houses we’ve moved to, by the side of the road, at thrift stores, and at salvage yards. They are usually inexpensive and waiting for you to transform them into something useful and gorgeous.
Here are five ways to repurpose a door:
1. A Daybed
I turned two old doors I found at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore into a daybed.
The tutorial for how to do this is HERE. It wasn’t hard, and I love the structure it gives the bed in the guest room. (And did you know this project was featured in This Old House Magazine here?!?)
2. A Sliding Door
When our pantry doors – which swung out and blocked our silverware drawers – didn’t work, I took a door I found at a thrift store for $1.99 (!!) and made a sliding door.
To see how I transformed this door into a sliding pantry door, click HERE.
3. A Desk
In our last home, in my office, I turned an old door I found in the basement into a desktop.
I simply laid the door over a file cabinet (found at a thrift store for $6 and repainted) and an IKEA cabinet, and topped it with a piece of glass I found at a garage sale. It was a great work surface for writing and doing projects.
4. Storage
Jamie at C.R.A.F.T. turned a door into kitchen storage:
Such a great idea, especially for smaller kitchens!
5. Clad an island in it.
In one of my favorite makeovers by Sarah Richardson, she used old doors to cover a kitchen island:
It looks like expensive trim and woodworking, but it’s really old doors. Love it.
How have you repurposed old doors? Share in the comments!
There are loads of old doors available at most tips. Amazing what you can do to re position them. Great blog, thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Paul!
Thanks for joining in Karen!
Thanks for having me! Congratulations on your three years!!
My favorites here are your sliding door … and Jamie’s storage door.
Thank you, Cheryl!!
Pinned that sliding door. Most excellent!
Thank you!! 🙂
I am currently looking for old doors to make a folding screen to separate a bedroom from the living room in our new living space, the converted two car garage at my mother-in-laws. I’m excited to paint and restore them.
What a cool idea! I can’t wait to see what you do with them! If you have a Habitat for Humanity ReStore near you, they usually have a great selection of doors of various sizes. Good luck! Keep me posted!