Window to the Past Door.
by
Teresa
6 Materials
Before we decided to move and build a house and yard from scratch, we had worked really hard to have a beautiful yard somewhere else.
In our new house we have pretty panelled doors - all of them.. except 1.
The door to our utility room , (where our furnace, air recovery system, water tank, freezers and power box are) is an ugly greyish slab door... or was.
Plain ugly greyish slab door. Big Thanks to my hubby for taking it off, and for removing the door handle!
Photo on my computer of a view form one of the windows where I used to live. I had a printer print it out to a 22 x 30 inch size. It cost me under $5.00
Then I primed the door, and a 22" x 30" piece of hardboard. When dry I laid the hardboard on an measured so that it was centred on both sides and at the height I would want a window,.
I traced around the hardboard with a pencil; then I painted the door with a white semi gloss latex, but did not paint inside my rectangle for the window.
I mixed some black acrylic paint into my white semi gloss latex.
... and taped off where I wanted faux panels on the door,. Then I painted between the lines light grey. I removed the tape as soon as I was finished.
Next, I took my piece of hardboard
and mod-podged on my photo - then gave it 2 coats of polycrylic.
Out to my work area! I have a lot of scraps., but had ensure I had enough to build a simple frame for my window.
I used a mitre saw and cut the corners to 45 degrees and the stiles to 90 or 0 degrees.
I brought my picture with me to double and triple check my measurements!
back in the art room, I used "no more nails" construction adhesive to glue my rails and stiles to my hardboard with my photo on it.
The rails and stiles are glued on. I let it set for 5 minutes with pots on the rails to keep them flat.
Then turned over my window and applied "No more Nails" to that too. I placed it carefully into the rectangle pencil lines I drew on it earlier. then put the pots back on and let it sit an hour.
We put the door knob back on and put it in place.
Big thanks to my hubby for holding it while I put the pins back in, and for putting back on the handle!
Much better and now, I see the garden and trees I loved so much before I moved; while drinking coffe from my Café room table.
Maybe café curtains? LOL
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Great idea and beautifully done!
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Thank you!
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That looks great!
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Thanks Sarge!
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Love your Idea! I also have photos of my yard from where I use to live. (I Miss the yard!) I want to ask you if you used a printer that is a local business or a national chain/brand. If so who did you use? Thanks so much for the post!