Recycling Old Doors





Salvaged materials turned into a door. This double-door slider shows that just about anything can be made into a door. Crafted from: early 1900′s cypress siding (with original green paint), wood from a 100-year-old barn and wrought iron fencing. www.atticmag.com





Painting on an old door by Cory Bonnet. www.elanarts.com




Salvaged door message board. How-to: donation2decor.com





Outdoor potting table. Lots more pics: cottageandcabin.blogspot.com





This Old House. How-to: www.thisoldhouse.com





Old door coffee table. Note the still attached doorknob. www.sweetpickinsfurniture.com




Old door coffee table. Note the still attached lock. More pics: www.sweetpickinsfurniture.com





By Mitch available via the Etsy shop, J.Crabbit, Maine: www.etsy.com





Old wood doors as headboard by Maria: dreamywhites.blogspot.com





Old leather doors as headboard: www.houzz.com




Door as a porch swing: www.houzz.com




Old doors as medicine cabinet. See: www.remodelwithus.com





Salvaged wood doors on pantry. www.houzz.com




Old door reused as a pantry door. Via: www.designsponge.com





Old door reused as a slider. Image by www.faulknerphoto.com





An old wooden door becomes a basement door in a new house. Lots more reuse ideas: downtoearthstyle.blogspot.com





Salvaged wood door: tickingandtoile.blogspot.com





Sliding wood door, Coastal Living. Lots more sliding doors here: harvestfurniture.blogspot.com





Sliding wood doors. To save space, old painted doors from Watkins Culver Antiques were installed on rollers. Via: www.traditionalhome.com





Interior barn doors in Ozzy & Sharon Osbourne's California home. www.atticmag.com





Salvaged wood door screen. Image: Tumblr





If you don't desire to strip it, paint it!





Salvaged wood door headboard. www.thisoldhouse.com





Door daybed made from two old wooden doors fit onto a daybed frame by Ida of The Urban Cottage. www.theurbancottagedallas.com





Desk made from an old door. See other images here: www.manoteca.com





Wood door as an island.





Old wooden door table by Amber Interior Design: amberinteriordesign.blogspot.com





Wood door as a dining table. by Basak Aydin Notz, via: www.designsponge.com





Outdoor wooden door table. Lots mmore pics: staceyembracingchange.blogspot.com





Reuse door table. Legs are a door cut in half and then mouldings were added at the base and an apron at top. Recycled Desk by Eternal Furniture & Design at CustomMade.com





Door wall by Piet Hein Eek. Commisioned by Geusebroek and Alliantie: www.pietheineek.nl





Door wall by Piet Hein Eek: www.pietheineek.nl





Choi Jeong Hwa 1000 Doors installation. hoijeonghwa.com





On Great George Street in London, an unknown artist covered the outside of a derelict tenement building with old front doors, all painted red. The building has since been demolished. Photo by Philip Mayer: www.flickr.com





An outdoor bench fashioned from an old chicken coop door: twigdecor.blogspot.com





Four old doors equal an easy diy tool shed!
www.roomzaar.com





Salvaged garden door. www.segev-photography.com





Gateway to a secret garden, located at a conference center called Airlie in Warrenton, Virginia. Photo taken by Eileen: www.trekearth.com




Doors as Trellis. www.bhg.com





Image by Monica Roberts, via: www.idemakeriet.blogspot.com





Find old doors at:

Local architectural salvage warehouses and restoration businesses like Habitat for Humanity's ReStore. Craigslist, ebay, local antique stores.

In CT: www.oldwoodworkshop.com

Calif: crossroadslumber.com

Winnipeg, Canada: www.salvagesupermarket.com


How To:

How to make a dressing vanity from a salvaged door: www.thisoldhouse.com

Make a door headboard: www.thisoldhouse.com

Coffee table how to: kojo-designs.com

Door message board: donation2decor.com

Another coffee table: www.imperfecthomemaking.com

 

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Laura Guyot
Posts: 4

Door Table
Reply #4 on : Fri January 25, 2013, 09:27:53

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You have given me the inspiration I need to make an old door into my office table. Thanks so much, your site is fantastic!

Le Farm
Posts: 4

Old doors...
Reply #3 on : Tue January 22, 2013, 07:53:04

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I love this page...I have a c.1869 home with many old doors in the barn just waiting to be put to good use. I picked out a huge one with a top swing opening as the perfect "door to my blueberry patch"! My weekend project...thanks for the inspiration!

Kristen
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I re-posted your pictures
Reply #2 on : Thu June 28, 2012, 09:13:55

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I love your ideas!
I re-posted a few pictures along with the link to your sight! I hope you get lots of new visitors! Keep up the good work!

Hugsxx Kristen

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sunny-Side-Up-Coops/234738163293821

Jennie
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Salvaged Doors
Reply #1 on : Tue May 01, 2012, 06:48:52

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I'm glad that I looked at this link! I saw this link from a post that someone left on the "Dave's Garden" site. This link is outstanding and gives a lot of ideas to think about! I'm definitely 'bookmarking" this on my computer to come back and check out the other additional areas down below the comments. Thanks again for a terrific site! :)