I've been feeling crafty!

I have switched my craftiness from sewing to other "non-sewing" projects. Especially after apliqueing flowers on to curtains for in Biggest's room. What a project that was. Anyway, they are done, but I haven't hung them yet. :( I promise I'll post when I do, I'm so proud of how they turned out!

I have this wall in my dining room that has been screaming to be decorated, ever since we moved in. But it's a big wall, and I had nothing that worked.

My Dad had this old wooden door laying around.

I scraped off what was left of the old yucky paint, removed the glass, and cleaned the door with a wire brush then a damp cloth to get the dust off. I don't have pictures of the next 2 steps of the painting process...I forgot to take pictures at this point. But, I used bright red spray paint and painted the door very unevenly. You know, brighter in some areas and not any in others. Once it was mostly dry I painted over it with a finished coat of flat black spray paint. I left this dry then I used finishing sandpaper to "rough it up" a bit, allowing some of the red to show through and even some of the original white that I couldn't get off. It turned out with a great "Antique" look.

I added mirrored glass in the panes to replace the glass, and now I have a brand new custom made 8 foot long mirror for on my dining room wall.

Now I just need to spruce it up a bit...add some grapevine, berry garland, or barn stars. I LOVE Barn Stars.

Mirrored glass (bought & cut at the glass shop in town): $61.00
Spray Paint: $2
Door: FREE!!

My next projects...

This bench, to go with the Desk in Biggest's room:

This window...I know how it will be painted, not sure how it will be decorated or where it's going. More to come on it!