Friday, January 28, 2011

Rustic Door Redo

Before

 After

After moving into our home I was so excited to find this old door in the garage! It immediately went on my to do list. I had plans to put Revelations 3:20 on this glass...
...in vinyl after scraping the paint specks off of it. Well that plan was short lived when the glass shattered as i was almost finished! (cue frustration!!!)

After much deliberation I decided to fill the hole with the same scripture framed on burlap. So then began the process!

Door:
Step 1: Sand edges and thicker paint spots (sanding is not one of my favorites so I like to cut corners)
Step 2: Paint entire door with base color of choice. Let dry and apply 2nd coat.
Step 3: Distress door by sanding edges to your preference.
Step 4: Distress entire door with a stain of your choice. Let dry. (I had black on hand so I just used what I had.) Tip: apply streaks of  stain in small areas and smudge and smear with a dry cloth so create different shades and tones.
Step 5: Apply clear coat to seal.
Step 6: I took the original door knobs and spray painted them black to match my new door.

Scripture:
For those of you that have a Silhouette this process would be much easier than how I had to do it.  
Step 1: Create a stencil of your scripture.
Step 2: Using acrylic paint, stencil letters onto the burlap.
Step 3: Center the burlap onto the frame. Tack down with a hot glue gun.
Step 4: Trim excess burlap and tack frame to the door by your choice in preference. (I used a nail and hung it on the door for a more impermanent solution in case I decide to do something different latter on.)

And Waalaa!!!

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