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Today I am going to show you the amazing barn door I made from wood that was destined for the burn pile.

I have an odd obsession with things saved from the trash.

I own (or it owns me depending who you talk to) a rescue dog.

I cheer every year when this rose blooms because Mr. Math mowed over it twice trying to get rid of it before giving up and leaving it alone.

I have saved several pieces of furniture from the trash or the burn pile. They are some of my favorite projects.

Burn Pile Vanity

Roadside Credenza

Mudroom Bench

My dad, the original junker in our family, had some cedar cut on his property on “halves “. Basically that means he got half of the wood and the person who cut it into lumber got half for payment. Some of the cedar had imperfections that went into the cull pile. It was wormy , or bowed or split.

Cedar Windfall

My dad saved that wood for me. He knew I would want it. My dad knows me well, I did. There was a lot more wood than I expected , and it has been consuming almost a third of the Garagemahal for almost a year drying. I wasn’t sure what this wood would become but I knew that one day I would find a home for it.

I found a home for some when The Social Planner’s son bought a FEMA trailer that he and his dad are gutting and turning into a cool home for this single guy who works on yachts in a very expensive bayside community.

You might check out what people are doing with these trailers online. They were filled with formaldehyde when they were built for families after the hurricane decimated New Orleans and were dumped by the government as soon as possible. You can pick one up for a couple of thousand dollars now but they need all the junk on the inside removed.

The look he is going for is rustic industrial. I can’t wait to get some shots of the inside. Right now the kitchen is done but everything else is under construction.

We made the door quickly out of some of the cedar.

First we sorted out the wood and put it out on the floor to look at and move around then cut them all to length.

Next we clamped the wood and added a board at the top, bottom and across diagonally to make a Z.

Here it is finished. The door has five coats of polyurethane on all the door and seven inside the crevices.

It is going to look amazing in the trailer along with this piece that is going to be a counter once it is coated with bar coating.

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.

Thank you for reading my blog. I appreciate hearing from you.

Blessings,

Karen

Guess what I got this weekend? I got a load of gorgeous cedar lumber! I am so excited about doing some projects.

My dad had cedar trees on his timber property that a guy wanted to buy from him. Dad went in halves with the guy. That means that the guy did all the work on the cedar in exchange for half the wood. My sweet dad had him cut some of the wood for me to use from a few of the trees and surprised me this weekend. It is so pretty. I hate that it is outside right now, but will soon be safe inside the Garagemahal.

Project # 1 is going to be a bench for my mom and dad’s covered porch at their property. The top is going to be a 2″ thick slab with rustic legs that I am going to attempt to build all on my own. I will have my hubby acting as tutor, but I really am wanting to do more actual construction on my own. I am learning that I can do more than I think I can. Here is the inspiration piece:

source: Follow Your Heart

You think I am up for it? I sure hope so. If not, it will still make a great story for you guys to read.

Project #2 is beefing up our mantle in our suburban home. The fireplace is beautiful but the mantle is so shallow that I cannot decorate up there and it it is way too fussy a fireplace for me. I have to “line everything up in a row” if I am going to put anything on the mantel right now. I am going to add a wide cedar top board and frame out the fire-box with cedar something sort of like what you see below. I may add cedar to the hollowed out area too… not sure. I am going to use the wormy cedar on the sides. It looks so cool.

I want it to be reversible when we sell the house and I think that we should be able to remove this.

Source: The Wood Whisperer

Project # 3 is going to be my personal favorite. I have a huge natural edge slab that is going to become a bench for our suburban home and a shelf for the lake house behind the wood burning stove once we get the rusted tin up. Man I cannot wait until we get the fascia boards done and the porch painted so we can get started on the inside of the house! I am so very ready but I know we have to do some outside maintenance work first. Boo.

Source: Art Fire

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Project #4 is going to be using the bark part of the tree (peeled) to make some shelves for our lake house master bedroom. I want four or five of the thin shelves on the wall for my milk glass collection. I think I can beat $72.00 for two of them.

Source: Etsy

After that all bets are off but I will bet that a table will be made from the milled lumber for sure. The wood I have at the house is just a sample of the wood coming my way. woo hoo!

What would you do if you were given a load of beautiful cedar boards? I am open to suggestions.

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Burn Pile Barn Door

Cedar Windfall