Reclaimed Vintage Door King Size Bed and Night Stands

This is the finished product that started with an old front door.

This is the original front door from my parents house. Tucked away in a barn since the 1950's. It's missing the top and bottom and some molding.

The door is covered in 70 years of dirt, dust and bugs. After power washing I took all the moldings off and cleaned out all the dead bugs and dirt that did not wash out. Glued and pin nailed the moldings back in. Recreated a new bottom rail.

I made 3"x3" Legs and added a board that followed the shape of the door and legs to the top.

I laid down three different colors on the new wood. I masked off the original door to preserve the original patina. I wanted to replicate the original aged appearance of the 1861 door. Beige to start then a dark turquoise (which I forgot to take a picture of) and then the sage green. The Sage green I thinned with water and glue to make it split and crack to look aged. After it dried I went over all the new paint with 120 sand paper to scuff and rough up the paint and create worn edges.

After the paint portion was done I went over the new paint with a glaze and recreated the aged discolored look and grime build up it would have gotten over the last 150 years.

I had to make a matching foot board from scratch

Molding profiles from 1861 are not readily available at your local lumber yard, so made these completely with 3 cuts on the table saw and a lot of hand sanding. The raised panel also was made with the table saw.

I followed the same process as before with the paint patina for the foot board. In these you can see the blue I used.

Again I used the glaze to get the dirty age as well as added fake lock holes.

I made these reclaimed night stands from left over scraps. These are Heart Pine.

This is the finished bed and night stands. It turned out great and my wife most importantly is happy!