Repurposed Cabinet Door Sign

“Every exit is an entrance to somewhere else.”
-Rebecca Puig

A night on the town might may mean a fancy dinner and dancing for some, but for us it means thrifting.

One place that makes us both happy is the Habitat for Humanity ReStore. Heck, we owe a lot of our house to the ReStore…like HERE and HERE.

Upon a recent night on the town, we explored a new ReStore in our area. In one little corner there were all these brand new cabinet doors priced at $1 or $2 each!!!!!! 

Yep, grabbed those up real quick like so it could be made into a……..

Repurposed Cabinet Door Sign

Items needed:

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• A Cabinet Door, free piles and friends who are remodeling are good sources too.
• Stencil
• Painters Tape
• Paint, you can use craft paint or whatever paint you have on hand should work
• Sand Paper/Sponge, if needed
• Top Coat
• Paint Brush, I usually use these for stencils
• Picture Hangers (sawtooth ones)
• Small Paint Brush, for the top coat
• Q-Tip with a small bowl of water, I use the small condiment take out containers for this
• Hammer

|DO YOU KNOW THE 5 ITEMS YOU SHOULD ALWAYS LOOK FOR WHEN GOING TO THE THRIFT STORE?|

Instructions:

1. Wipe or clean off door as needed.  Here is info on best ways to clean.
2. If you like, you can lightly sand the area you will be stenciling.  Use a fine grit, I find this works great.
3. Distress if desired, by sanding lightly or applying an antiquing glaze.
4. Take stencil and measure to find center.  Tape stencil down with painters tape like this:
5. Dab the paint on stenciled area, carefully making sure you don’t apply too much.  Also, don’t apply in a back and forth motion as you will end up with paint under the stencil.
6. Carefully remove tape and peel off stencil.
7. Take a Q-tip and some water to remove any mistakes.
8. Let dry
9. Take a very thin paint brush to clean up any strokes, if needed.
10. Let dry
11. Apply a top coat to prevent scratches to the paint.
12. Let day
13. Turn sign/door over to attach picture hangers.  Two, on either side, if it’s a heavy door, one if it’s a light door.

Since we already owned the stencil and paint, this was a very inexpensive décor item.  These can be great to keep, give as gifts, or sell.

If you are good at free hand painting, you wouldn’t even need  a stencil.

We hope you will give this project a try whether you use old doors you have or get all dressed up and head over to your local Thrift/ReStore.

What do you use reuse cabinet doors for?  Share in the comments or on our Facebook Page. Oh, and if you make a Repurposed Cabinet Door Sign, we would love for you to share that as well.

We would love to show you a few other thrifted projects we have been working on:

• Upcycled Lantern Stand Planter From an Old Lamp
• License Plate Planter
• Yarn Ball Wreath