Turquoise Hall Tree

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Hall Trees seem to be popular items, so I thought I would make another one.  

I started with this dismantled sewing stool.  I kind of propped it together for the picture, but it was in pieces. I could have glued it back together, but I didn't think it would be a very popular item anyway. 

I knocked it apart and attached the legs to a plywood box that I made.  For decoration I decided to nail the front of the original stool to the front of the box.  I also had to fix up some missing veneer.

I attached the box to the door, and when I put the shelf on it I realized there was something terribly wrong. Everything was crooked.  I had measured down from the top of the door to where the shelf should be, but it just wasn't right.  After replacing the shelf, I realized that the door had been cut crooked in order to fit a crooked doorway. 

 Oh my, now I know to square up the door before I do anything else. I had to lay the door down and square up the top and the bottom of the door with a circular saw.

I found the perfect mirror, and added coat hooks and old knobs from knob and tube wiring that we 

pulled out of the stone house. 

I also added an old doorknob that I was saving just for this purpose.

  You may have noticed that I added some wood accents to the front. Of course I antiqued the whole thing, and sanded some of the edges.

The cushion is hinged to allow for storage inside.

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Hooked on Red, Red Hall Tree Made From a Slab Door

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Sometimes, you just need to use what you have.  I was ready for a new project, but honestly, most of my stuff is behind loads of snow, and I really don't feel like doing all that shoveling, when it's going to melt soon anyway.  So I have had to be creative and use what is accessible.  I wanted to make a hall tree and found this slab door in the basement.  Not very exciting, but I think I can make it work.

 I trimmed the edges off thin tongue and groove paneling and glued and nailed it onto the door.

 Somehow I measured wrong and my spacing wasn't quite right, but that was a lucky mistake because it left the perfect amount of room to add a mirror.  Mistake, what mistake, I did that on purpose, ha, this isn't my first build you know, I got this.

I had this mirror in my stash of mirrors, yes I have a stash of mirrors, I have a plan.  In the meantime I will give this one up because it's perfect for this project.  The gold however, is not perfect, but I can take care of that.

After painting, and sanding, and antiquing, and varnishing, and adding a shelf, and a bench and ... poof! Finished project!  Gotta love the magic of a blog, it all comes together so quickly.

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A Different Bench Made From an Old Door; A Hall Tree

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I've been thinking about making one of these for a while now, in fact when I made this bench, I was planning on making one like this, but changed my mind half way through it.  

There are a lot of ways I could have gone with this, it can be done many different ways.  I decided to go with a bench seat and a shelf.  I decided to use the iron shelf supports, and to leave the storage bins open for baskets or shoes, or whatever.

The feet are pieces of shaped wood cut off a long length of wood that I previously salvaged.  I don't know what it was, it looks like a banister or something, but it is very thick.

I added the arms made from salvaged wood.

When it was all put together I painted the whole thing with a good primer.

 I added a little decoration to cover the lock hole, and then some more to balance it out.  I then painted it with 2 coats of gray paint.

When it was dry I painted on a coat of Varathane, then I antiqued it with ebony stain.  I finished off the painting by varathaning it again.  I added chipped painted hinges and some old knob and tube insulators that I salvaged from the stone house to be used for hanging keys etc.  I removed the door knob from the back of the door so that it can be placed against a wall, so I had to glue the remaining knob to the back plate.

To finish it off I added a nice cushion with coordinating fabric.

After a little clean up, it's all done.

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