Old Fashioned Mini Gate

This little cabinet door was a super good find. I found it amid the other cabinet doors at the local ReStore and scooped it up. I searched high and low for it's soul mate but came up one hand empty. :( My trip prior to this one, landed me 2 NOT 1 but 2 larger cabinet doors like this. I was uber hoping to find the other mini door but alas, nothing. I was going to take the larger cabinet doors and create old fashioned style wooden gates out of them. I thought they would great to display on a mantle. They are a little heavy so imagine my excitement {inside squeal} when I found the mini one. OH YEAH!! And off we go.

 BEFORE: (mostly)

I sanded the lil door down. Then cut a broken ruler with an exacto knife and some carpentry knife the Mr. had in the garage. I placed the ruler and drew the angle lines and cut it. I am not a math whiz...I DO NOT work well with numbers...I REFUSE to work with percentages or ratios or angles or well...ruler marks that aren't 1/4", 1/2", 3/4" or full inches. Weird right? My Mr. is a MATH superstar. Yay, me!

Oh yeah...on with it. I used gorilla wood glue and glued the ruler in place. I used paint tape to hold it there.

Once it was dry, I primed it.

I dry brushed it with Eddie Bauer's Bittersweet and painted the line where the panels meet.

I was hoping the dry brushing and filled lines would add a little extra once I sanded it. I painted it Sherwin Williams Divine White and sanded it. I distressed it with Walnut Distress Ink. Sadly, I think I need to purchase more Distress Ink. It's sooo much fun!!

And here is my mini old fashioned gate that will hopefully sit on my one-day, yet to be built mantle.

NOW:

I plan to add hinges so hopefully my next trip to the ReStore will offer up some FUN hinge options. Can't you just picture this with Rustoleum's Anodized Bronze hinges?? MY, oh MY!

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