Junkers United Barn Wood Window Cabinet

Welcome one and all and thanks for stopping in if you're visiting from one of the linked blogs.  I'm Bliss and you're at the ranch, where I redo junk and try to make projects for little or no cost.

This post is filled to it's junky little rim.... with a party and best of all links to the other Junkers United Team members and the projects they created specially for this party.

For my junk project I've upcycled one of the gazillion old windows I've accumulated.  It's not an earth-shattering-never-before-seen project, but for us it solved a storage problem......

the storage problem of where to keep the toilet paper.

This cabinet sits in our boys bathroom and having the white stuff in view cuts down on those last minute panicked yells to resupply.

The window made it's blog debut on my mantel a couple years ago, and from there it went to my bedroom to be stored - as in put in a pile of other stuff that had no home.

I've seen many windows turned into cabinets and I wanted to try my hand at one while also doing a project that would cost a big... fat... zerO.

Oh, and I also wanted the window out of my room!

Last summer for my birthday my husband brought home a trailer full of old barn wood.  I'm not sure if it became my birthday gift when he pulled in the driveway or when he saw how much I loved it all.

The window is from an old building we are refurbishing, and we used it just like it was, no sanding, no painting, nothing.  I did dry brush a little white in a few areas on the old barn wood to tie it in.

The sides, top and bottom, as well as the interior shelves, are all made out of the 100 year old barn boards with those great vintage sawmill marks.

The cabinet was put together without a back, to keep it quick and simple, and it was fastened right to the wall.

So quick and simple that I forgot to take a picture of the box before it had the window hinged on.

Basically we made a square bottomless/backless box cut in the size to fit the window, added old hinges from the junk-can to attach the window to the frame, and used regular drywall screws to hold it all together. 

The bun feet are on their second recycle.  I took them off of an old couch and painted them zebra when daughter #2 had a wild animal thing going on in her bedroom.

They are now painted and sanded to look like they've been around a while.

We've been working on this bathroom redo for our sons for over a year.  The husband and the boys are doing most of the designing themselves, they know what they like and what they don't like, so for the most part I have kept my mouth shut.

The walls are still empty except for the fixtures and their mailbox towel holder...

Which of course never really has the towels hanging on it.

I also thought about etching words on the glass, something like "In Emergency Break Glass". 

But I tossed that idea since they like to read trivia when they are "resting" and I just know one of them would whack the glass accidentally and insist they had an emergency getting at a book.

The cabinet is only 8 inches deep, which is perfect for the tight corner spot.  The toilet sits directly across from it.

I'm still deciding on an interesting knob to use as the handle.

Keeping the toilet paper at arm's distance of course is important, very important.....

.....but I also like to give my sons subliminal messages while they are sitting still.

Sooooooo... here is all the other fun going's on for 'ya......


The other Junkers United Team members have whipped up projects of their own.
Stop in and say hey and see what's new in their neck of the woods:

Donna / Funky Junk Interiors
 Angie / Knick of Time

Susan / Homeroad

Bliss / Bliss Ranch

Breida / Breida with a B

Becky / Beyond The Picket Fence

Laurel / Chipping With Charm

Carlene / Organized Clutter

Marianne / Songbird

Laura / Finding Home

KariAnne - Thistlewood Farms

 

 Join the party, the junk party that is.  

What kind of junk?   If it's something vintage, repurposed, upcycled, redone,  or you've taken anything and given it new life....link it.    Junk doesn't have to mean full of rust, (but I do like rust!).

The Junkers United team will be pinning our favorites to  the Pinterest boards created by Donna from Funky Junk.     Party open till June 24, 2014, 3 link limit per person please.

An InLinkz Link-up

I'm also linking up my old wood cabinet to other great parties:
Wow Us Wednesdays with Kim @SavvySouthernStyle

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