These are the Pinterest pictures that were the inspiration for our kitchen remodel.
Our carpenter brought us some salvaged wood from an old house they had torn down.
These are the planks after being cut to size for the shelving.
Not exactly the rich, worn look of the shelves in the picture, are they?
The age was there, we just needed to bring it out.
But first we needed to add a little age to boards that were already old! What?
Cutting the long boards into pieces left straight, sharp edges. Using a hammer, I just banged on the edges and corners until they had the rounded, beat-down look that wear and tear would have naturally given them.
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| Freshly cut edge and corner |
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| Same edge and corner after a good beating! |
After sanding the edges with a sanding block, our carpenter told us to treat the boards with a coat of tung oil. Tung oil isn't stain, it just brings out the natural color of the wood.
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| Before and after tung oil. |
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| After drying over night, the shelves were ready to be put in place. |
I also used tung oil on the door between the kitchen and mud room. We found this door at one of our favorite places, Old House Depot in Jackson.
I chose a door that had already been stripped because I am not a masochist.
Most old doors are hung like this, but when I had our door up on saw horses, I found myself looking at it upside down.
Once I saw the cross, I couldn't hang it any other way.
Love ya'll,
Shelli
Peace — that was the other name for home.
~Kathleen Norris
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