Walking home from the library one evening in the late fall, I noticed a pile of free kitchen cupboard shutters in someone's front yard! I went home - got the car - went back and grabbed four nice looking ones! When I got them home my husband was a little skeptical about my plans for the shutters. "I making a little stand that can be used as a cupboard", I said enthusiastically! So with lots of hand gestures and a little sketch he understood and improved on my structural design. As you may know, my woodworking skills are limited. So this was another fun little project we worked on together! He cut a top and a bottom piece out of 3/4" board that he had in his wood scraps. We used the existing hinges and took off the small plastic knobs. We nailed the shutters to the particle boards all around the top and bottom and left one side open with working hinges so we could have a door for the little cupboard. He cut a nice piece of the 3/4" board with a routered edge for the top; sanded it out all nice and smooth. We used big, round, biscuit-like mahogany feet that I salvaged from my sister's old sofa. When I pulled the feet off the sofa, before we took it to the dump, I didn't have any plans for them, they were so cool and it seemed like such a waste to throw them out. So when I was planning the shutter stand I remembered the sofa feet! We nailed them to the bottom and I painted the whole thing inside and out with a matte finish beige paint that I found at the Restore for really cheap and found a really cool old metal knob with some old paint left on! (shabby chic - ya know) Now we have a functional little stand made for pennies!I'm always checking out the neighbor's trash - out on the curb when I'm out walking the dog or out doing errands! You never know what wonderful treasures you can find! I'm always surprised by what people throw away!
