Turn 1 bi-fold door into a set of french doors

Things you will need.....

~bi-fold door (mine is 36 inches) make sure you get the right size for the door frame you are using. 

     ~ bi-fold replacement parts

                1. Top swivel bracket and swivel

                2. Bottom swivel bracket and swivel rod. 

     ~ 2-4 cabinet knobs or pulls

~hammer

~phillips screw driver

~measuring tape

1. Hang the door, swivel side only. Don't hang the track. When you go to attach the top bracket, just secure it to the door frame instead of the track like the directions will tell you to. I choose to hang my door in the middle of the frame. Bi-fold doors are thinner than standard interior doors so you have room on either side. (depth wise)

Measure where you attach the top bracket and make sure the distance from the wall into the door frame is the same. That way you know its square and you won't have a leaning door. 

2. Once the door is hung Remove the hinges. There should be 2 or 4 that look like the picture below. (Some bi-fold doors come with regular hinges). The part of the door that is not attached to the swivel brackets is going to come down. Remove the middle hinge, then the bottom, then top. That way the door wont come crashing down on your head and twist the hinge. you can save the hinges for another project later :)

Top Swivel

Top swivel bracket

Bottom swivel and bracket

3. Attach the replacement parts you bought. When I put the swivels in the door it was kind of hard so I inserted the swivel as far as I could on my own then took a scrap peice of wood, placed it on the head of the swivel (so I don't ruin the swivel with my hammer) and hammered down onto the wood until it was completely inserted. Attach brackets and hang the door. Make sure the placement of the brackets are the same distance inside the door frame as the other side. This way your door will close right and your doors will be square and even. 

4. Attach knobs. Yay your done. The pic below is my bi-fold door turned french doors. It's for my 12 year old sons room. The kids are always running in and out or his room so its nice to have swinging doors. No big loud door slams in our house. 

:) 

I have the track installed because we used it like a bi-fold door for about a month until a light bulb went off inside my head and viola, french doors :)

Pottery Barn Knock off Console Table

From the Benchwright Collection 

 

The Finish took me about 1 week. I think it was 10 steps or so. Below are close ups of the finish.

The edges are oxidized with Vinegar and Steel Wool Solution

I nailed a few nails through a 1x2 and hit areas of the table to create worm holes

The satin poly made a really nice sheen

I also hit the table in random areas with a dirt bike chain to distress the wood

Hope you likey :)

Special Thanks to Ana White for the easy to follow plans :)

Fathers day cooler

SINCE MY DAD IS THE BEST DAD EVER, I MADE HIM THIS COOLER FOR HIS FORT (PICTURED ABOVE) AS HIS FATHERS DAY GIFT THIS YEAR

 I WAS SEARCHING FOR INSPIRATION ON ANAWHITE.COM AND CAME ACROSS PLANS FOR THIS AWESOME COOLER. MY DAD LOVES HIS GIFT AND BRAGS TO ALL HIS FRIENDS THAT HIS DAUGHTER MADE IT FOR HIM. 

YOU CANT REALLY SEE THE SHELF BUT ITS THERE. THE FAUCET SPOUT IS TO DRAIN THE COOLER. THERES PLASTIC TUBING CONNECTED TO THE SPOUT FROM THE ORIGINAL DRAINAGE SPOUT BUILT INTO THE COOLER

STAINED WITH MINWAX WEATHERED OAK AND VARATHANE POLYURATHANE IN SATIN 

PLANS COURTESY OF ANAWHITE.COM

FIND THESE PLANS WITH MANY MORE ON ANA WHITE.COM

COOLER BY BIRDSANDSOAP

Mama's wall shelves

Shelves for my Mom. It cost me around $10 bucks to make. Yippi

Notice the vine engraves trim. She loved that

I love love love how this espresso stain turned out. I love how you can see a lot of wood grain

the contrast is nice too against the natural pine

Vin's Big Boy Bed

My 12 year old son's first big bed. He had always had a twin or smaller but now that he has a friend or cousin sleeping over often, he thought it was time for a queen sized bed. (plus a twin sized trundle bed under it. ) He said he was sick of his cousin kicking him and making him fall off the bed in the middle of the night. :P

 Minwax Ebony stain. 

His messy room :)

I couldn't get a good picture of the full bed in one shot because of where it's placed in his room. I also ended up taking that red curtain off from under the bed. I was just trying it out as something to hide the trundle I was planning to build and put under it. I did build the trundle but it looks fine uncovered.