So what I’ve really been doing are just little things, but often things that I would just not get to until Spring because they didn’t seem big enough to warrant a whole trip outside on their own.
This is a tough one to put into words and the success of the project – as with most salvage projects – is incredibly reliant on your access to the appropriate recycled components, but let’s give it a shot anyway:.For our DIY baby gate we used the 2 long identical sides from an old disassembled crib.
These particular parts worked well for 2 main reasons.First, the upper and lower rails were very close to square and secondly, the spindles were not wider than these upper and lower rails.. (These are the ideal dimensional consistencies to work with and require no modifications.If the spindles are wider than the rails, the rails will need to be widened using strips of wood or if the rails are round or curved then straight strips of wood would need to be attached.).
For this tutorial I will refer to these as “crib sides” however, you may find other reclaimed materials that meet the above criteria regardless of their use in a previous life.. For our project we used the following hardware:.4 appropriately sized “L” brackets (we used 1.5″ x 1.5″).
Size needs to be at least 1.5 times the width of the top rail and no more than double.. 2 appropriately sized “U” bolts (we used 2″x 5″).
Sizing here is tricky and may require a trial and error approach so buy and few and save your receipt..OK, it was maybe more like 30 minutes to get it all painted inside and out.
But still, that’s pretty amazing, especially when you consider that we only had to do one coat, so we really were completely finished!.I can’t tell you how exciting and liberating the idea of painting something in just one coat is for me!
The paint also dries amazingly quickly, so we were able to test it out almost right away and see how it would look with some bottles inside and some fun flowers on top!.I think it turned out so beautifully and it’s going to look amazing in Sarah’s kitchen!.
(Editor: Adjustable Mice)