Louvered Door Potting Table

I've had THIS louvered door for a couple years now.  I bought it at a Habitat for Humanity ReStore for $1!!!  For a while it stood up against a wall in the family room.  I think later it stood in the garage.  It moved with us across the country.  Last year I "planted" it along with a bicycle in the back yard.  You can see that HERE.  I'm pretty sure the neighbor didn't like the way it towered over his hedges and Mike always wondered WHY I had a door to nowhere out in the middle of the flower bed.

It sat in the yard all winter long.  (Not good for the poor door)  I finally took it out and it sat against a wall outside, then stood in the basement for a while till I figured out what to do with it.  I've been searching Pinterest and finally decided to make a potting table of sorts.  I was thinking something like this:

{I found this HERE.  This was sold on Etsy, but is now sold out.}

Several weeks ago we bought the wood needed for the frame and we bought two legs.  The wood/legs sat around for a LONG time.  We finally got started a couple weeks ago.  On one of the hottest days ever!

It didn't occur to me till later that I could have put an old vintage door knob on the door if we hadn't covered up the hole!  I wanted to be able to attach the frame to the door across the middle though, so there was no way around it.  I could still put one on later above the hole.  It's not like it would actually be used anyway!

I had planned to paint it all kinds of crazy colors - Imagine the neighbor's shock when instead of seeing the tip top of the white door over his hedges he saw the entire crazy colored thing every time he came out his back door!  Instead, we searched through our paint supply left behind by the previous owners and found paint to match the house.  I know, boring...but it was FREE and free is ALWAYS good!  

We gave it a good clean and brought it down to the basement to start the amazingly fun job of painting.  Do you know how (NOT) fun it is to paint a louvered door with a brush?!  

{Hmmm...Someone* sure likes Mt. Dew!  *hint* It is NOT me!}

  {See how well it will match the house?}

I bet you were excited to see the finished table, weren't you?  Sorry to disappoint.  I've been working hard to get this finished for you, but we're going camping this weekend, so the potting table will have to wait till next week.  I was so excited yesterday to find just enough wood in the shed (again, left behind by previous owners) to use for the table/shelves, but it looks to be some rather nice wood.  We decided to save it for a future project - Maybe not something to attach to a $1 door that's going to sit out in the New England weather.  (I'm thinking coffee table for the front porch!!  I have the perfect yard sale legs for it too!)  

I'm planning to paint the table/shelves the same purple as the legs.  What do you think?  I'm going to put it right here in this corner on the patio.  We have a table and 6 chairs in that space as well.  I'm thinking I could actually use it as a potting table OR I could use it as a buffet if it ever cools off enough to eat outside.  

I can't wait to show you the finished product!

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