Making a Cabinet from Recycled Wood

Yay!  I finally finished building the cabinet!

It started off as a roadside find.  It was a double wall cabinet, and boy was it heavy!  It had no back to it.  The shelves were all cut up so that it fit flush on the wall.

So I tore it apart and saved some of the wood.  I then tried to get rid of the silver paint that was on it and loved how the white looked crackled with the silver.

Finally I took some pallet wood, porch wood, the door, the frame, and some wood from the old cabinet, and I built a single rustic cabinet.  My son helped me cut the wood that needed to be cut with the skill saw.

I used the porch boards for the sides and the pallet wood for the back.

I just wanted one shelf so that tall things could be stored inside the cabinet.  I stained the shelf holder to blend in with the pallet wood and porch wood.  For the shelf I glued two pallet boards together.

The door didn't close right so I needed to use a hand plane on it, but I don't own a plane.  My youngest reminded me how his grandpa lost his hand plane in the attic steps when he was remodeling our attic a few years ago.  I figured, why not rip up the step and see if it's there. 

It was!

( So Fran, I have your plane :) I don't know why we didn't do that when you were here instead of buying a new one)

I painted the top, sides, and back in white.  It needed to be stained in order to blend.

This is before I stained the whole cabinet.

Here is what is looks like stained.

I love how aged the stain makes it look.

Here it is finished.  

I have another door and more wood.  I think I might make another one :)

My plan is to sell it at my craft sale.  

Here is a question for all you ladies out there that have booths.

How much would you sell my cabinet?  

Everyone says I sell my things too cheap.