$5 Cabinet Door & Wreath Project

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I have recently discovered a ReStore. It is run by the Habitat for Humanity and people can donate their unused construction products or old items when remodeling and they will resell it and the money goes towards Habitat for Humanity. What an awesome place and why haven’t I heard of this before?
Here are the items you need:

Cabinet door (or wood board)
Wreath (Hobby Lobby)
Paint
Sponge Brush
Antiquing glaze or wood stain
Ribbon
Hot glue gun and glue
Sawtooth hanger
Sandpaper

I picked out a cabinet door for $.50 on sale! I guess if you added up all of the items at once it would be over $5 but I used left over paint and scrap ribbon, a used brush, already had a hot glue gun, etc. It is still a cheap project though!

I sanded down the cupboard to prepare it for the paint.

I painted two quick coats of paint on the cabinet. No need to be perfect, you sand it and make it look worn so projects like these are very forgiving. I painted it with yellow first and then a little white on top of that.

I ran the sandpaper along the edges and corners to give it a more antique look. The more you take off, the more worn it looks. I like to randomly take off areas along the project to make it look more naturally weathered. The harder you press, the more that comes off.

Paint on some of the antique glaze or stain and wipe it off with a paper towel. I do it in small sections because you can always add more to make it darker but it is harder to get excess off if you stain it too dark.

I originally bought a knob ($.15 at Restore) to hang the wreath but didn’t end up liking it the end. So I hammered in a sawtooth hanger in the back and then tied some ribbon and glued it to the top of the cabinet.