I did it without my hubby. Or protective gear.

Here's where I linked up this week.....

 Whitney and Ashley's place
 Transformation Thursday at Gina's
Thrifty Thursdays at Tales from Bloggeritaville
 Creative Cats at Poppies at Play 
Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home 
Frugalicious Friday at Finding Fabulous 
Get R Done Friday at Angela's
Metamorphosis Monday at Susan's  
Knock Off Knock Out Monday with Cheri
DIY Day at Kimba's
Trash to Treasure at Reinvented 

.....Whew!  Hold on tight.  Here we go.

I found these sah-weet cabinet doors for $2 each at our local Habitat for Humanity ReStore....solid wood.  Held on to them for a bit, contemplating what I'd transform them into.  Ah, I know!  (that's a little tease because I'm not tellin' till later.) Today we'll focus on the two doors with no centers....in the center....the other two will be ready for a reveal in a week or so. Maybe.

So....raise your hand if you know what color I (spray)painted them?  Ding ding ding...Heirloom White by Rustoleum.  Not too warm, not too cold, just right, said Goldilocks.

Took some gritty sandpaper to the edges to cause them some (di)stress.  Do they make prozac for wood?

Now they're all soft and rounded on the sides...kinda like me after birthing 6 kids. Hmmmm.

Got me some foam board, used my handy dandy notebook  quilters doo hickey that I've never made a quilt with to measure and cut it to fit the insets. Not really a power tool, but go with me here.

See?  I cut it with my rotary thing.  I amaze even myself sometimes.

Next up is the ever-annoying roll of cork.  Measured and cut it to size, then hot glued it around the sides to the foam board.  Then used some supposedly awesome glue that will let guys hang by their hardhat from a beam over a sound stage and attempted to glue it into the cabinet door's inset.  Um, yeah. Went back to my trusty glue gun.

Yes, I know they're cute.  They're even cuter because they already have sticky backs.  These were foraged in the deep forests of Hobby Lobby in the unfinished wood section.

Ta Da!  Corkboards I made with my own two hands and my credit card (which is, come to think of it, quite the power tool).  We'll use these in my dining room where the kids do their homework to hang reminders and papers they're proud to display for all to see while munching on grub.

I'm pretty happy with them.

Much better than big box store versions, eh?



Other gals used bigger tools and made cooler stuff, so get on out there to the parties, but leave me some love in the comment section first.  And consider being a follower because, well, where else can you get such talent and beauty in one place?  *rolling eyes*