Adventures in: Repurposing an Old Window

At a local market, I stumbled upon a repurposed window, that took on a new life as a chalkboard- cool, right? So of course I had to try my DIY hand at a similar project.

Mom had this old vintage window frame, that she had found years back that was originally a part of a building on my great-grandfather's farm.

As you can see, it was worse for the wear, and had chunk of it missing. I gave it a preliminary sanding job and off I went to Home Depot to pick up wood putty and a putty knife. I used the putty knife to build up the missing pieces and let it sit for 24 hours to dry. I then re-sanded the gem and built up some more areas that needed a bit more putty. Did I mention that this project took me days?

Eventually when it had all dried and was built up in all of the right places, I used my favorite $0.98 spray paint from Home Depot.

Once it had dried, I went to visit my grandpa to help me cut the metal for the top and bottom cut outs. When I cut out the cork board I realized that it was too thin, so I had to back it with cardboard. I then used a hot glue gun to put them in their places. It looks great in my laundry room!