RESTORING OUR SCHOOL DOORS - Start to Finish Transformation
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.ค. 2024
- It took me 5 months to strip and restore all the doors from the school we are turning into our house... keep watching to see how I did it!
When we first bought this school, I knew I wanted to save ALL these doors. Problem was, they were ROUGH … and covered in paint, old varnish, and dog scratches, and tons of nails. I used pretty much every tool and product I could find, there is no magic bullet or easy way to refinish old furniture and doors. But after finishing 23 of these enormous doors, I definitely have some tips for efficiency and repair.
Anyways, thank you to everyone for watching! If you have any questions, comment them below and I'll get back to you :)
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Below are all of the items I used to finish this project. As a disclaimer, some of the links above may be affiliate links. Things you buy through some links may earn a small commission that will go straight into fixing up the schoolhouse!
•Smart Strip (For things with many layers of paint) amzn.to/466wSw8
•Citristrip, Kwikstrip, Klean Strip- anything from hardware store for varnish, not paint
•Wide razor scraper amzn.to/3szOsuH
•Corner and trim scraper amzn.to/46b8zwY
•Pressure washer amzn.to/3SBElQE
•Lead testing strips amzn.to/49Cw19y
•Festool sander with rectangle orbital, regular orbital, and Rotex attachments, but super pricey. (A mouse sander, + an orbital sander are also fine) amzn.to/3FWIzuD
•Sand o Flex, recommend this with a corded drill. amzn.to/47rz4PR
•Surf prep attachment for the Festool surfprepsanding.com/
•Plastic Wood wood filler amzn.to/3SHyuJM
•Blendal Finishing Sticks (WOW were these an incredible discovery.) amzn.to/3FZucWw
•Titebond wood glue amzn.to/3QWbANq
•Irwin clamps amzn.to/3SI6Zji
•Minwax Pre-Stain Wood Conditioner amzn.to/468qZhW
•Minwax stain color of your choice (PS- your local Sherwin Williams store usually has better deals on these products vs online)
•Sher-Wood Moisture Resistant Lacquer in Medium Rubbed effect
•Apollo Sprayer and gun (We have the Apollo 800, which I’ve seen on Ebay for ~$500) amzn.to/3QWyDYu
More detailed instructions on my blog post, too!
schoolhousehomestead.com/how-...
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"Yard by yard life is hard. Inch by inch it's a cinch." One door at a time and you crossed the finish line. You are amazing.
I need to write out this motto and look at it every single day 😂❤️
@@Schoolhousehomestead Yes you should! I put myself through college in my forties, while working and raising a family. I had that written on my notebook and just tried to get through each day.
Probably my favorite restoration project on youtube right now. Just fantastic watching it all happen.
That is a seriously kind compliment, thank you so much!!
Just think of all the kids, teachers, parents, grandparents, custodians and so many others that have touched the doors that you just refinished. What a beautiful project! And yeah DAD!
As a Johnson County Hoosier... I'm so proud of you guys for your hard work and saving this building! Can't wait for the next episode.
Thank you so much!!
It’s a rare time I watch a diy video and feel like it was done right. It was done right. Thank goodness for dad’s tools and support.
That is a high compliment, thank you! 😂
God bless the dads who were present in their daughter's life. Who passed down information and visuals on how to do things. They didn't just leave it all up to mom because you're a girl.
I'm not from the Midwest, but I've dealt with a bunch of Midwesterners and you are surely among the very best of the ilk. You're good people!
Gorgeous!!!! There's nothing like real wood. To me, it is God's canvas.
Seeing these old doors in the original version brought back memories of my high school days!!! ❣️😍
Where's the "LOVE IT" button. Your awesome!!!
I love it that you stripped all those doors and stained them. They turned out beautiful.
The doors are wonderful! It's terrific how you took dented and battered wood doors, cleaned, stripped, sanded, stained, brought out the beautiful grain and honored the age and service of these doors.
It was a lot of work. I admire your grit (pun intended) and determination to see it through.
Not only did the door turn out beautifully but it saved some money too.
Thanks for sharing! I don't think there's anyone who's spent a significant time in the midwest who hasn't thought about restoring one of these old schools.
Wow the doors are practically glowing 😂🎉
You and your wife are amazing. Families are everything. You are blessed. Can't wait till you get everything done. Wi
Love seeing it
What a dream!!!! The rendering at the end is breath taking!!!!
Great job. Love the doors looking natural.
Absolutely beautiful!! I have a deep appreciation for people like yourself that love history and want to restore it and preserve it!! What an amazing journey your family is on!!
Magnificent!! Proud of you for your willingness to restore a bit of history. I love that. ❤ I'm all in for this project.
Beautiful job on the doors. I love old doors. We refinished the doors in our 100 year old farmhouse. I love the way they turned out with all the little imperfections still present. As a young girl attending school, the school house was similar to yours, in a small town I often wished it could be my house. How wonderful you are able to make your dream come true for you and your family.
Good on you, girl. Prep work, repairs, sanding, conditioning and access to your dad's tools out in the barn ended up a treat!❤🎉🎉🎉😊
The tools are seriously incredible 🥰
Stacy those look great, glad you where able to aquire the needed extra doors. Lots of love going into those.
Beautiful! Such an “a-door-able” project. Amazing to watch your hard work.
Those doors turned out great!!
LOVE the chalkboard doors. Thank you for sharing this amazing project with us.
The doors turned out amazing! My dad refinished antiques and I wish I had paid more attention to what he did so that I could learn what he knew!😂
I know right!! I wish I'd asked him more woodworking questions when I was younger, haha.
What a lovely job you did on the doors!
The doors look great. 👍
Yep, they look lovely!!! ❤
I love that you're harvesting things from old schools. I had a joyous little moment last week where i was in one old school one day and another the next day.
PLEASE POST MORE VIDEOS. I am really interested. Can't wait
That is going to be a Beautiful home!!
The old doors are turning out amazing, and those old pieces of hardware are very cool!
So happy to see you brought the doors back to the wood, beautiful ❤️ well done
Wow! What an enormous job but oh my those doors are gorgeous! You'll enjoy that hard work for the rest of your life! Beautiful
Oh so wonderful to see a young family seeing the beauty and potential in such a building of my youngsters years! And appreciate the quick, efficient, but informant (got some tips; have ‘tested sone if Dumond stripping products but learned more + here) The doors are “beauties!”
Awesome work!!! You have the best dad in the world. Job well done!😊❤
These finished doors are absolutely beautiful!
Stripping is no fun, for sure!! You did a great job!! Your line...they look as good as they're going to for old doors is true. They will never not be beat up and damaged from the years of school and other use they've experienced, but holy cow, they sure look amazing despite that. Even better, you saved them and brought them back to life as best you could, which will forever be a zillion times better then any door you'd find today to take their place. This is going to be such an incredible house!!
Thank you so much for your kind words!! And after doing so much of this work I kind of started to enjoy it, it's slow but every step does have such a sense of accomplishment, haha.
@@Schoolhousehomestead You’re very welcome!! Now that I’ve found your channel I can’t wait to see how it all turns out!!
Those turned out gorgeous. I love the different types of wood on the doors. After your finished the last lacquer they all have such beautiful character.
A well done job! ♥️😊👍
PS. I too love that Smart Strip. I find it’s the best around.
Incredible. I can't wait to see more. The end of this is going to be unreal
Wow, what an accomplishment. You should be proud!
I just love this reno project. I so look forward to your updates. Thank you from Perth Western Australia 🇦🇺 🏡
I have no words😮 STUNNING! incredible work! 😅 so satisfying to watch.
What warmth those beautiful doors will bring to that huge building 🤗
Found you by accident, usually watch French blogs ,hooked 🙂
I've refinished many of the doors in my 1925 bungalow-- learned how on my own, & you can see how I got better at it from door to door! I loved watching this, thank you so much for posting. I bet they'll look beautiful with all the old paint colors and in a home furnished for the 2020's.
Maybe you've already answered this question but how do the townspeople feel about you turning the old school into a house? I guess no one who'd care is left to protest - the schoolchildren and the cows, pigs, etc., all in a better place!
Well the person we bought it from, her mom was a student! But the school closed in 1936 so no one is left who went there. There hasn't been any controversy to my knowledge, mostly we hear that folks are excited it wasn't torn down! Also our neighbors are my former 4H leaders so that's fun too. :)
Wow!!! So beautiful. You did a fantastic job on those old doors.
What an enormous adventure you are on. Watching your progress is so exciting/impressive/amazing. Thank you for creating and sharing your vlogs.
I love it! So excited for you. I lived in Shelby County and am amazed the school was still standing. It was in really bad shape when I moved away 10 yrs ago. I knew when I came across your channel that it was the school on SR44. Franklin is a great town and loved going antiquing there. I live in TX now but I am still homesick for Indiana! No place like home.
That's insane! You are incredible. They are beautiful!
Wow!! Lots of work with wonderful transformation!!!
It's going to be Awesome!!! Good job saving the old school. Wish I had the $ to turn some old building into my home.
I am originally from Indy, attended Little Flower, and also have one of those doors when they auctioned them a year or two ago! Recognized them instantly. Another creepy win for the YT algo... definitely subscribed. Best of luck!
oh wow!! What a small world!!
We moved to Franklin to get away from city life & we can't be happier. Johnson county is a great place to raise a family. Hope someday to visit your home and all the beautiful refurbishing you've done...
As someone who grew up here, it’s a great place to be!!
I love your work on the doors…well done . So glad to have found your channel. Your dreams are coming true , but your both working very hard to make it happen, so well done to you and your beautiful family.
I will keep watching and I will be using some of your restoration advice.😃
Beautiful!
The doors are so beautiful!
Sooo much fun to watch!
Awesome Looking work yal are doing!!! So satisfying to see new life breathed into the ole things that are still around!!!! Thank you for All of yals hard work!!!!
Wow, that's a real long and hard job. They look Fabulous. I am hooked. Peace!
So beautiful 😀👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Love, love, love!!!
Nicely done... impressive how the doors turned out.
I was pretty surprised by how pretty that wood was underneath!
The doors are so beautiful. Great job.😍
Congratulations. Thanks for the new video. Greetings from Budapest, Hungary. Thank you for restoring the old school.
Thank you so much for your kind words!!
You need to keep a blackboard and put it in the house somewhere, I hope!!
Just a suggestion.
You are certainly amazing with all the careful planning and carrying out of the projects -- so well!
Beautiful.
I did source some old slate blackboards from Facebook Marketplace! Going to use some in some doors- and figure out other spots for the rest!
Alot of love went into this project.Thank you for sharing
Fairly new subscriber here, really like old schools/this project!
Glad you are here!!
Brilliant work. The doors are gorgeous!
Beautiful transformation
Thank you so much!!
Love this thank you!
Lovely job. The end result is stunning!
I have to say that you are amazing
That is amazing! Just gorgeous!
Beautiful…
sending love and light your way….🫶🏼
You are doing well ...I was just watch 4 episodes....you saw a wonderful vision to turn this huge school into your home..this will be a huge improvement to family get togethers
Thank you so much for your kind words!!
Absolutely beautiful ❤
Fantastic. So much hard work, fair play to ya!!😍
Gorgeous! Excellent job! ❤
I wondered about the lead.
Amazing!!
I was about to 'unsubscribe' as I thought you'd forgotten the channel but so glad I didn't. I love that you're turning this piece of history into a home. Can't wait for the next installment.!
Aw thank you! Trying to update more often
incredible discipline and grit!!
Beautiful work! Love this project so much.
Love love the doors!!❤
Beautiful doors!!
I love it.
Thank you!!
Beautiful doors!! You made them pretty again!! That is awesome.
Thank you so much!
Those doors turned out absolutely beautiful. Really enjoy seeing old wood restored and refinished. Glad to see the old doors being reused in your home.
Do you only have to worry about the most recent paint layers for lead, or all of them? And your dad is a genius with that idea!
WOW! 23 DOORS!👏👏👏 They are gorgeous.
"What did you do this summer?"
....."Well, I spent a lot of time stripping"...
Lol
hahahaha a lot of time singing TPain's I'm in love with a Stripper in my head this summer. 😂
My husband and I remodeled my 110 year old house in Logansport, Indiana so we could put it on the market. So, I can definitely sympathize with the amount of work your school house is! It was a much smaller project than yours, but similar work...so, kudos to you for all your labor on those doors! They look amazing!
wow, you're amazing! Loving your videos.
Beautiful
❤😊so cool 😎
Good job. Great video.
💜 Just found your channel. Love the content. I'm looking forward to viewing the rest of your videos. So far in my viewing experience, so far, is that your voice is the only one I completely enjoy listening to. Love your style of giving information, it flows exceptionally well. And honestly enjoy hearing all the details 😁 Much Respect 💜
That is so incredibly kind, thank you!
Keep inspiring