From old door to fine furniture piece.

[Lbob131]

This  was made from  an old rotten  shed/barn door  and some  rusty  shelving  angle  iron that was  salvaged from a skip  and turned  into this masterpiece    that sold for  £500.

 

[ear3]

500?!  Nice work.  What gauge are the aluminum tracks that you use for the frame?  Also salvaged, or store bought and aged?

EDIT: Sorry, I just reread the first line and realized my question was already answered.

 

[nclemmons]

Wow.  Welcome to the land of vintage.

Imagine what it will bring when it's completed!

 

[Kev]

[eek] I don't know what to say.

 

[Ajax]

I'd like to meet the buyer.  I have a bunch of rusty/knotty old shelves in my basement that I ripped out that could be his next "masterpiece".

 

[bobfog]

To put a little bit more meat on the bone here:

Firstly there is a huge market in the UK for these one off pieces that are made from reclaimed materials. In recent years reclaimed materials have been the fashionable trend and at the moment the overtly distressed look is also "in". Like clothes fashion it's not about whether you look good or even like what you are wearing, it's about being on-trend.

This piece was a project on the BBC show "Money For Nothing" where the TV presenter goes to the local dump, gets things out of the back of people's cars (with their permission) before they throw them into the waste pile and takes her haul to local craftsman for them to make something out of the junk. Being a TV show the sale price of the furniture is often inflated compared with real life, as certain businesses that regularly feature are paying more for the mention of their name; or individuals are prepared to pay a higher price for the bragging rights of being on TV and showing just how cool they are buying these "statement pieces".

In real life, without the backing of a TV show, I don't think such a piece of furniture would regularly sell for anywhere near as much as £500.

 

[mattfc]

£500... there is a new breed of person we can thank for this, the lesser spotted Hipster - they look like real men with their big beards, but are likely to be seen eating quinoa and falafel salad than chopping a tree down [big grin]

 

[Lbob131]

Well spotted bobfog.
I probably posted this  in the wrong section. Not my work of course.
I'm so  "off trend" I'd never  think  of  removing  the ole rotten doors  on my workshop  and sawing  them up to make a sideboard  cabinet.
I didn't think peoples  standards  had dropped that low.
Perhaps it is indeed  the era we live in.

 

[Kev]

In real life, without the backing of a TV show, I don't think such a piece of furniture would regularly sell for anywhere near as much as £500.

I beg to differ ..

Pick your local Ebay and look as some of the furniture items ... in Oz "workbench" is a classic thing you'll find stupidly priced. I tripped over this when thinking it'd be cool to pick up an old woodworking bench and refurbish it ... I found several and watched them go for crazy prices relative to what they were realistically worth as work benches.

Now maybe the general business prices aren't as inflated as TV show amplified prices, but they're still stupid prices (and "auction frenzy" doesn't help either).

 

[bobfog]

In real life, without the backing of a TV show, I don't think such a piece of furniture would regularly sell for anywhere near as much as £500.

I beg to differ ..

Pick your local Ebay and look as some of the furniture items ... in Oz "workbench" is a classic thing you'll find stupidly priced. I tripped over this when thinking it'd be cool to pick up an old woodworking bench and refurbish it ... I found several and watched them go for crazy prices relative to what they were realistically worth as work benches.

Now maybe the general business prices aren't as inflated as TV show amplified prices, but they're still stupid prices (and "auction frenzy" doesn't help either).

In general you're right, Kev. But I had the benefit of watching this episode, the construction and the raw materials that went into it and trust me this was not a £500 piece of furniture.