New old stuff

The other day I drove to an area of OKC that I never go to. I was picking up some cupcakes from a friend and saw some old doors lying on the sidewalk across the street. There were several things on the sidewalks so it must have been big trash day the next day or something. Anyway, as soon as I saw them, I knew I had to have them. I couldnt tell what they were exactly, I just loved the blue color of paint and how they were already all perfectly distressed. So, I drove back home and told Matt we had to get his bigger SUV and go back immediately to snag the old doors. Here's kind of how they looked when they were lying all stacked up.

I loved the details on them, and each one of them was different. When Matt was loading them into the car, we realized they were old garage door panels. We somehow got all four gigantic doors into the car and drove off, me as happy as could be!

 I decided to hang two of them on the wall where I do all my photo work, aka my wall office. I needed it to look more creative and inspiring. Here's how it turned out. The doors on the back are white, but I loved the blue too much!

One of the panels has glass in it, so we put that one up next to the fireplace. I love it! Here's my new spring mantel also. Layla at The Lettered Cottage inspired me to change my mantel up with the seasons and I really look forward to it. I started last summer and it's like a treasure hunt around the house each time trying to figure out what I'm going to use. I very rarely buy things for the mantel decor, I just switch things around the house.

I want to challenge you to change your mantel today or this week and use only things from around your house to do it! Leave me a comment with your link if you put it up on your blog!