There are reclaimed door coat trees and then there are reclaimed door coat trees. Some folks just slap a small table or seat to the front of a door, throw some hooks up and call it a day. We had to choose the complicated method for our first try. A bench made from two doors.

Oh, don’t get me wrong. The process is worth it. At least I think so. But then I also thought this would only take one person half a day. Well, maybe not including the learning curve.

It took longer. Firstly, we really did like the chippy paint, so we decided to keep it. Five coats of polyurethane later, that paint was in place! Then the cut door started coming apart, so that had to be fixed. Finally, the bench had to be structurally sound so when someone goes to sit on it, they don’t fall on their arse.

At the end of the day (or two), it came out great! The next one might just have a table or ready-to-go bench attached though.

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