Going Crazy With Doors

I need two doors for this project.  An entry door to the bathroom, and a door to the closet that also serves as under-the-stairway storage.  Both are rough-trimmed for 36 inches.  So, I have been searching for a couple of free doors.

Early into this project, I found an almost-new door listed in a small town that was, well, a long ways away.  I drove there, but to no avail- she forgot to set it out before leaving for work.  I eventually received the door, though. You can read about it in the Sometimes You Hit Gold...Sometimes You Hit Your Finger post. It was 36 inches wide, and almost new, but it was a six panel door and the other doors in our house are stained, slab doors.

A few days later I found 3 doors at another giveaway.  They were stained brown, and also 36" wide!  (see the same post for this story)

I realized, though, that to hang the doors, I would need all the hardware, including knobs, latches, strikers, and hinges.  I would also need door jambs, or enough lumber to make them.  Finally, I would need casing trim!  And I wasn't finding much casing trim. 

But guess what popped up on Craigslist the other day?  2 stained slab doors, pre-hung, including the trim!  The door knobs are even polished brass, round handles, which means they will match every other interior door knob in the house! 

Unfortunately, they are only 32 inches wide.  So now I have a dilemma.  Do I use the smaller doors, or do I use the jambs, casing and hardware from the smaller doors, along with a couple of extra pieces of casing I did find somewhere, and make it all work?  (Hey, with wood filler and stain/paint, I can make it look nice and you would never notice!)  Decisions.....Decisions....

So until I decide, I guess I will have six doors sitting in my basement.  Oh yeah- the white six panel door?  I have it listed on Craigslist and a rehabber is interested.  I guess I will put that money towards some tile backer board.

Remember that weird sink? I sold it!

A few months ago, in a fit of worry, concerned that the Craigslist free page might never present a sink manufactured within the last four decades, I bought one at auction.  It was wide, with the sink on one end. I knew it was too wide for my bathroom project, but I thought I might cut it or otherwise make it work.  Then I picked it up and realized it was even bigger, and much heavier, than I had imagined!  Every time I saw it sitting on my garage floor I would mutter something in its direction.  No curse words.  Usually something like, "Why did I buy that stupid sink?"

I finally cleaned it up and listed it on the materials page on Craigslist.  I knew it was an odd item and might never sell.  But hey, one way to guarantee it won't sell is to never list it, right?

Then I received an email last week.  Someone was asking about it!  Basically they were asking if it could be used to replace a double sink.  I had never thought of it, but yes!  It would work great to remove the double sink featuring gold glitter from one's 1978 bathroom and put my sink in its place.  It would update the bathroom, as well as add some counter space!

I also listed in the ad that I would deliver the item, for free, to anywhere within 10 miles of my city.  I have found that putting "free delivery" in the listing line of a Craigslist ad is a great way to get your ad noticed.  Sinks are a great example.  There are probably 100 sinks listed every week.  Adding "free delivery" makes my listing stand out.







And lucky for me, it worked.  Someone called, bought the sink, and I delivered it to their grandmother's house about 1 mile away!  The sink is gone, and I have $20!