- An old door makes an ideal surface for a table or desk. Simply remove the hardware, sand off any rough edges and lay the door across a set of carpenter horses. Paint everything to match and, voila, you've got an entrance table. Of course, you can get much more elaborate from there, sawing the door down to a preferred size, installing legs a bit more fashionable than saw horses or even laying it atop a set of filing cabinets, with leg room in the middle, to create a desk. Make sure the top surface of the desk is compatible for writing, as many of the older doors have ornate surfaces that would leave grooves in your paper.
- Spruce up a boring corner with an old door fashioned into a corner shelving unit. Cut the door in half lengthwise, attaching two of the sides together with hinges or other brackets to form a very tall, thin triangle. Install wedge-shaped shelves in between the triangle's angle, cut from wood or other materials that goes with the door style. You'll end up with a very kitschy and perhaps even kooky corner shelving unit which can be painted to match any decor and set to showcase all your equally kooky knickknacks.
- Old doors also work well out in the yard, either laying on their side or standing tall propped against a fence or structure. You can add an immediate blast of color to the yard if you paint the door with bright, geometric designs and prop it behind a drab set of bushes or next to a boring cement wall. Doors also work as a display board for smaller yard art items, such as hanging demon figurines or small ironwork roadrunners. If the door ever bores you as yard art, you can always lay it across a couple of stumps or large rocks to create an impromptu bench. Just add cushions and you're good to go.
