Ms. Mer and her gal pals went to a junk show in Loveland Colorado about a year ago. Mer has been looking for an authentically old solid wood door for some time. Well she found one. The price made her cringe but she bought it anyway.
This thing was about 7 feet tall and solid very beautiful wood underneath the paint, I almost hated to cut it up. As I was about half way through this build Mer told me it was quite what she thought it would be, but it turned out awesome in the end.
Here is her write up about it on her Tumbleweed FB page.
“I’m in love with my new antique door headboard and really just want to share what I accomplished with chalk paint. This was a six panel solid door cut down to fit a queen bed. We added 2X4 supports to each end under the door, then framed the 3 sides out with 1X4s. I picked out some beautiful embellished molding and added crown molding along with a 1X6 at the top.
Wood glued, air nailed, sealed up all crevices. The first coat was painted with General Finishes Empire Gray, then here and there in the pieces with Vintage Market Chateau, and topped it off with two thin coats of Dixie Belle Fluff. I gave it a light sanding then wet distressed to bring some of the gray layers through. The panels and molding were dressed up with Dixie Belle Grunge Glaze, the funnest part. Two coats of Dixie Belle Gator for the finishing touch to help protect all this work for the long run. In 
I cant wait to finish the rest of the bed frame this week!!!!
