Super cool old door turned into a coffee table~

My incredibly nice neighbor and friend Emmie asked me if I'd like to have an old door that she found as she was cleaning out of  her family's garage. I was WAY excited of course because I have been searching for a good old hardwood door for some time now.  I wanted to turn it into a coffee table for the front room. It's big and will work for puzzles, games and make a good foot rest for a lot of people. Plus I just think it looks cool:)  

I had the door sitting in the garage for a week trying to figure out a good way to make a base. I have a few different styles of legs that I've salvaged from other tables, but the styles didn't seem to match the door. When it came down to it, I decided I wanted something similar to the base that was already on my other coffee table...only longer so it wouldn't look weird.  I was thinking about ways to re-create it when I noticed that the base actually comes apart and the middle board is just a 2X4 with a few cuts in the end of it.  SA-WEET!!  I could just replace it with a longer 2X4!!! Way less work than I was anticipating, especially since The Joe made the cuts on the 2X4 for me:) Thanks Love.

I unscrewed the top and took the base apart.

Painted the new, longer 2X4 black to match and put it back together.

This is a pic with the smaller base. My son and Nephews helped me take the hinges off of the door. They love taking things apart. 

I wanted to add a little bit of a personal touch so I created a vinyl stencil.

I sanded off quite a bit of the paint to age it.

I LOVE the hardware on the door!!

I'm so excited and The Joe has mentioned a few times how much he loves it as well. 

Thanks so much for the door Emmie!! You are the best!