# Help Me Think of Something to Do With A Door, Please! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 2, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-something-to-do-with-a-door-please/519753 "2009-12-02T20:43:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wisthekiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wisthekiller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wisthekiller)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-something-to-do-with-a-door-please/519753/1 "2009-12-02T20:43:52Z")
Recently we switched the old front door for a new one. The old one is a steel(wood with a steel covering) door and in pretty good shape. Anyone have any good ideas? As long as no one, or just me, gets hurt it’s probably acceptable presuming it’s legal. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-something-to-do-with-a-door-please/519753/2 "2009-12-02T20:44:52Z")
You could make a brooch! Or a hat! Or a pterodactyl! (Sorry, I got nothing. Except maybe either a table or a really big sled.) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-something-to-do-with-a-door-please/519753/3 "2009-12-02T20:49:20Z")
You can use it for a table. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-something-to-do-with-a-door-please/519753/4 "2009-12-02T20:52:06Z")
You could make a roadrunner trap. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-something-to-do-with-a-door-please/519753/5 "2009-12-02T21:00:30Z")
You could use it as a practice door so you’ll be ready whenever confronted with a real one. ---
**Author:** ![SylverOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-something-to-do-with-a-door-please/519753/6 "2009-12-02T21:04:11Z")
Drill holes in each end, run some rope through, and make a really REALLY big tree swing. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-something-to-do-with-a-door-please/519753/7 "2009-12-02T21:22:59Z")
A really big cribbage board. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-something-to-do-with-a-door-please/519753/8 "2009-12-02T21:25:01Z")
Make it a jar. ---
**Author:** ![Wisthekiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wisthekiller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wisthekiller)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-something-to-do-with-a-door-please/519753/9 "2009-12-02T21:25:56Z")
I dont mind if its stupid or destructive for reference. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-something-to-do-with-a-door-please/519753/10 "2009-12-02T21:29:08Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Make it a jar. :D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-something-to-do-with-a-door-please/519753/11 "2009-12-02T21:29:55Z")
Make a toboggan. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-something-to-do-with-a-door-please/519753/12 "2009-12-02T21:31:34Z")
I wonder if MsRobyn is going to post to this thread? ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-something-to-do-with-a-door-please/519753/13 "2009-12-02T21:35:14Z")
Cut a door-sized hole in the wall, mount the door to the studs, and install trim. When guests ask to use the powder room, direct them to that door. When they can’t open it, laugh hysterically while pointing at them and slapping your knee. Then, clean up the puddle of urine on the floor. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-something-to-do-with-a-door-please/519753/14 "2009-12-02T21:35:39Z")
In my teen years, I had a desk made from a door. The door rested on two stacks of three [flue liners](http://home.fuse.net/mbunte/FlueLinerPicture/FlueLiner_small.jpg)so that the flue liners made drawers/cubbyholes. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-something-to-do-with-a-door-please/519753/15 "2009-12-03T08:48:24Z")
Take two filing cabinets, of the same height. Place door on top of filing cabinets. You now have a very useful desk. You might need to paint or otherwise decorate the door, but this is a very useful desk. When we hosted D&D games, we had a door that we placed on the coffee table, in order to make a large table with room enough for everyone. I suppose a door could also be placed on a regular table, to make a larger table. A tablecloth helps a lot. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-something-to-do-with-a-door-please/519753/16 "2009-12-03T12:11:24Z")
Build a frame for it and put it in the middle of your backyard, a field, or somewhere random. This will be a good existential puzzle for passersby. Then wait and see if anyone builds a house around it. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-something-to-do-with-a-door-please/519753/17 "2009-12-03T12:40:53Z")
Donate it on [www.freecycle.org](http://www.freecycle.org) to some needy, doorless individual. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-something-to-do-with-a-door-please/519753/18 "2009-12-03T12:42:07Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Take two filing cabinets, of the same height. Place door on top of filing cabinets. You now have a very useful desk. You might need to paint or otherwise decorate the door, but this is a very useful desk. > **SNIP** I once saw exactly what you are describing in an attorney’s office; I might be making one for myself in the near future. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-something-to-do-with-a-door-please/519753/19 "2009-12-03T16:46:34Z")
Collect three or four more doors and connect them edge to edge for a nifty room divider. I used to frequent a bar that had a wall constructed of doors. About a 20’ ceiling and they had assembled the doors jigsaw puzzle style. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-something-to-do-with-a-door-please/519753/20 "2009-12-03T16:50:11Z")
Donate it to Habitat for Humanity recycling program. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-something-to-do-with-a-door-please/519753.md?page=2)