Are you tired of the plain, boring doors that are so common for bedrooms
and bathrooms? What can be done to spruce them up without replacing
them? LOTS of things! Some really, really easy ideas - some needed moderate
skills, here are a few ideas for changing your door faces:
1. Rattan mats stapled to the door work for a tropical or seaside decor.
(I also saw these used on ceilings to hide popcorn ceilings.)
2. Moulding mitered into rectangles, nailed or stapled to the door,
and then the whole thing painted looks like doors commonly found as
front doors.
3. If you do the above, you can paint a design inside the moulding
box you made, or use wallies or wallpaper designs cut to fit.
4. Even if you DON'T do the above, you can paint a design on the door,
or use wallies or wallpaper.
5. I want to hide some of my doors - I mean that I want them to disappear
into the wall. I saw this done by removing the door moulding, then painting
or wallpapering the door to match the wall it sits on.
6. You can use wood cut outs glued to the door. I saw some very nice
wood scrolling at Lowes. You can also do themes cut outs - sports stuff,
cats, southwestern designs, apples - ANYTHING!
7. You can nail lattice to the door, then frame it out (or do the framing
first, then attach - either way).
8. You can glue any "paper" you want to the door in collage-fashion
- postcards, seed packs, book pages, old advertising, photos )or copies
of photos), maps, wrapping paper, scrapbook paper....anything paper.
9. You can cover the door with peel and stick mirrors.
10. Attach a curtain rod to the top of the door. Hang a curtain and
gather the center with the curtain tie back style of your choice.
Ok, I am now in dire need of DOING one of these things and not just
writing about it!
About The Author
Nancy, the Frugal Decorating Diva, substitutes creativity for money
- and comes up with a better result. Read more about how to do that
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