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By: Nancy, Your Frugal Decorating Diva
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 at http://www.FrugalByDesign.com or email Nancy
at nancy@frugalbydesign.com.
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