Decorate Your Doors Author:Edie Stockstill Door decorating isn't confined to wreaths anymore! From the front door to the back door and all the doors in between--those to bedrooms, bathrooms, and closets, on cupboards, cabinets, and armories--every door in the house can be embellished, enhanced, and enjoyed! — Use a wide range of techniques to give a plain door a complete makeover or just ... more »a minor facelift. Forty different projects are shown in vivid full color, and include a host of original ideas in both traditional and contemporary styles. The degree of difficulty of each is indicated, making it easy to choose a design or technique suited to your ability. Even a complete beginner can brighten a laundry room door with a whimsical clothesline full of dolls' clothes, or create an intriguing collage of paper cutouts. More experienced crafters can use copper tooling and gemstones to add the sparkle of the sun and stars, or a springtime-fresh lattice door covered with flowers. For more challenging projects, decorate with wood cutouts in country of Southwestern styles.
Step-by-step instructions explain the basics of painting, stenciling, antiquing, gold leafing, marblelizing, and other methods used to add pizzazz and interest to the most overlooked parts of a home's decor. Add a mouthwatering slice of refreshing watermelon to the regrigerator, or use a rooms's wallpaper motif on a closet. Make a delightful door with a view by adding a fake window, or create seasonal motifs for different times of the year. Banners, curtains, wreaths and garlands, painted gourds, and more can all be used with enchanting results. Make unique handles, knobs, and tassels using beads, charms, costume jewelry, clay and other materials for wonderful finishing details.
Give visitors a taste of the warmth and style contained in a home or room before they set foot inside. For, as they say, "You never get a second chance to make a first impression," and with a decorated door, that first impression is bound to be a good one!« less
Very good ideas and help on decorating doors from kitsch to wonderful Pennsylvania Dutch painting. Great patterns and illustrations. Would be very helpful if you want to do handpainting.