How to create closet doors with special effects!
How to create closet doors with special effects!
When it comes to inexpensive decorating ideas, coming up with ideas that don?t cost much and which also make a significant and creative impact can be a challenge. Here are some ideas that you can use in any room, at little expense and effort, and become the envy of your neighbors. Your family members and visitors will think you?re the cleverest decorator in town. All of these ideas are also lots of fun to put into play. These are win-win propositions.
Closet doors are everywhere. Some open up into the room, making for wasted living space and rather plain viewing. Sliding closet doors don?t infringe on living space as much, but these are still ordinarily Plain-Jane. While you may not be up to painting the entire room to spruce it up, cast your eye on that relatively small expanse of closet door space. Think of this door as a canvas. There are a variety of treatments you can apply that will create an integrated look to your room as well as a quite interesting focal point.
One of the coolest ways to dress up a closet door is to paint your own mural, for a frescoed effect. You don?t need to be a professional artist, just be creative and have fun. Kids absolutely love using this ?canvas? to paint a picture in acrylics on their bedroom closet door. When it?s time for a change, give that door a coat of white primer and you?re ready to go again with a new design.
Another unusual treatment is the collage effect. This idea works well in bathrooms, bedrooms and kitchens. Whatever your room theme, get out your old magazines and start snipping similar items for your collage materials. Garden catalogs are also a good resource. You can cover the door entirely, or create a frame around the sides. If you choose frame effect, consider painting the closet door a shade that?s different from the walls and coordinates well with your collage theme. To waterproof and seal your collage seams, apply a coat of varathane. Should you decide to change your look down the road, a little sandpaper and elbow grease makes your door ready for a new work of art.
If you?ve got plain sliding closet doors, you can mirror them to create an illusion of spaciousness and then dress them up by trimming the perimeters with beads, trims, sequins or found objects, such as tiny seashells or pinecones ? just use items that are small enough to allow easy opening. All you need is a glue gun.
Our last idea is terrific in the kitchen. If you?ve got a pantry closet door that?s too plain, add some pizzazz with a themed wallpaper. Form a frame to the door with molding, which you can stain or paint, according to your taste. Shop for a jazzy wallpaper which blends well with your countertop tiles or existing wallpaper.
Giving a shoestring-priced lift to any room doesn?t get any easier!
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