DECORATING ON THE PRAIRIE: Knock. Knock.

"DECORATING ON THE PRAIRIE" knocked on the door of opportunity to add some whimsy to this old stone house. With the Holidays ahead, this technique is an easy and affordable way to add seasonal decorating to a room without having to do very much or spend very much.  Just what I need these days.

The first time I heard that a friend of mine (was a Military Wife that moved a great deal) used Christmas Wreaths to hang on her bedroom doors to add CHRISTMAS CHARM and SPIRIT...it made a ding in my memory card that doors are one of the easiest ways to ADD DECORATING PAZAZZ to a HOME.

Coming from a very OLD TRAIN of THOUGHT that a door is a door and nothing more, I advanced from Door 101.  It doesn't take a College Degree to decorate a door.  Praise the Lord!  I swear sometimes I get a decorating block much like a writer gets a writer's block...the no can think factor gets turned on and I have blank thoughts AND hang ups about decorating something so easy as a door.

If you have a love to decorate or you enjoy the finished results of a decorated HOME that's been spruced up for the Holidays or a Celebration, you can easily get excited about decking the place out by adding flare to enhance a place.  It serves a purpose.  

I haven't tired of going into one's HOME and seeing what and how they have chosen to decorate their personal space.  Some are an instant hit.  Others have to grow on me.  Seems like everybody has a style that they favor.  In person or when sneaking a peek by thumbing through a magazine, I have spent hours viewing the interiors of HOMES.  A favored past time.  It relaxes me.   

My Early Attic Period much like Garage Sale Specials Period was long ago before I upgraded and have something new from the furniture shops. Today, I have a mix of new, old and somewhere in between.  That somewhere in between may still have come from a THRIFT STORE or Garage Sale FIND. Sometimes I prefer the thrift finds over mass produced.  One of a kind thrill.

Back to my friend's Christmas Wreaths for the bedroom doors. She'd hang a wreath holder over the door and attach a wreath. WARNING: Beware of the metal part that goes over the top of the door can sometimes dig grooves in the door frame leaving a trail behind when frequently opening and closing the door.  Not pretty and not desired.  The wreath hanger should go on a door that clears the frame or a door that will remain opened.

I took the little green Guest Room door and put clothing hooks that hang over the top of the door on it.  Then placed the flower garland that I bought a few years ago.  

 Just a little whimsy that brings a lot of joy.  

Easy to do.  Easy to change out if my mood changes. 

BLESSINGS to you as our SUMMER slows to a halt and Autumn begins to show signs in the surroundings.  Some changes in the colors of the leaves on the trees are popping up.  Just think...we're 2/3rds of the way through Summer.  Pumpkins will begin to appear on porches and Munchkins will be trick or treating.

For now, I have flowers on the Guest Room Door.
Blessings to you.

Knock. Knock.
Are you there?
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