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My Little House Design: DIY: Christmas Paper Wrapped Front Door

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

DIY: Christmas Paper Wrapped Front Door

Last night I did a sort of juvenile thing. I wrapped my front door with Christmas wrapping paper. Yes, it is a bit of dorm room look but I'm all about low cost decorating around here.

mylittlehousedesign.com Christmas paper wrapped front door

I chose plaid wrapping paper and I'm very happy with how it looks. Is it wrinkly? Yes. Does it looks a little childish? Yes. But I'm okay with that. I can't afford a fancy Christmas wreath and I'm waaaaay to impatient to hang Christmas lights (plus I have no electrical outlets on the outside of my house) so this was a low cost way for me to bring a little Christmas cheer to my front porch. I timed the project and it took me just over 30 minutes and cost me around $3 for a roll of wrapping paper (which I still have half of so technically I only used about $1.50 of the roll).

mylittlehousedesign.com front door before

 Bob was thoroughly convinced this was the day I was just going to let him free into the world to explore and sniff to his heart's content. Not today Bob.

I started by putting tape rolls all over the door.

mylittlehousedesign.com using tape rolls to hang the paper

mylittlehousedesign.com using tape rolls to hang the paper

The bottom piece was easy but since I have this little half round window I had to get a little more measure-y. Turns out the paper was thin enough that if I pressed down with my fingernail I got a line that I could cut. Easy!

mylittlehousedesign.com using my fingernail to etch a stencil in the paper

mylittlehousedesign.com Christmas paper wrapped front door

mylittlehousedesign.com Christmas paper wrapped front door

mylittlehousedesign.com Christmas paper wrapped front door

mylittlehousedesign.com Christmas paper wrapped front door

I'm very happy with this project considering it only took 30 minutes and a $1.50... what do you think? Too dorm room-y or is it just retro enough to be cool?

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