What an eyesore!!! The most recent fix came while I was painting my front entry from blue to white, I pristinely repaired the dent by painstakingly adding layers off spackle and sanding until I could no longer see any evidence of a dent on my wall. It was perfect; for one week. When the door handle yet again found its way into my wall. Unfortunately, many children do not understand the fine art of opening and closing doors with any level of grace. I have kids in and out of my house constantly, between my own kids, their friends and my niece and nephews, I had no hope of keeping my beautiful handiwork in a pristine condition. That’s when I devised a plan...
I was going to make my own door stopper. My best girlfriend had just completed updating her flooring with a beautiful hardwood. She sequestered her husband to cut me a small circle from one of the left over scraps. I used my favourite Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in “Old White” and a fine detail brush to write the words, “For Hard Knocks,” that’s what this was for, after all; Hard Knocks and Dents! I used the wooden end of the brush to dot the edges of the disc and painted the unfinished wood Old White.
Next came the difficult task of attaching to the wall. I didn’t want a screw or a nail to throw off the design of the door stop, so I used my trusty crazy glue. I waited months to write this blog, for fear that it might fall off of the wall. Believe it or not, it is still adhered to my front entry wall. I held in place for 3 minutes after applying crazy glue and then taped it for 24 hours to ensure its bond.
I feel that this looks much better than the dented wall...now to decide what colour to paint the back of my door....please feel to comment below if you have any questions, concerns or you just liked this Big Idea! Thanks for reading!!
