Screen Door Frame

AHHHHHH, Summer is HERE! YES!YES!YES! We have been having so much fun. A ride-along last night with my hubby was an unexpected adventure to say the LEAST! He is my knight in shining armor! I have a deep appreciation for those firefighters who are willing to put their lives on the line at any given second!

Caleb is in Alaska and our home has been bustling with our daughter's friends that are so much fun to be with. Let's see, this morning they made pancakes for us, Lauriss washed her daddy's car and then we had the most delightful water fight! I finally got Lauriss when she least expected it...and she got me right back when I least expected it...IN THE HOUSE!





All that to say...don't you love summer? It is the light breeze in the trees, the warm deck wood on bare feet, the smell of dirt that has been watered to keep the plants happy and the fountain filled to the brim with fresh water for the little birdies who adore their morning bath!

Not sure why I love screen doors, but I do! Not the metal ones, but the old wood ones that creeeek and squeak! Maybe I watched too many episodes of the Waltons...but I always imagine my hubby and I in the South sippin' on lemonade...late into the night out on a moonlit porch...taking in the last bit of a long day. We would kiss goodnight...open the screen door and let it close behind us...only to do it all over again the next night!!! BUT, since there is something called reality I decided to make a frame so we can be reminded of a dream that might just be a reality one day! If not here, I am pretty sure there will be squeaky screen doors in heaven and lemonade!

how to...make a screen door frame: {an old Mary Engelbreit craft idea}

Materials:

a frame

two knobs...I used flat bottomed glass knobs

two screw eyes

a staple gun

a glue gun

screen mesh material {This is going under "frugal" because I got the mesh for $2 from Home Depot because it had been opened! YAY!}

embellishments...sea shells, clothespins, ribbons, wire etc...

Directions:



1. Remove glass and metal flaps {that keep glass in place} from frame.




2. Paint your frame



3. After paint is dry...be patient!!! you will want to staple screen mesh to the back of your frame.



4. Then you will want to embellish. Screw in the screw eye hooky thing-a-ma-jigs and get creative from there. Last but not least: glue gun the glass knobs to the bottom. THAT IS IT!







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