Decorative Woodland Mouse Door

Hello, Hello!! Things have come together great in my daughter’s bedroom, who is now the big 6!! One of her favorite things in the room is this little woodland mouse door. A couple of Halloweens ago I decorated with mice and doors on the stairs. She loved them so much that when I took them down she asked to keep one mouse and one door in her bedroom and of course I said yes. Well, fast forward a couple of months and the paper/glue was pretty tattered so I started looking for a more durable solution.

Luckily, I stumbled upon this little door for $5 at a yard sale. I could have attached it to the wall by the baseboard and been on my merry way. But y’all know I can’t leave well enough alone. I didn’t think the colors looked very good in her neutral bedroom. The door stuck out like a sore thumb and I wanted it to be less “LOOK AT ME” and more”…ohhh, there’s a little mouse door….”

So I did what I usually do when something isn’t quite right. I pulled out the paint!! I used 2 colors of chalk paint and a little liquid gold leaf. I mixed and rubbed randomly until it looked how I wanted it to. Just go for it. It’s chalk paint, so if worse came to worst I could wash it off and start over. I also used black to cover the brown that was on the round window. The yellow glows in the dark so I didn’t want to cover that. Once I had the colors how I wanted I set it aside to dry.

To attach to the wall I put a velcro 3M picture hanging strip on the back and stuck it to the wall. She has pretty chunky molding in here so I just sat it right on op of the quarter round next to her closet.

Isn’t it ADORABLE?! She loves it which means I love it. She sometimes lays down on her tummy and plays with her animals by the door. How sweet, I know!