Updating Basic Sliding Doors

Our home is a standard Henley builder's house, so there is very little architectural interest.  Upstairs next to the bathroom is a very basic and boring little linen cupboard with basic, plain sliding doors.

There's nothing wrong with them - they are just boring.  To add some interest, I cut strips of timber the same width as the doors and glued them on.  I had to use 4mm thick timber as the doors would not slide behind each other if I used thick moulding.

This looked good but it was still a little plain.  I have seen some pretty vinyl bird decals and I thought one of these might add some interest, but I couldn't find one I liked and then I remembered seeing Cottage Hill's pretty bird pie safe and I thought I could use the same idea on my linen cupboard.

So with a picture of a bird on a branch as my guide, I free hand painted a tree branch using Jo Sonia's burnt umber acrylic paint.  I only painted inside one section of the door as I wanted this to be a small feature.

Then I used mod podge to add two birds from The Graphics Fairy and some pink blossom clip art.  I chose to use the red robin graphic as the first ever follower I had on this blog (other than my mum) was Robynne from Robynne's Nest.  This way whenever I see it I think of all the friendships and inspiration that comes from reading blogs.

So my linen cupboard has gone from this

to this

At first I was worried that the birds were a bit much, but now I really like it.

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