This post was originally published over at I Heart Naptime about a month ago. I’ll be back there on Wednesday with a fun Halloween project!
Also, if you’re interested in attending or ordering something from my upcoming Craft Night, today is the deadline to get your orders in! Hope to see you there!
Today I’d like to talk about some ugly things. They are things we all have in our homes and we allow them to reside there, no questions asked. And we don’t have just one… we have them everywhere we look! Around every corner!
These hideous beasts are these “boing boing” doorstops (official name from here on out).
Ug. They do have one redeeming quality though. Once discovered, they have the ability to keep a scooting/crawling baby entertained for a good 10 minutes (which is 2 hours in adult time). But, other than that, these brassy coiled atrocities are nothing but eyesores.
Today, we shall fix that.
I admit I do have an ulterior motive behind this project. I’ve been needing to replace or move my “boing boing” in my entry way since the genius who installed it had some miscalculations.
See how the front door easily glides right past it?
I didn’t discover this, however, until I hung a mirror behind the door a couple of years ago.
Someone is lucky that I want to refinish that mirror anyway.
Anyway, so I’ve been needing to do something about this situation for quite some time. And what I came up with was easy as pie and took mere minutes!
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What a great idea!So clever!
Something so simple can look so good! Love it!
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SERIOUSLY what an amazing idea! thanks for sharing! saw this post on someday crafts! I’m totally doing this soon.
you would! LOVE it. XO
what a simple and great idea. I am going to copy this for sure. i am a new follower.
such a clever idea. thank you for sharing.
I totally love this and know of at least two that will be going in my home! Thanks so much for sharing.
Such a great idea…PINNING!!!!
Cute project…would have never thought of that! I have a friend who really needs this! There’s proof from the hole in her wall from her door handle.
This is great!!! Now I have an excuse to go to Lowes…like I needed one..lol
Amazing! We are missing a bunch of doorstops and I didn’t want to put up the ugly ones… I’m soooo doing this! Thanks for being fabulous!
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Great idea! I actually need something to keep a door from drifting closed and blocking another door, maybe I could add a magnet to this?
Great idea especially if you have kids :). It also avoids the destruction of the door and walls.
Do you happen to know the length of the fenial? I need one longer than the typical doorstop. Like by an inch and a half.
Thanks
Lisa
Hi Lisa! That one is 4″ long. I think you can get finials in all kinds of different sizes though. Good luck!