Doorways Home

David and I took part in a charity event last week- the Doorways Home Auction.

"This event takes 1950’s era doors and medicine cabinets from the Housing Authority demolition of Griff King, puts them into the hands of talented Texarkana area artists, and the results are auctioned off to raise funds for the Texarkana Homeless Coalition to support events and activities designed to minimize homelessness in our area."

This is the second year for Doorways Home. We had 25 doors and 7 medicine cabinets painted, mosaic-ed, feathered, and completely reworked in to beautiful pieces of "art".

David and I redesigned two doors. We went for more of a "functional" design rather than a piece of art. The "Command Center" was something we thought someone could use in their home or even in a classroom.

 We attached a magnetic, dry erase calendar, a corkboard, mail slot, four buckets holding pens, sticky notes, push pins and chalk along with a fun chalkboard.

Our second door is a "Herb Garden". We truly enjoy our herb garden and when I found this idea on Pinterest, I knew it would make a great door!

We attached mason jars to the door with pipe clamps (found in the duct work area at Lowes) and then labeled each herb with a chalkboard tag. We  planted basil, parsley, oregano, spearmint, rosemary, sage, cilantro, peppermint, and stevia. This one was a hit and had everyone talking!

We had a great turn out for the auction. The President of our Chamber of Commerce was our auctioneer (and no, we don't all dress in the cowboy get-up here in Texas).

Overall it was a great event. We were able to raise over $6,000 to help the Texarkana Homeless Coalition.


Linking Up with Five Days 5 Ways Friday Free for All and Remodelaholics Anonymous  

The Doors of Ukraine

We had a wonderful time in Ukraine visiting my brother-in-law and celebrating our first anniversary. Matt has been there for the past two years teaching English with the Peace Corps. We started in the capital, Kiev, and then went to Dnipropetrovsk, which is a larger town near where Matt has been living. We then spent three days in Odessa which is a lovely town on the coast of the Black Sea and then spent a day in Verhnyodniprovsk, the small town that Matt lives and teaches in, before traveling back to Kiev to fly home.

I have always had a thing for doors and windows when I travel! I was glad to see I was not the only person to snap tons of pictures of doors in foreign cities. Meredith at Welcome to Heardmont posted about The Doors of Paris from her recent trip abroad and it inspired me to do a post of the Doors of Ukraine.

I had my camera around my neck the entire trip and got a few crazy looks from my husband and brother-in-law as I snapped photo after photo of doors and windows. But these photos turned out to be some of my favorite pictures from the trip!

The Doors of Ukraine

The Windows of Ukraine

Which door is your favorite? Window?
 My favorite is the royal blue door and the green window!

This is not a door or window but I thought it was pretty!