your stomach's filled up
but you're starved for conversation
spending all your nights growing old in your bed
and you're tearing up your photos cause you wanna forget
it's over

You're just jealous cause we're young and in love.

you know me
or you think you do
you just dont seem to see
ive been waiting all this time to be
something i can't define.

Year Round Decorating Ideas For The Front Door

The front door of your home is the first thing that visitors will see. You can make a good impression on your guests and visitors by adding some special decorative touches to this area. These decor accents do not have to be elaborate or expensive. Many times just one or two specially selected pieces will go a long way. By decorating the front doorway area you can lend a nice touch to your home, and make your guests feel especially welcomed. Here are some ideas for making the most of your decorating area with ideas to give special pizzaz to your front door.

Hang door garland. This can be in any theme and will cover a large amount of space on the front door. Make sure you choose something that will be relatively weather resistant, and will not fade easily. A garland of fall colored leaves would make a wonderful autumn design. For Christmas, holly or poinsettias could be used to make a similar garland.

Display a large wreath or other floral display with the use of an over-the-door wreath hanger. Try making your own wreath out of natural materials like pine cones. This can be easily accomplished by using a glue gun and adding some decorative floral picks. I usually make my own Christmas wreath by using a pre-made wreath shape, and adding Christmas floral picks or handmade bows. I purchase these inexpensively from the Dollar Store.

Add a door knob hanger. This could be as elaborate as a handmade, one-of-a-kind piece, or as simple as a colored ribbon with bells attached. For seasonal themes, a strand of dried corn or even small fall leaves would make a nice hanger. Snowman and poinsettias would be fun ideas for Christmas or Winter.

Seasonal door decorations are a fun way to decorate the front door. For autumn you could use a fall themed wreath with apples, fall leaves, even tiny pumpkins. Thanksgiving ideas include the cornucopia or dried corn. For the past couple of years, I have used a heavy wrapping paper to “wrap” my front door to look like a present. I usually use a bright red foil paper, then add a handmade wreath.

Glass Doorknobs - Make Your Home Life Sparkle

Once upon a time sparkling, multi-faceted glass doorknobs came standard in new homes. Now about 80 years later these gems are mined like diamonds at salvage yards and flea markets. You can also find reproductions of these beauties at your local hardware store.

Available in a variety of shapes and colors from octagonal, rosette and fluted ones to clear, amber and amethyst ones you can lend any space a little glitter with the enduring beauty of glass doorknobs. These jewels didn't gain popularity until after the United States entered World War I. Metal was saved for the war effort as it was used to build planes and make ammunition. Even though there was a metal shortage there was still plenty of sand around to make glass.

And so began America's love affair with glass doorknobs for their homes. Used both inside and out they added a bit of elegance and beauty that metal could not. Initially most glass knobs were clear and featured six, eight, or 12 facets. Their faces were flat so you could peer inside to see star, bullet, and pin-prick designs molded into their bases. Less common were colored-glass knobs in robin's egg and cobalt blues, emerald, amber, violet, white milk, and Vaseline glass (which got its yellow-green color from adding trace amounts of uranium to the mold.) There were also different shapes from ovals and octagons to rosettes and crystal globes with tiny bubbles inside.

It was easy to find some that added some extra sparkle to your décor. Eventually trends turned back to metal to compliment sleek, industrial interiors, but glass doorknobs are still a cut above the rest. If you have children it is common to put them on less frequently used doors to ensure they will last longer. A closet or perhaps French doors leading to a dining room would be ideal. Always ensuring that your guests will be dazzled by your doorknobs is ideal.

Glass doorknobs also complement many types of décor from sleek and modern to shabby chic and of course Victorian. From pink to white and milky green the soft simple colors of these door knobs is what adds to their allure whether they shimmer like jewels or shine like spring fresh pastels.
Add some pink rosette ones to the white door to your daughter's room and she'll feel like a princess. Try bubbly blue ones on your sea themed bathroom door and you'll feel like Baby Beluga every time you go in or out of there.

These knobs just simply feel good in your hand. Cold and heavy in classic elegant shapes these glass beauties are a lot sexier than their metal counterparts. When you accent areas with defined details like glass door knobs, rooms can be transformed from practical and simple to supple and seductive in a flash. Who doesn't want a home with doors that beg to be opened to reveal the treasure that lies behind them? Relics of the past or modern reproductions, either way glass knobs are becoming a window on great décor.

Enhancing Your Doors With Enclosed Blinds

When you buy your first house, enclosed blinds might not be at the top of your list of most important things to purchase. However, after a few days of no privacy and bright sunlight, you'll start to understand how great enclosed blinds can be.

What are Enclosed Blinds?


Enclosed blinds are more upscale and less frustrating than mini-blinds. Unlike mini-blinds, they sit between two pieces of glass so they're not exposed. Mini-blinds are the most common blinds out there. They're very popular in apartment buildings and rental houses because they're cheap. Mini-blinds are plastic. They're opened with a long chord that frequently gets tangled up. The shutters are opened by turning a rod.

Enclosed blinds are much more user friendly, they last longer, they don't need to be dusted and they're more decorative than mini-blinds. These blinds fit the windows more snuggly because they sit between two layers of glass. They can be opened, closed and tinted by using a tab on the frame. This eliminates all tangled strings.

Because the blinds are placed between glass, they can't get caught in the door or window and they don't get tangled. This is an especially nice feature in high traffic areas of the home. Enclosed blinds attach to an aluminum frame and are most commonly used on doors.

Advantages of Enclosed Blinds


Enclosed blinds share the same benefits as vinyl mini-blinds. They keep out sunlight, which in turn keeps your house cooler. They also give you privacy. Unlike mini-blinds, enclosed blinds don't need to be dusted because they're never exposed to dust. Instead, they sit safely between two pieces of glass.

Finding Enclosed Blinds


You can find enclosed blinds in a variety of different places. Home improvement stores such as Home Depot and Lowes carry enclosed blinds. These places will install your enclosed blinds for a fee. Many enclosed blind buyers install their own blinds because it's a relatively simple process.

Enclosed blinds come in all different colors and can be made to custom fit unusual doors. Before you go shopping for your blinds, measure your door window. You need to measure the height and the width of the door measuring from the center of the screw holes. Your salesperson should be able to tell you if you need custom blinds.

Enclosed blinds are more expensive than mini-blinds. For a full-length door, enclosed blinds cost more than $200. You can find them for about $70 for a door that has a half-piece of glass. This may be expensive, but keep in mind that you'll only need enclosed blinds for doors. You don't have to get them for every outside door in the house, just the high traffic areas. If your family never uses the patio door, you don't need enclosed blinds for the patio. You really only need enclosed blinds for the doors that are most commonly used.