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Pinwheel Bouquet Tutorial & Curb Appeal Challenge

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Hi Friends,  It’s week 2 of the curb appeal mini challenge and I have a fun tutorial of a pinwheel summer door hanger to share with you!

Great tutorial and super Cute Pinwheel Bouquet for the front door!

It’s been fun to see everyone’s homes from the outside and to see that we all have challenge areas.

If you read my post from last week, you probably remember that I have a newly built home.   Because the house is new,  it does have some aesthetic appeal to start with but the lazy owners (me) have been neglecting the landscaping and front porch.

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Changing out Shrubs to Add Curb Appeal

I started the week by moving around some poorly placed bushes, replacing dead bushes and cleaning out the weeds.   I won’t go too much into that because it was every bit as much fun as it sounds.
After the shrub shuffle and bonus farmers tan, I moved on to painting my bench and front door.

Painting the Front Door

From the photos, you may think my front door is just fine and doesn’t need a change.   You would be right.   But I was tired of it and wanted something new so it was time for a color change.   Plus, the sun has started to fade the red and it is becoming very orangey.  That is what I told my husband anyway.   I am pretty sure he was on to my bogus door excuse but chose to ignore the nonsense for fear it would just lead to more conversations about possible colors, shades, hues and undertones.  Not that he hasn’t learned to sleep with his eyes open when I break out the color deck but I am pretty sure he would rather avoid the conversation all together if he can.  Poor guy, that doesn’t happen very often.

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Painting the door was easy.   But I struggled to get the shade I was looking for.   The sun hitting the door made most of my samples look too bright.    I played around with several shades and lived with a very colorful door for a couple of days.   After buying 2 different outdoor paint colors and painted the door 4 times and I decide to combine them and make my own color.   I like it now.   What do you think?

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Pinwheel Bouquet Door Decoration

 

Pinwheel Bouquet Tutorial & Curb Appeal Challenge Week Two

I also worked on something summery and welcoming for the front door.  While I was at the store I saw these pinwheels and thought a bouquet of them would make an inviting front door.
The pinwheels were a few dollars each.   Since buying a bouquet’s worth would get pricy, I figured I would just make them.

Pinwheel Bouquet Tutorial & Curb Appeal Challenge Week Two

(Please see my note below for changes I would make if I were to make these again.)

I rounded up the supplies…

Pinwheel Supplies

3/16 Wooden Dowel Rods
Long Pearlized Pins
Fabric
Cardstock
Spray adhesive
Glue

I created 3 star shaped templates (Small, Medium and Large)

Pinwheel Bouquet Tutorial & Curb Appeal Challenge Week Two
I used spray adhesive to adhere the fabric to the cardstock and then cut out my shapes (see note below for changes I would make)

Pinwheel Bouquet Tutorial & Curb Appeal Challenge Week Two
I then drilled a tiny hole into the dowel rods.
To make the pinwheel, you pull every other tip of the star into the center and secured it with the long pin. I then put the pin through the hole in the dowel rod and bent the back of the pin to secure.   Since these were for decoration, I added some glue to the back for extra security.

Pinwheel Bouquet Tutorial & Curb Appeal Challenge Week Two

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To build the door hanger, I started with an old metal basket I got from a thrift shop.

Pinwheel Bouquet Tutorial & Curb Appeal Challenge Week Two

I sprayed the metal basket navy blue and added some floral foam inside.

Pinwheel Bouquet Tutorial & Curb Appeal Challenge Week Two

I then start with adding white hydrangeas. I am adding the white flowers a filler backdrop for my pinwheels.

Pinwheel Bouquet Tutorial & Curb Appeal Challenge Week Two

Pinwheel Bouquet Tutorial & Curb Appeal Challenge Week Two

Pinwheel Bouquet Tutorial & Curb Appeal Challenge Week Two

Once my basket is full of the white flowers, all that is left to do is place my pinwheels.

 

What do you think? Cute?

Pinwheel Bouquet Tutorial & Curb Appeal Challenge Week Two

I am sure I will fuss with it over the next few days because I can’t leave anything alone but for now I kind of like it.

Note:  After I made this yesterday, I got to thinking that if I were to do it again I would use all fabric for the pinwheels.  I would fuse the two layers of fabric with Heavy-Duty Wonder-Under.  This would bond the layers and make it stiff enough to hold its shape.  In the end I think this may help the pinwheels to last a few seasons.  If you are worried about fading, you can pick up a uv ray block spray for fabric and that should help.  🙂

So coming up this week I need to tackle the house numbers, sew pillows for my bench, make a welcome sign and work on planters. Oh goodness that is starting to sound like a lot of work.   Well, we will see how far I get.

Curb Appeal Project List

  • Replace dead bushes, Clean up landscaping & Add flowers
  • Clean up Porch
  • Paint Porch Bench White
  • Add DIY planters, Pillows and Fun décor
  • Create some sort of Welcome Sign for the Porch
  • Add Decorative House Numbers
  • Add Landscape Lighting
  • Paint the Front Door
  • Create a Wreath or Door decoration
  • Fix the faded Garage Side Lights

In case you missed a week , here are the links to all the weeks of the challenge…

Week 1 , The Curb Appeal Challenge Begins Week 2 , Pinwheel Bouquet Tutorial Week 3, Easy Upcycled Porch Planter Week 4, Displaying House Numbers Creatively Week 5, Curb Appeal Challenge Reveal….Welcome Home Porch Décor

Follow along as 12 bloggers tackle projects that all add curb appeal to their homes. Pinwheel Bouquet Tutorial & Curb Appeal Challenge Week Two Quick and easy porch planter upcycled from an old Martha Washington sewing cabinet. Make your house address more visible by adding your house numbers in your Landscape. This project is part of the 5 week Curb Appeal Challenge. Final reveal of the 5 week curb appeal challenge.

Now check out the week 2 projects from the other curb appeal challengers.  I can’t wait to see what they have been up to…

Simple Nature Decor

Seeking Lavender Lane

The Deans List

 Mom Home Guide

Curly Crafty Mom

My Life From Home

Lehman Lane

Knock It Off Kim

A Designer At Home

Our House now a Home ‎

 

Happy Creating,
Jenny Kavanagh

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Great tutorial and super Cute Pinwheel Bouquet for the front door!

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  2. Absolutely the cutest front door I have seen! Love the color and the pinwheels are beautiful. Will definitely try this…thanks for the step by step turorial.

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  4. Wow! I love your pin wheel door decor and your front porch makeover looks beautiful. Thank you for sharing at the Talented Tuesday link party. I’m featuring your pinwheel door wreath . Have a lovely week, Kim

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  10. Jenny, I absolutely love the color of your front door. Your pin~wheel project is so cute. I confess I would have just bought the pin~wheels. Thanks for sharing this cute project at Your Inspired Design Link Party.

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  13. Lovely Jenny! I’m loving that blue you made, your door looks super! The pinwheel bouquet is a great idea, the tin basket is so cute as well!

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  14. Hey there friend…how did I miss this? I love the pinwheel bouquet…think I’ll need to whip one up for the upcoming holiday. And I will follow your suggestion to do it with all fabric. Thanks for that tip.
    You are right, there was nothing wrong with your door color, but that pale blue/green is really a lovely shade. I can’t see what you have up your sleeve next!
    Wishing you a lovely weekend.
    Hugs, LYnn

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  20. I love the sound of this challenge. Go for it. I’m loving the pinwheels. They look awesome and your guide makes them look easy enough too.

    Sally @ Life Loving
    #WAYWOW

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  23. I love how you just made your own pinwheels, isn’t it great being a DIY blogger? Then you’re in charge of the patterns, paper, etc. I really love the hydrangeas as a background to them, so pretty! Also, I just LOVE that door color… I do love red doors, but this color really works with the house better and brightens it up!

    Carrie
    curlycraftymom.com

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    • Aww thank you so much Carrie. I really appreciate you saying that because I struggled with changing the red door. I am a red door fan . I like how you lightened your door too! With our porches, having that door lightened really helps it to stand out.
      Have a great week Carrie
      -Jenny

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  28. Very cute! I’ve never attempted to make pinwheels but it seems easy enough. Visiting from Creative Muster party.

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