. To Lucy & her question about beaded doorways.... - Big Big Forums

Jolie Rouge · 04-30-2003, 12:32 AM

Get a piece of wood about 1 inch wide by a 1/2 inch thick by the length across the doorway you want to put it. Then use fishing cord or wire or whatever they call it. It's stronger than string & would take more punishment of people pushing it aside to get through the doorway.

Use medium to large beads for a doorway. You can pick out your own design & pattern of the beads that you want to use. String the beads on the fishing cord in the pattern that you like & make it a length from the top of the doorway to the floor or however long you want to make it.

To secure the ends tie the end of the cord around the first bead & knot it securely & continue beading until the end & tie & knot the last bead the same as the first. After you have 2 or 3 strings of beads test by holding them up in the doorway to see exactly how close or how far apart you want the strands. It might be easier to do this with help from someone else so that 1 person can hold the strands while you see how you want them.

Once you’ve made up your mind about how close the strands will be you
can drill small holes in the wood. You drill 1 hole in each spot as
far apart as you want the strands across the length of the wood. You
should also leave extra cording at the end of each strand so that when
you are done with all the strands you can tie them through the holes
on the wood.

Once you have tied all the strands to the wood you can tuck & clip any extra cording showing & then attach the wood to the top of the doorway with nails or screws.

The reason that a flatter piece of wood is suggested because you put it with it’s flat side along the inside of the door frame & not attach it on the outside of the door frame. This way you see the beaded doorway but you don’t really notice the wood that it’s attached to.