Cool Dudes

Stop in and see us because you just never know what kind of characters you will run into while visiting The Blue Door.

Does this dude resemble Joe Camel or what?

His act is a little dated, but he was still good for a laugh or two.

Acrylics by Dewayne Williams

No sooner than we announce our first artist's paintings here at The Blue Door, another walks through the door. And what a contrast it is with the first one, which is a great thing in our minds. Introducing the acrylic paintings by a young local artist, Dewayne Williams. He has a very unique style and we found it very interesting that he sets all of his work on fire to set the paints when he is done. Awesome!

Watercolors by Georgie Speers

The Blue Door is proud to announce that we are carrying some watercolor paintings from local artist, Georgie Speers. She has quite a refreshing and detailed way of working with watercolors that you are sure to love. As a big bonus, she is VERY reasonably priced! Don't miss out on your chance to get one of these beauties. 

Open Mic Nights

A local sister and brother duo, Jesse and Ben Ayers, teamed up with band mate - Greg Singer - and The Blue Door owner - Jim Messerli - to do a cover of Angel From Montgomery at The Blue Door on August 19. They were just a sampling of the entertainment for our Open Mic Night, which included some poetry and book readings. 


Some more videos from that night can be found here and there are more videos from other events on our Facebook Video page.


If you are a local musician (Middle Tennessee or beyond) and would like to come perform at our place, feel free to contact us. 

Taking Our Best Shot

You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take.  ~Wayne Gretzky

My husband (Jim) and I (Lee) have been talking about opening our own business for at least 13 years. In May of this year, he found a perfect building for lease at a good price (it was a fixer-upper) in our little downtown area and we finally decided to bite the bullet and see what happens. 


Ladies and Gentlemen,
I give to you ..... THE BLUE DOOR. (official before and after photos)

What a difference some hard work and a few months makes.

What you see here are my children helping out with the initial building cleanup (before) and a full house at our second open mic night a little over a week ago (after).


I can hear you asking, "What is The Blue Door?"


Here's the short version, complete with a disclaimer that The Blue Door is primarily an organically evolving work in progress and we hope it stays that way:

We are a store front with many sides. We offer a unique, yet comfortable, environment to sit with a cup of coffee on the big blue couch and listen to live music from local artists on Friday and Saturday nights. We offer a few gently used (vintage) retail items for sale around the store. We offer all local artisans retail space to display and sell their artworks for a commission fee. We have some stocked bookshelves with various new and used books for sale. Plus, we offer up The Blue Door for rent to anyone wanting to host a private function such as baby shower, bridal shower, birthday party, girls night, or formal meeting in a not-so-formal environment. The Blue Door also comes with FREE WiFi and an open invitation to just pop in and hang out. Coming Soon, we hope to be hosting various arts & crafts classes along with a few music lessons. 

We would like to extend the invitation to all who read this - come on by and see us. Hang out and talk to us. Find out what we can do for YOU and how we can all work together to bring some excitement into downtown Decherd, TN.