A really cool coffee table can cover up a whole multitude of family room decorating duds… It becomes the focal point of the room, and takes the attention off less…
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10 Pretty Paper Christmas Decorations You Can Make
There aren’t a lot of craft materials more budget friendly than paper. With crafting and scrap-booking papers becoming available in almost every craft store, it makes it easy to create…
10 Painted Furniture Ideas That Are Super Pretty
At the heart of budget decorating, or DIY decorating for that matter, is the makeover. Find a used piece with good bones at a thrift store, yard sale or flea…
No Money? 15 DIY Home Decor Ideas That Are Free!
If your home decor is in need of updating, but your bank account is feeling pain, no worries. Adding style to your home decorating can be easy, fast and free….
8 Amazing Repurposed Dresser Ideas
Ok, does anyone besides me LOVE a good thrift store dresser? Find one with good bones, and you have the chassis to a bunch of great DIY repurposed dresser ideas!…
How to Reupholster a Chair
We all have ’em. That old chair you can’t stand to throw out, but also can’t stand to look at! Either its’ fabric could win an ugly chair contest, or…
15 Creative Old Window Ideas
If you are looking for creative charm in your DIY projects, that’s easy – use old windows! There is something about windows with history that make us feel nostalgic… And…
Repurposed DIY Window Shutter Ideas & Projects
Gotta love ’em… it seems like window shutters kinda started the DIY project generation, didn’t they? I remember that being one of the first DIY projects I was drawn to……
12 Creative DIY Bathroom Vanity Projects
Remodeling a bathroom comes right behind a kitchen with home projects that pay off, but it can be expensive to get a look that isn’t builder boring. One of the…
Gorgeous Flea Market Flips : Before and After Furniture Makeovers
If you are a budget decorator, you probably know your local flea market, thrift store, or yard sale circuit pretty well. If you don’t, get familiar. Why? Because flea market…
DIY Picture Frame Ideas & Crafts
Picture frames are cheap, easy to work with, and we usually have a few hanging around the house. So why don’t we use them for more than just pictures? They…
13 Classy DIY Tin Can Decor Projects
When you think “tin can projects”, you probably think kindergarten crafts, right? Nope. You can up-cycle your kitchen tin cans into classy DIY tin can decor projects with just a…
DIY Rustic Decor
Rustic decor used to get a bad rap in the design industry… Fortunately the awareness of the importance of re-purposing and DIY’ing has bred a crazy amount of interest in…