$3.00 Chair tansformation!!

I have to say that this has been one of my favorite projects lately. A friend gave us this chair, it was great for a boys room, but I needed it for my 6 year old daughters room.

So, I sanded and painted the chair and recovered the cushion.

(Don't you LOVE the mask, haha)

This is how it turned out, I think it is cute, and matches the colors in her room.  This transformation cost me $3.00.  I spent $0.99 on the fennel's on the top of the chair, and $2.00 on a yard of fabric, however I only used about 1/4 of the fabric.  I already has the painting supplies and sand paper.

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Cheap curtains!!

I went to Walmart to look for fabric to finally make curtains for my kitchen window. I have been procrastinating on that for A LONG time. Anyway, that fabric that I liked was about $5.00 per yard, and I would have need at least two yards, I have a large window.

So, I decided to look around the store first, and guess what I found. They had sheets on sale. So, I bought one twin size flat sheet, and turned that into a Cafe curtain for my kitchen window. The sheet cost me $3.00!!

So, for a grand total of $3.00 I finally have a window treatment for my kitchen window!!
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$1.50 Decor!!

Well, you all know that i love the Good Will store and the Dollar Tree. So, this project combines those two, whoo hoo!! I found the candle stick at Good Will for $0.50, but it was pretty ugly to start with.

I gave it a coat of dark brown spray paint to cover up the ugliness.  Once that dried, I took some black paint and brushed it on, and then removed some with a rag.  I really like the effect that it gave.  Once that was dry, I brought out the trusty Gorilla Glue (love that stuff) and attached my glass container (Dollar Tree $1.00) to the candle stick.

Once it was completely dry, I added it to my bathroom.  I have a candle in the glass in the picture, but I am thinking I may fill it up with cotton ball or something else.

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Affordable Wall Art!!

Okay, so I know it has been a while since I posted a project, but this one was fun. I have been wanting something to go on my bedroom wall, every since we moved in, but have not had any extra money to buy a large art piece. I decided I would make something to go there, so off to Michael's I went. They have the canvases on sale this week, so I bought a 5-pack for $14.00. Then I picked up a can of spray paint, and two little bottles of acrylic paint.

I only used three of my canvases for this project. I sprayed them with my spray paint, which is a cream color. Once they dried, I let my creative side take over.

This is what I came up with. I know it is not perfect, and I do not claim to be an artist, but I have to say that it was very fun.

So, have you guys tried any fun creative projects lately? I would love to hear about them.

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Simple decorations with Christmas balls!!

If you are trying to decorate on a budget, have no fear, there are tons of things that you can do with regular ornaments!! Decorating for Christmas does not have to be expensive. I have already blogged about some of our decorations using natural elements, and today we will talk about ornaments, or the Christmas balls, as my children refer to them.

I wanted to add a little something to my kitchen to make it feel a little more Christmas like, so I decided to take some of the ornaments that we are not using on the tree this year and hang them in the window at the sink. I took some ribbon that I already had and tied it onto the ornaments. I hung the ribbon using thumb tacks.

I used this method in the dining room as well. I needed something else to make it look like Christmas, so I went to the Dollar Tree and picked up some large ornaments, and hung them from the light fixture using ribbon. Super simple, super frugal, and I like the way it looks!!

You could easily continue this theme throughout your home in doorways and windows!!

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Christmas Bathroom Decor!!

Okay, to continue with the frugal Christmas decorating ideas, today I want to show you how I finished my bathroom. I placed the Christmas basket from yesterday's post on the counter, but needed something else.

So, I pulled out some of my ornaments that were not being used on the tree this year, and found a glass vase. I placed the ornaments in the vase, tied some ribbon on, and set the vase on a huge candle stick that I found a while back at a yard sale.

Tada, this is how my little bathroom counter looks this Christmas.

Stay tuned tomorrow for more frugal Christmas ideas, and the Giveaway bash starts tomorrow!!

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More Great Finds at GW!!

Okay, so I posted here, about the great things that I found the other day at Good Will. Well, I went back today, and they were having a sale, 50% off of everything in the store. They still had the $1.00 racks up and they were included in the sale. I found so many great things!!

I love finding little treasures that I can "re-do"!!  There are several projects coming up soon!!

So, in total I spent $10.00!!  I LOVE IT!!  Several of the clothes that I bought are going to be refashioned, and I will post them once they are finished.

From old desk to entry way beauty!!

Okay, I wanted to share one of my latest projects with you all. When we moved into this house, I actually had an entry way area (I did not really have one of these in our other house), so I was excited but a little lost as to what I should put there. I had a small picture hanging on the wall and was thinking about adding a little table, but I did not have a table at the time.

I had this piece of furniture. As you can see it is an older desk that was originally the basic brown color. After thinking about it for a while I decided that I would try to make it work by using what I already had on hand.

The first step was to remove the knobs and sand it. This piece took a lot of sanding. I think it was because it had a shiny coat on the top. After tons of sanding I added my first coat of paint.

I went with the green paint because I had an entire gallon left over from painting my kitchen.

Once the first coat was dry, I decided to try a different technique. I brushed on a second coat, and went back with a dry brush and removed some of the paint. I am super happy with the result. You can see just a little of the brown showing through, and I have to say that I think it is fabulous.

I went shopping in my attic again, and found this big picture that I had purchased at a thrift shop a while back for $10.00. I thought I went perfectly with my newly green desk. What do you think??

(I still have to put the knobs back on!)

Now, I just have to figure out what to put on top of my desk. That will probably be my next project.

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The Shabby Chic Cottage

Magazine holder revamp!!

So on a trip to the Good Will last week, I found this magazine holder. I paid a whole $0.60 for this beauty!! I knew it was ugly, but I needed the storage, and was sure I could make it look better.

So, I decided to look through my fabric stock-pile, and found some that I thought would work well. I bought the fabric last year at a yard sale, I think I got the entire bag for $0.50.

I took out the trusty glue gun, and went to work.  I am sure you could use some sort of fabric glue, but I did not have any at the time.  So, I cut my fabric and used my hot glue gun to attach it to the magazine holder.  This is what I ended up with.

It is not perfect, but I think it is an improvement over what it looked like before, and for under a dollar I will take it!!!

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Using What You Have!!

Well, since refinishing my dresser, it was a little bare on top. I decided to take a look through the attic to see what I could use to decorate it. This is what I found:
Clearance Christmas decorations, little blocks that spell JOY.
A set of yard sale candle holders.
A yard sale box.

I decided to turn the candle holders over, because I like the way they look better that way.  I placed the blocks on top of the candle holders.  For height I added a dried arrangement that I had somewhere else in the house.  This is how it turned out:

So, by shopping in the attic, I was able to decorate the top of my dresser for a whopping $0.00!!  I always knew shopping the after Christmas sale would pay off, haha!!

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Bedroom Furniture Redo for $1.00!!

Okay, so what do you do when you have a room full of furniture that does not match?? Well, if you are like me, and don't really have $1,000 extra to spend on a new bedroom set, you work with what you have. We had these three pieces.

The dresser was my husband's from before we were married; the night stand was given to us, and the little table I bought at a yard sale for $1.00.

As you can see none of them match, but I knew they had potential!!  So, what did I do??

First I removed all of the hardware, and then started sanding.  You can see my little sander on top of the night stand.  I must say that the sander has become one of my favorite tools.

After sanding, I painted.  The table and night stand only took two coats, but for some odd reason the dresser took 5 coats.  After they were all dry, I took a piece of sand paper and distressed all of the edges on the furniture.

Although it still is not a complete set, at least they are all the same color, and match the colors in our room.

The total cost for this project was $1.00.  That's right.  The furniture we already had (the $1.00 is from the yard sale table).  The paint that I used was left over from other projects, as was the sand paper. 

Here are the before and after shots of each piece!!

The $1.00 table!!

The night stand!! I need to find new knobs for the drawer.

The dresser.  I left off the half circle plates that were originally under the handles.  I have a project in mind for those.

So, what projects are you working on??

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