DIY Dollar Store Fall Pumpkin Centerpiece

I of late decided to brand or therefore cute autumn decor amongst the assistance of or therefore metallic element spray paint!

I went to my local dollar shop together with picked upwards v modest orangish & white foam pumpkins.

They had piddling sticks inwards them, therefore I but bent them dorsum together with forth together with they pulled correct out.

Since the red/yellow colors of the pumpkins didn't conform my needs, I reached for my trusty metallic element argent spray pigment together with went to town! Using Rustoleum's Chrome Metallic Finish Spray Paint, I sprayed the tops together with sides of each pumpkin together with and therefore permit them dry out for 10 minutes.

Once dry, I flipped them over together with coated the underside.

After allowing them to completely dry out for a total thirty minutes, I brought them within together with admired my novel metallic element pumpkins!

These pumpkins were $1 each for the large ones together with and therefore the iii piddling ones were iii for a $1. Can't rhythm out that!

So, at that spot ya bring it: an elegant autumn centerpiece!

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DIY Striped Wooden Tray Makeover

During final week's trip to the thrift store, I came across a apparently woods tray for a dollar. It was inward lamentable shape together with inward demand of a lilliputian work, merely I knew it had potential. Here's what I did alongside it:

Since nosotros all know I'm obsessed alongside stripes, I decided to pigment the tray alongside classic dark together with white stripes.

Here's what it looked similar when I kickoff brought it home.

It's such a uncomplicated lilliputian projection that makes a large impact!

To create this tray, I sanded it alongside about fine grit sandpaper to smoothen it down. Then, I painted the entire tray white together with permit it dry. I began to mensurate together with grade alongside a pen where I wanted my stripes to be, together with and hence used masking record to record off the areas I wanted to proceed white.

I decided I wanted my stripes to endure ii inches each. Here's what the tray looked similar 1 time I had all of the stripes taped.

Next, it was fourth dimension to pigment my stripes. I used a classic dark paint.

Once all of my stripes were painted, together with earlier the pigment dried, I removed the tape. (Always take the record earlier the pigment dries or it volition rip upwardly the paint.)

That's all it took to create this chic lilliputian tray.

I sealed the tray alongside a clear coat together with permit that dry. Once the tray was completely dry, I had a lilliputian fun styling it.You could actually purpose this tray for anything....a serving tray, a vanity tray, journal holder, etc. The possibilities are endless.

Thanks hence much for stopping past times today!!

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Thrift Store Desk To Vanity Makeover

Remember my $20 thrift shop desk I institute last week?

 I wasn't quite certain what I wanted to practice amongst it, until I saw this Crate & Barrel LaSalle Black Vanity Desk.

My petty thrift shop desk was a like size to Mr. LaSalle, in addition to I right away knew what I had to do.

Check out my petty guy's novel look!

He's hence sassy now.

 And I'm smitten. When I start spotted this desk inwards the thrift store, a lightbulb appeared inwards my brain. I knew EXACTLY what I could practice amongst a desk this size....make a bigger, ameliorate vanity than the i I was currently using. Just to jog your memory, here's the concluding vanity I was using. It was cute, but ultimately only also small!

Teeny weeny vanity, I RELEASE YOU!

 Now y'all tin run into how much ameliorate my upgraded version is! I made a few changes, too. I moved the whole vanity setup to a dissimilar wall (over closer to the bathroom door, which was a bigger wall) in addition to and hence I also added a few other favorite ugrades.

 I institute a GIANT one-time wooden mirror at the thrift shop in addition to painted it Sherwin Williams Sea Salt blue (same coloring every bit bathroom). I added to a greater extent than or less other i of my ribbon-trimmed drum shade lamps. Then, I also decided to convey my favorite thrift shop chair makeover into the mix! It's hence much comfier than my petty dinky stool I was using. All combined, my 8 1000000 thrift shop creations brand i AWESOME vanity/dressing table!!!

I volition become into slap-up special nearly how I transformed this desk inwards my next post (since it was a slight-debacle-that-took-3-days-but-ended-up-perfect). So, remain tuned!

Also, remain tuned for a cupboard update soon!

And an update on the side room!

It's actually starting to come upward along!

That's all for today! Thanks for stopping past times to cheque out the novel vanity!

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Organizing amongst DIY Chalk Labels

I came across the cutest picayune metallic bins inwards the Target dollar aisle too a smashing persuasion came to mind! I should usage these to organize my beauty products! 

I brought them abode too decided they would hold upwardly fifty-fifty improve if I pose chalkboard labels on them too thus that I could alter the labels if I decided to alter the contents!

Here's the finished product:

pretty cool, right? I can't await to pose all my materials inwards them!

The best purpose is that y'all tin write whatsoever y'all desire on the labels....just similar a normal chalkboard!

So, here's a quick tutorial on how I did this too thus y'all tin exercise it, too!

First, usage masking record to record off a pocket-sized rectangle wherever y'all desire your chalkboard.

Next, usage chalkpaint (found at hardware stores or arts and crafts stores) too brush on. Remove the record piece the pigment is even too thus moisture to brand certain the pigment doesn't scratch.

And that's it! You tin straight off write materials on your novel bins!

This industrial plant smashing for jars, too!

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