More beautifully simple home decorating hacks
Did you know that for about $30 you can give your out-dated dishwasher the beautiful look of stainless steel or brushed nickel? Use Peel-and-Stick appliance contact paper to make the front of an old dishwasher shine like new again. Unless you’re really talented with a wallpaper knife, you’ll get better results by removing the front panel before applying the peel-and-stick to it. If you have an older model dishwasher, its front panel may have another finish on its reverse side — check yours, you might be pleasantly surprised.
Here’s a whimsical idea — paint a faux headboard directly to the wall. Create a new headboard by repurposing an old door, or other reclaimed wood from Building Blocks in Tupelo MS for about $30. Or, give an existing wood headboard a fresh look by covering it with fabric. It’s already fabric? For about $35 paint over it with Annie Sloan chalk paint.
Need some new decorative pillows to compliment your new headboard? Repurpose fabrics you already at hand by turning them into fun custom pillowcases. Sew together old sweaters, tea towels, or T-shirts, and you’ll end up with bright pops of color and unique patterns that you’ll never find anywhere else.
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Don’t let a snake-nest of wires ruin a carefully decorated area. Around $20 will buy you a cute, pasteboard, patterned, lidded-box. The box will become an excellent hiding place for those not-so-adorable clutter of cords and cables when you cut a wide slot down its back or sides.
There’s no fail-safe how-to for putting a gallery wall together, but a collection of similar black, white, and mirrored frames certainly helps to achieve a uniform look. If you’d like to create a gallery wall in your hall of your family photos, for between $15 to $30 cut removable contact paper to the same size as your picture frames to preview spacing and proportion before hanging your photos. Or, stop by the Daily Journal in Tupelo MS and buy an unprinted end of the roll of newspaper for a few dollars and outline each picture on paper before hanging.
Update yours old brass lamps or other accessories with black chalk board paint for a gorgeous, matte black finish that is durable and looks like cast iron. Black doesn’t work for you? Check out Hobby Lobby’s for Rub ‘n Buff wax metallic finish – it come in 12 different colors for about $5 a tube.
Some rooms just never feel complete, no matter how many vases, lamps, and trinkets you’ve collected over the years. The secret ingredient? Texture. Like Skippy peanut butter and grape jelly on toast, a room needs texture — and layers of it. Nature, with its ready made supply of found objects, can be a cheap supply source when it comes to adding texture to your rooms. Grasses, branches, pods, and flowers become wreaths, hooks, or decorative fillers for centerpieces or vases. Best of all, they are free.
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