One person's trash is a crafty person's treasure. These old-timey antiques look like brand new pieces thanks to colorful paint, soft throw pillows, decorative door knobs and more.
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Glide Into New
via The Winthrop Chronicles
Tackling reupholstering project is a big challenge, but an ad-hoc version is totally doable. A few bright cushions and one piece of new fabric update this tired rocker.
A fresh coat of paint and fun, patterned wrapping paper bring cheer to outdoor cocktail parties. Consult our ultimate bar cart organizing guide when choosing your libations.
Add a layer of eye-catching interest to your bed with a headboard update. Here, the new pattern is a vinyl decal, but a stencil and paint would offer the same pretty imapct.
Encourage your family to hang up their coats with a rack that stands out against your entryway wall. This bright DIY is easy enough to complete in just one afternoon.
Easily add pattern to drawer fronts by dressing them up with fabric remnants and Mod Podge. Choose similar colors in different patterns to refine this super-crafty look.
We're willing to bet that most American homes have plain-Jane wooden dining chairs. Be different and turn yours into funky statement pieces with a black-and-white chevron pattern.
This garage sale find got the help it deserved with a paint-and-paper upgrade. Bright colors not your thing? Subtler hues would save this worn piece just as well.
Bring a starved-for-attention bookcase back to life with a quick wallpaper-and-paint makeover. We snagged a 1960s Bennington Pine Bookcase on Craigslist via Forgotten Furniture, and gave it some TLC in two different styles. Go fun and feminine with grays and pinks, or New England nautical with hues of blues!