I love a good DIY, but even more than that I love a good DIY that looks like something you would buy from a store — a really expensive store. Do you know how good it feels to have someone come in your home and compliment you on something you've made? It feels great! So why spend hundreds of dollars on fancy home decor when you can just make it?
Come on! I know you can do it — here are a few ideas to get that creativity flowing!
It's yarn, people! Yarn and string. This is definitely something you can make yourself, whether it's a pom pom blanket, throw pillow, or even something like this wall hanging. A pom pom is still a pom pom no matter how much you pay for it!
And you know what that means — if it's popular, you better be prepared to pay top dollar. Or, you could gather a whole bunch of popsicle sticks and just make your own cool shelves. Seriously, you can get popsicle sticks at the dollar store. Do these look dollar store? I don't think so.
Even if you aren't handy with power tools, you have to know someone that could easily whip one of these up. You can even rough them up so they look like antiques.
With a little bit of spray paint, you can make cheap dollar store wire baskets look like something right out of a Pottery Barn catalog.
Take a tour around any fancy home decor site and I'll have to catch your jaw as it falls to the floor when you see some of the prices for these. Skip the fancy stores — go to Home Depot, pick up some rope, glue, and a cheap plastic laundry basket and make this instead.
Backyard lighting can totally transform your backyard, so it's so easy to get sucked into thinking you have to have the best of the best. With this DIY, you get the best of both worlds — trendy lighting without having to empty your wallet.
They're pretty and they hold your stuff, but like everything that's pretty, they're also pretty expensive. Not when you make your own, though!
Mind you, it might be the flowers that are drawing me in — but either way, this basket made out of paint sticks looks totally high-end.
This seat is pretty cool, but would you guess that it's actually a DIY? That's right, you can make this, too!
Remember what I said earlier? "If it's popular, you better be prepared to pay top dollar." Well, it's time to outsmart high-end retailers and start making this stuff on our own!
Not that Ikea is overly expensive or anything, but I would much rather DIY any day.
This headboard which is a mix of industrial and rustic style would fool anyone into thinking that you paid top dollar for it!
They look super easy to make, too!
Oh, no... that's just another amazing DIY.
Cool style at a DIY price.
Make over a dollar store one with some rope — instant upgrade!
The kicker here is you'll make them yourself rather then spending the big bucks at some fancy decor store!
Buy some twine from the dollar store to make over your cabinet hardware and keep your money where it belongs — I'm talking about your pocket.
All you have to do is find an old lamp that needs a face lift and you will be well on your way to making this DIY.
Look at this DIY — yes, I said DIY. Someone made this and you can, too!
