Between working from home and living from home, your living space can become a little dull even if it is freshly remodeled and full of your favorite photos, personal memories and art.
Having a comfortable living space that reflects your life habits and personality is important for creating a mental escape and fulfilling home. After spending so much time at home, treat yourself to some accessible DIY home renovations to liven up your living space.
Here are 10 ways to change things up at home with quick and fun projects, that don't cost much and some of which are sustainable ways to repurpose and refurbish what you already have.
10 Paint Old Furniture
Whether you have furniture at home that needs a paint job, or you find a used piece, give it some personality with some color.
This is a great way to reuse what you already have or repurpose outdated furniture. Pick a popout color to make it a statement piece, or go with a basic brown or beige to blend it into your current room decor.
If it is accessible to you, sand the furniture before painting it to avoid bubbles and provide a smoother look.
9 Refurbish And Repurpose Crates
Crates are trendy, useful and easy to refurbish and reuse. You can find them in thrift stores, or often from local businesses. Local stores usually use crates for their products and have excess.
You can paint the crates to add a modern and clean look or keep the original for a more antique aesthetic. They can be stacked, to create a shelf infrastructure or used individually for storage.
8 Decorate Mason Jars
When you finish a jar of beans, jam, or even beauty products, save them to be repurposed. Mason jars are great for dry food storage, or leftovers, and they make a cute decoration.
You can paint them for more colorful additions to the house, or just repurpose them. They make great flower vases and open storage such as pencils, bathroom organization, candle holders, etc, the possibilities are endless. Mason jars are easily the most versatile DIY home addition.
7 Make A Photo Wall
If you are tired of staring at your walls, take the photos and art you already have but give them a modern setup.
On Pinterest and Instagram, there are lots of different ways to organize the walls for inspiration. One way is taking a string, and using small clothespins to hang the photos. The String can be hung on the wall horizontally or vertically.
Option two, which is trending, is utilizing flat surfaces to prop art or photos against the wall. For this style, incorporate thrifted or refurbished frames to support and protect your photos. If it is accessible to add more shelving, it will open up more wall space for propping the pictures against the wall.
6 Dry Flowers For Wall Decor
Flowers can be preserved to save special memories and to decorate your space. Take a long string and attach it to your wall with your favorite wall-friendly hanging tool (hooks, tacks, tape..). Tie dental floss to the stem of the flower, so that it is hanging upside down and attach it to the string on the wall so it is hanging perpendicular to the string.
The flowers will naturally dry, and make a beautiful wall decoration piece. You can either leave the flowers on the wall or transfer them to a vase or mason jar to add texture to any shelf or table centerpiece.
5 Sheet Couch Cover
Instead of buying a new couch, change up the color. There are many affordable couch covers online, but to keep it cheap repurpose a blanket or sheet. Take a large sheet and either drape it over the couch, or tuck it to make it look like the couch is a different color.
To add some dimension, take a sheet to cover the larger couch area, and a blanket or textured piece to cover the cushions. Play around with what you have to create a new style for your couch.
4 Hang Jewelry
Take all of the unique jewelry or accessories you have and make it part of the ambiance. You can buy stick-on hooks to place on the wall for hanging necklaces or repurpose a wooden board or corkboard to stick pieces on. Add together jewelry, hats, scarves, bags, anything that shows off your fashion style.
This unique room styling works to organize your accessories and change up the room's look. Being able to see what you have is also a great way to make getting ready and putting together different outfits fast.
3 Make A Collage
For those seeking a more creative outlet for their DIY home renovation, make a collage. Take your memorabilia, such as playbooks, concert tickets, photos, and mix it up with magazine clippings or even stickers and textured pieces.
Once you make a collage that fits your style, you can add it to the wall or prop it against the wall for decoration in any room.
2 Repurpose "Junk"
When cleaning out your house, it is important to get rid of things that you no longer need. But if you are looking to spice up your home decor, think creatively about how to repurpose junk.
A skateboard could be repurposed to stack books on top of or a plant. Instead of throwing out an old bookshelf, make it an outdoor furniture piece for plants or paint it to repurpose in the house. Repurposing junk is a sustainable way to reuse what we already have and add something new to our homes without spending a lot of money.
1 Thrift Store Finds
For those looking for a little more inspiration for their DIY home renovations, hit the thrift store. Don't be afraid to pick some things up, that maybe you don't quite know what to do with yet.
Buy some old record albums, and hang them up on the wall as art. Look for old picture frames or furniture that can be refurbished for your living space. The thrift store is a sustainable and budget-friendly place to find inspiration for renovating and refurbishing older things and making a DIY home decoration.
