Cheap Decorating Ideas

Having two boys with balls flying around the house, wrestling matches, much more I hate to spend money on decorations that may end up broken.  So I shop a lot at thrift stores.  Below are some things that I have in my house that cost under $5.

The birds in the picture I got for about a dollar a piece.  I primed and spray painted them white.  The bird nest I got from under our deck after the robin was done with it.  The green piece was black when I bought it at the thrift store, so it also got primed and spray painted and rubbed stain on it to give it more detailed look.  Below is a closer view. 

 

 

This wreath is made from a straw wreath they sell at craft stores.  I hot glued lima beans onto the wreath and spray painted it orange to match my kitchen.  I used a scrap of fabric from pillows I made to tie it all together.

 

 

 

This is one of the shelves in my kitchen.  The vase and birds were bought from a thrift store.  I just primed and spray painted them.  The dried flowers I got from Walmart on clearance. 

 

 

As you can see this is also in my kitchen.  I got the  owl at the thrift store, I know a shock, right!  It was a lawn ornament , all grey, and had a broken ear.  I recreated an ear with plaster of paris and you can't even tell.  I pulled out the spray paint once again (I need to really buy stock in a spray paint company!).  The bowl and oranges/lemons I got at Walmart too.  The bowl was on clearance after Christmas a couple years ago.

 

 

 



 

 I found this bowl for $3 at a thrift store and it worked perfect the way it was. The basket is filled with various balls.   I spray painted some old balls white that I had because they no longer matched the color scheme in the room.  I bought a couple twig balls and spray painted them to match the room.  Then I used a foam balls I had in my craft room that I was not using,  Elmer's glue and cut old fabric into strips to make 2 balls to match.  Lastly, I used a foam ball, push pins, and spray paint to make the glossy yellow ball.  I like all the different textures and colors in the basket. 

 

 

So there were some of the cheap decorations I have in my house.  I find it so fun to go to thrift stores and find treasures.  That way if I get tired of them after a while or the kids break them it is not like I spend much money on them. 

 

 

Keep on junkin'