Home Improvements for CHEAP!

I have been doing little cheap projects around the house for the last few weeks. I thought I'd post some pictures of what I've been up to. I know, kinda boring, but its a good way to journal about it for me- if nothing else.

First, I bought an old end table at the DI for $8 and thought I'd try to fix it up. It didn't look to bad to begin with, but thought it'd be a fun project, so I stained the top and painted the legs. It looks pretty good thanks to the guy at ACE who taught me how to correctly use stain and also matched one of my couch pillows perfectly with the paint I used. Here is a before and after picture.

Next- I have been wanting some pillows to go on our red couches in our family room but could never find any I liked enough to buy. And it didn't help that most of the cute ones ended up being $20+ for one so I decided to make my own! I found some old pillows that have been in my linen closet ever since we moved here. They are the kind you just zip the cover off of and wallah-there are brand new down-feather pillows inside. So I bought some fabric and sewed new cases for them. I am still extremely surprised they turned out so well and with no mistakes on my part. Hopefully they stay together- haha. Thanks again Mom for the awesome sewing machine!! I love it!!

And lastly, I spray painted our dining room chandelier cause it was always a little too silvery for me. I also decided to use that same spray paint to spray a picture frame I didn't like. The frame turned our pretty cool. I did bronze and then white over the bronze and some of the bronze seeped through- not what I meant to do, but I think I like it.

Anyway, hope that wasn't too boring of a post...haha, and sorry if it was.