All things Nifty and Thrifty: My Most Recent Diy

Since I haven't had any bookings lately for a photoshoot, I am taking this opportunity to finish some of my many diy projects. I am going to try and convince you that having a stylish home doesn't have to get expensive; in fact, I vastly prefer finding quality vintage furniture over pricey store boughts any day. I am so grateful to my wonderful hubby for allowing me to upturn our home in the midst of my project redos.

I've been obsessing about gold anything lately. Since I had to redo my dresser, I thought I'd spruce it up a bit by adding brackets and spray painting them gold.

This is my favorite spray paint in gold, I can only find it at Michaels. The color is called Gold Leaf

I already had this mirror, it was a Goodwill find for $5.00 each, I bought three and spray painted them. I also updated the mantel with spring florals for a fresh look.

I recently added a photo wall to my dining area. I decided to keep them gold and white to keep it a bit more unified. When I choose arts and prints, I choose things that I absolutely love. I also made sure that it matched the theme on my collection.

Although I love straight lines for the modern touch, too much of it can be boring. I added a little vintage to make it less uniform and more glam.

See these frames, they cost $2-3 dollars a piece. If you get them at Michaels, be prepared to pay $30 bucks or so for them. My good friend Joyce took a picture of Ben and I at UPBC camp; we were newly dating. What a perfect piece for the wall!

Decorating can be expensive. Frames alone can cost $10-$30 bucks each and wall arts can cost about $30 easily if you don't do thrifts. What I did was, I went to pinterest, typed in free printables, go to Fedex and print them off. The large prints costs $1.30 on cardstock and the quality is amazing. For smaller prints, your color printer will do the job well.

It's a bit crooked, sorry about that, it's hard to take a non crooked picture! Another one of my favorite piece. I got two midcentury dressers for $30 total, the other one is being used as Isaiah's dresser. I sanded it down, primed it, and repainted it white. I know you are not suppose to paint solid wood but I did because this piece was not in perfect shape and I needed to hide the patch jobs. Still beautiful and it is up-cycled.

Check out this find! I found this coffee table on craigslist for $20. This baby is a beast; I tested it out to make sure it's safe for the kids, there is no way this thing will move. My wonderful hubby picked it up for me after work. Originally, I was going to use the glass for a diy pallet coffee table, but after I saw it in my living room, I absolutely love it! The base is rod iron so I decided to paint it gold. I bet this thing cost around $300 originally.

To decorate the table, I went to half price books and found some wonderful large books for $2 bucks each. I also created a mini terrarium with succulant plants that is hard to kill (if anyone can kill a hardy plant, it's me.)