The Best Storage Containers For Every Room (and Budget!)

Keep your home organized in style with practical storage crates, baskets, and bins for every room and budget! Happy New Year!  Does the start of a new year motivate you to declutter and get organized?  I'm not the most organized person, but a new year always has me itching to declutter and get the house a little more organized. I gravitate toward vintage industrial storage solutions and love utilizing vintage finds to organize everyday spaces in my home .   From my home office to the kitchen pantry, vintage laundry carts, lockers, card catalogs, and metal locker baskets can be seen throughout.  As much as I love using authentic vintage items to organize my home, nothing beats small storage solutions that help keep the insides of closets, cabinets, and drawers organized.  1. LAZY SUSAN TURNTABLE ORGANIZER : We have three of these in our kitchen cabinets and they are lifesavers for organizing spices, baking supplies, and medicine bottles. 2. WHITE PLASTIC STORAGE BINS : These plasti...

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DIY Neutral Christmas Decorating Ideas

Deck your halls this holiday season with these affordable and neutral DIY Christmas decorating ideas!  Christmastime is my favorite time to get crafty.   How about you?  Do you like to craft holiday decor or give DIY holiday gifts ?  Whether you prefer to update affordable thrift store finds or DIY a holiday project, repurposing and crafting is an ideal and budget-friendly way to decorate your home for the holidays.  Keeping with my love of neutrals (tour my  neutral holiday-decorated home ),  I scoured the internet and gathered my favorite neutral DIY holiday craft ideas.   From  easy diamond dust ornaments  to  DIY antique sleigh bells , you can make all your neutral holiday decorating dreams come true with these 20 DIY neutral Christmas decorating ideas.  TIPS FOR CREATING INEXPENSIVE DIY CHRISTMAS CRAFTS AND PROJECTS  1.  Have an open mind while thrifting and hunt for items that can be repurposed or updated into neutral holiday decor.  2. Take inventory of the craft and DIY su...

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Thrift Store Makeover: DIY Aged Ornaments

Thrift store ornaments get an aged vintage makeover!  While on one of my many thrifting adventures , I found a large amount of Christmas ornaments in the bagged section of Goodwill.  They're something I wouldn't have given a second thought, however, when I moved the bags I realized the ornaments were heavy, solid, and only $1 a bag.  I immediately knew they would be perfect for an aged makeover, so I grabbed a few bags to bring home.  SUPPLIES NEEDED TO AGE ORNAMENTS - Thrift store ornaments (look for solid ornaments made of metal or clay) - 400 grit sandpaper - Black chalk paint - Rich Espresso metallic paint  ( Rub 'n Buff or other metallic gold paint would work too)  - Paintbrush  - Paper towels The color combination of the ornaments I found was not my style but more importantly, they were solid, made of clay, and had great texture.   Resource: How to Thrift: The Best Thrifting Tips and Tricks I knew paint would adhere well to the ornaments because of the clay-li...

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