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Learn how to make this super easy DIY canvas light art
Have you seen those decor canvases that have LED light patterns in them? We've seen them in stores, of course, but also in DIY tutorials... Read more
This honeycomb painted wall was DIYed with paint stirrers and diluted paint to create that gradient effect. It’s just one of the zillion ways you can grab something from your local dollar store to craft up a cheap and cheerful design or organization project.
Here are eight of my favorite ways to turn a cheapo dollar store item into something way more useful and stylish…
A kicky striped vase
This $4 dollar store vase is given a subtle circus vibe with some black and white stripes. the daffodils elevate it to killer kitsch kitchen levels of awesome. And K words.
See the whole tutorial here.
Animal bookends
Some el cheapo animal toys, a couple of slabs of wood, a little glue, and some bold spray paint — this is what you need for super fun bookends. I can see these being used in a kid’s room, sure, but ALSO MINE. IN GOLD. NOW. I mean, I’ve already got some gold spray paint from these dinosaur-lidded jars. Tutorial for that here, in case you hadn’t seen it before…
But I digress… learn how to make those bookends here!
Dinosaur phone stand
Speaking of dinosaurs, check out this dinosaur booty phone stand! Are you kidding me with this cuteness? You’ll be raiding the kids section of the dollar store for this one again, so you may as well hit up all of these tutorials at once, right? Yeeeep.
Find this tutorial here.
DIY storage basket
One of those plain old plastic baskets becomes a super trendy rope-style basket in no time.
It starts as THIS…
Go see how it transforms here.
Chic wire mail baskets
This little chalkboard sign basket has humble beginnings. Check it out…
See how to make these baskets here.
Key hanger
Any old frame will work for this bad boy. Having a place to store your keys makes me at least 8% less likely to lose them. It’s SCIENCE. I’ll probably still lose them. But this will look sweet on the wall anyway.
See the tutorial here.
A dollar store + spray paint + an hour of time = profit. What are YOU making from the dolla dolla dolla store?
About the Author: Catherine Clark
Catherine Clark loiters at her local library, makes art, watches movies en masse, plays video and tabletop games, poorly cooks healthy things, cuddles with her feline fur babies, and blogs at BijouxandBits.com.