After spending hours last week reading some of these blogs, I really wanted to do some thrifty decorating. I started wandering around my basement (since that is where things go that I don't know what to do with, but can't get rid of) and found a very ugly basket. I won this basket a few months ago at a chamber lunch and I love the shape and style of the basket, but the colors are just awful! Have a little look for yourself:
Nasty huh?!
What would these thrifty ladies on all of these fabulous blogs do?? Spray paint it!! So I bought some brown spray paint and got to work. It took me about 4 coats to get it pretty much covered. A little tip for those of you that may decide to paint a wicker basket, you will have to flip the basket upside down as well since you will not get the bottom sides of the little pieces from just the top! Fortunately I figured that out before I was all excited to start using it!
I always keep a couple of blankets in our living room, but have never had a place to put them, so I've always just thrown them in the corner. Well, not anymore!!!
Not too shabby huh?! I love it, it looks a thousand times better than it did before! All in all a pretty cheap project! The basket was free and I only spend a little of $3 on the can of spray paint (and I still have some left!) I think these thrifty ladies would be proud!
I can't wait to show you a few wonderful things I found when I scoured our local Goodwill today on my lunch break!! You will just have to wait for that...maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow!
Hope you all had a great weekend and a great Monday! Hopefully this rain and dreariness and COLD goes away soon!
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