COLOR ME THRIFTY
Hey there I’m Tuula, creator of Color Me Thrifty, formerly known as Thrifty Rebel Vintage. I’m super excited you found me. I’m a repurposing, reusing, redecorating, redoing, rethinking, and DIYing kinda gal who loves to share budget-friendly colorful projects for the home and garden. I hope I can inspire you to create a home that smiles.
PAINTING AN ANTIQUE WOOD FLOOR This saved me a ton of time, mess, and sweat. The first thing I do with a can of primer or paint is hammer some holes into the rim so there’s drainage back into the can. I usually do about 5 holes around half of the can. I always line my paint tray with a plastic grocery bag for easy clean up. REPURPOSED VINTAGE SINK PLANTERS In some of my bigger planters it’s much more cost effective, and quicker and easier, to buy a mixed hanging planter and use that rather than individual bedding plants. At our local nursery we can get 2 lovely hanging planters for $25. Sometimes plants are a little, or a lot, root bound.
HOW TO UPDATE AN OLD FRAMED PAINTING The easiest way to update the look of a framed painting is to remove the frame and hang it au natural. I love the look of unframed canvases. The painting was held into the frame with just 4 small nails, one in the middle of each side of the frame. Removing the canvas from the frame was a HOW TO MAKE A GARDEN ART DISH FLOWER Tape all the pieces with painters tape for about 30 minutes so they don’t move. Believe me that can happen. Remove the tape, and let your dish flower cure for about 24 hours in a cool place. This is important, the glue won’t cure properly in hot and/or humid HOW TO MAKE A BOOK ANGEL Fold the front 25 pages (50 numbered pages) from the bottom corner up into the spine of the book. This makes the left angel wing. (You’ll notice that I did the first few pages wrong, but it was an easy fix.) Fold all the remaining pages towards the back SLEIGH BED MAKEOVER AND MASTER BEDROOM PROGRESS Benjamin Moore’s Sherwood Green. It’s one of their historic colours. There are so many recipes on the internet, but I used 1 part plaster of paris, 1 part warm water, and 2 parts paint. I mixed the PofP and water really well before adding the paint, and I have to say it went on like butter. REPURPOSED VINTAGE SIEVE BIRD FEEDER The pie plate sort of acts like a roof, giving the bird feed a little protection from the rain. I attached the handle through the hole using the screw that came with it and it’s done. I hung it out on the back deck and added some mixed bird seed to the sieve. It holds the seed very nicely, and when it gets wet I think it’ll dry out much HOW TO MAKE A PURSE PLANTER I chose pink (of course) petunias in a hanging basket because they were on sale, and this makes planting very quick and easy. I lined the inside of the purse with the plastic bag and added about 2″ of pea gravel. This allows some water to drain away from the soil and it gives some weight to the planter so it won’t be blown over on a windy day.
HOW TO MAKE A SWEET SOUNDING SILVER SUGAR BOWL WIND CHIME Drill in the holes. Make sure to wear eye protection whenever drilling into metal. Take apart the thrifted necklace. Attach the split rings to the spoons and forks through the holes, and then attach the necklace and chain to the split rings. These are for the creamer that matches the sugar bowl. Then attach split rings to the other ends of the
COLOR ME THRIFTY
Hey there I’m Tuula, creator of Color Me Thrifty, formerly known as Thrifty Rebel Vintage. I’m super excited you found me. I’m a repurposing, reusing, redecorating, redoing, rethinking, and DIYing kinda gal who loves to share budget-friendly colorful projects for the home and garden. I hope I can inspire you to create a home that smiles.
PAINTING AN ANTIQUE WOOD FLOOR This saved me a ton of time, mess, and sweat. The first thing I do with a can of primer or paint is hammer some holes into the rim so there’s drainage back into the can. I usually do about 5 holes around half of the can. I always line my paint tray with a plastic grocery bag for easy clean up. REPURPOSED VINTAGE SINK PLANTERS In some of my bigger planters it’s much more cost effective, and quicker and easier, to buy a mixed hanging planter and use that rather than individual bedding plants. At our local nursery we can get 2 lovely hanging planters for $25. Sometimes plants are a little, or a lot, root bound.
HOW TO UPDATE AN OLD FRAMED PAINTING The easiest way to update the look of a framed painting is to remove the frame and hang it au natural. I love the look of unframed canvases. The painting was held into the frame with just 4 small nails, one in the middle of each side of the frame. Removing the canvas from the frame was a HOW TO MAKE A GARDEN ART DISH FLOWER Tape all the pieces with painters tape for about 30 minutes so they don’t move. Believe me that can happen. Remove the tape, and let your dish flower cure for about 24 hours in a cool place. This is important, the glue won’t cure properly in hot and/or humid HOW TO MAKE A BOOK ANGEL Fold the front 25 pages (50 numbered pages) from the bottom corner up into the spine of the book. This makes the left angel wing. (You’ll notice that I did the first few pages wrong, but it was an easy fix.) Fold all the remaining pages towards the back SLEIGH BED MAKEOVER AND MASTER BEDROOM PROGRESS Benjamin Moore’s Sherwood Green. It’s one of their historic colours. There are so many recipes on the internet, but I used 1 part plaster of paris, 1 part warm water, and 2 parts paint. I mixed the PofP and water really well before adding the paint, and I have to say it went on like butter. REPURPOSED VINTAGE SIEVE BIRD FEEDER The pie plate sort of acts like a roof, giving the bird feed a little protection from the rain. I attached the handle through the hole using the screw that came with it and it’s done. I hung it out on the back deck and added some mixed bird seed to the sieve. It holds the seed very nicely, and when it gets wet I think it’ll dry out much HOW TO MAKE A PURSE PLANTER I chose pink (of course) petunias in a hanging basket because they were on sale, and this makes planting very quick and easy. I lined the inside of the purse with the plastic bag and added about 2″ of pea gravel. This allows some water to drain away from the soil and it gives some weight to the planter so it won’t be blown over on a windy day.
HOW TO MAKE A SWEET SOUNDING SILVER SUGAR BOWL WIND CHIME Drill in the holes. Make sure to wear eye protection whenever drilling into metal. Take apart the thrifted necklace. Attach the split rings to the spoons and forks through the holes, and then attach the necklace and chain to the split rings. These are for the creamer that matches the sugar bowl. Then attach split rings to the other ends of the
HOW TO MIX YOUR OWN PAINT AND SAVE MONEY All you really need is a paint stick and some patience. The one important thing you need to remember is to only mix latex with latex , and oil with oil. Oil based and latex/water based paints do not mix and never the two should meet. I never use oil paint for anything anyway so for me that isn’t an issue. So here’s how I mixed my own HOW TO CREATE AN EASY DIY HEART RAG WREATH Adding fabric strips onto heart wreath frame. To attach the fabric strips onto the wreath frame you first fold the strip in half. Wrap it around the metal wreath frame and pull the ends through the loop. Then you just pull it tight. You want all your knots to go the same way, on top, so you have a nice neat look. REPURPOSED VINTAGE MAGAZINE RACK PLANTER These two pretty pinky/purply mums were the perfect size for my magazine rack planter. I just put the mums in pots and all. The coco fibre acts makes a nice screen so you don’t see the pots at all. Magazine racks come in all shapes, styles, sizes, and materials and I MINI BLIND MAKEOVER WITH SPRAY PAINT AND LACE This mini blind makeover with spray paint is an easy way to give blinds some real personality using whatever color you love with any lace curtain or tablecloth pattern. Just please don’t use something that has sentimental or monetary value. This is a project meant for a cheap thrift store piece. HOW TO MAKE A PURSE PLANTER I chose pink (of course) petunias in a hanging basket because they were on sale, and this makes planting very quick and easy. I lined the inside of the purse with the plastic bag and added about 2″ of pea gravel. This allows some water to drain away from the soil and it gives some weight to the planter so it won’t be blown over on a windy day.
DIY FABRIC COVERED VINYL ROLLER SHADE Then I lay the blind on the floor and measured that same distance, 60″, and marked the spot with a marker on both sides of the shade. Enter my fun and funky fabric. It has a vintage/retro vibe to me, and I fell in love with it. I thrifted two double size flat sheets a while back for $1 a piece. I just knew I would find a use for them someday. QUICK AND EASY FAUX MOSAIC ART Supplies used for faux mosaic art. – electrical tape. – xacto knife. – quiche pan with removable bottom. – spray paint (if wanted) This really is a quick and easy project, and could work with duct tape too or whatever kind of tape you can think of. It would be even quicker if you used tape that was already the colors that you wanted
HOW TO DISPLAY A SILVER COLLECTION I cut some steel pieces with a hack saw, which will give extra support to the shelves and small buttons will help to prop up the shelves where needed so they’re level. Just on the inside of the middle door frames are small metal supports for the glass to sit on. The steel piece sits on that and on the wooden support at the back. HOW TO MAKE A REVERSE DECOUPAGED CHANDELIER CRYSTAL It’s important to apply the MP along the outside of the paper along the faceted edges to create a good bond and seal. Again, remove any excess MP that gets on the crystal. Once the back is done and completely dry use a toothpick to poke a hole in the paper where the chandelier crystal hole is. Add any type of bail you like for hanging. HOW TO MAKE CHANDELIER CRYSTAL ANGEL ORNAMENTS For the halo I decided to use a mini faux pearl beading. I put a dab of glue on the back of the head, pressed the first bead into the glue, wrapped the beading around the front, pulled it around to the back and into the glue, and cut it off. You can see the halos here. The middle angel has a pink ribbon rose, and the angel on the right has a COLOR ME THRIFTY
Hey there I’m Tuula, creator of Color Me Thrifty, formerly known as Thrifty Rebel Vintage. I’m super excited you found me. I’m a repurposing, reusing, redecorating, redoing, rethinking, and DIYing kinda gal who loves to share budget-friendly colorful projects for the home and garden. I hope I can inspire you to create a home that smiles.
REPURPOSED VINTAGE SINK PLANTERS In some of my bigger planters it’s much more cost effective, and quicker and easier, to buy a mixed hanging planter and use that rather than individual bedding plants. At our local nursery we can get 2 lovely hanging planters for $25. Sometimes plants are a little, or a lot, root bound.
QUICK & EASY DIY EASTER WREATH Easter eggs. Low temp glue gun. glue sticks. Here’s my easy DIY Easter wreath hanging on my kitchen door, which is the door we use all the time. My Easter egg wreath, that I created last year, is on the other side. I looped a piece of one of the shower pouf strings around the hoop, between the green and the blue poufs, for easy hanging . HOW TO MIX YOUR OWN PAINT AND SAVE MONEY All you really need is a paint stick and some patience. The one important thing you need to remember is to only mix latex with latex , and oil with oil. Oil based and latex/water based paints do not mix and never the two should meet. I never use oil paint for anything anyway so for me that isn’t an issue. So here’s how I mixed my own DIY SCRAPBOOK PAPER STAIRS MAKEOVER About $20 for the decoupage medium, $8 for the scrapbook paper used, about $8 for the contact paper, and a few of dollars for foam brushes. That’s pretty inexpensive, and it was actually quite easy to do. Even the math part. lol. But it did take quite a bit of time. SLEIGH BED MAKEOVER AND MASTER BEDROOM PROGRESS Benjamin Moore’s Sherwood Green. It’s one of their historic colours. There are so many recipes on the internet, but I used 1 part plaster of paris, 1 part warm water, and 2 parts paint. I mixed the PofP and water really well before adding the paint, and I have to say it went on like butter. HOW TO MAKE A GARDEN ART DISH FLOWER Tape all the pieces with painters tape for about 30 minutes so they don’t move. Believe me that can happen. Remove the tape, and let your dish flower cure for about 24 hours in a cool place. This is important, the glue won’t cure properly in hot and/or humid HOW TO MAKE A BOOK ANGEL Fold the front 25 pages (50 numbered pages) from the bottom corner up into the spine of the book. This makes the left angel wing. (You’ll notice that I did the first few pages wrong, but it was an easy fix.) Fold all the remaining pages towards the back HOW TO UPDATE AN OLD FRAMED PAINTING The easiest way to update the look of a framed painting is to remove the frame and hang it au natural. I love the look of unframed canvases. The painting was held into the frame with just 4 small nails, one in the middle of each side of the frame. Removing the canvas from the frame was a HOW TO CREATE AN EASY DIY HEART RAG WREATH Adding fabric strips onto heart wreath frame. To attach the fabric strips onto the wreath frame you first fold the strip in half. Wrap it around the metal wreath frame and pull the ends through the loop. Then you just pull it tight. You want all your knots to go the same way, on top, so you have a nice neat look. COLOR ME THRIFTY
Hey there I’m Tuula, creator of Color Me Thrifty, formerly known as Thrifty Rebel Vintage. I’m super excited you found me. I’m a repurposing, reusing, redecorating, redoing, rethinking, and DIYing kinda gal who loves to share budget-friendly colorful projects for the home and garden. I hope I can inspire you to create a home that smiles.
REPURPOSED VINTAGE SINK PLANTERS In some of my bigger planters it’s much more cost effective, and quicker and easier, to buy a mixed hanging planter and use that rather than individual bedding plants. At our local nursery we can get 2 lovely hanging planters for $25. Sometimes plants are a little, or a lot, root bound.
QUICK & EASY DIY EASTER WREATH Easter eggs. Low temp glue gun. glue sticks. Here’s my easy DIY Easter wreath hanging on my kitchen door, which is the door we use all the time. My Easter egg wreath, that I created last year, is on the other side. I looped a piece of one of the shower pouf strings around the hoop, between the green and the blue poufs, for easy hanging . HOW TO MIX YOUR OWN PAINT AND SAVE MONEY All you really need is a paint stick and some patience. The one important thing you need to remember is to only mix latex with latex , and oil with oil. Oil based and latex/water based paints do not mix and never the two should meet. I never use oil paint for anything anyway so for me that isn’t an issue. So here’s how I mixed my own DIY SCRAPBOOK PAPER STAIRS MAKEOVER About $20 for the decoupage medium, $8 for the scrapbook paper used, about $8 for the contact paper, and a few of dollars for foam brushes. That’s pretty inexpensive, and it was actually quite easy to do. Even the math part. lol. But it did take quite a bit of time. SLEIGH BED MAKEOVER AND MASTER BEDROOM PROGRESS Benjamin Moore’s Sherwood Green. It’s one of their historic colours. There are so many recipes on the internet, but I used 1 part plaster of paris, 1 part warm water, and 2 parts paint. I mixed the PofP and water really well before adding the paint, and I have to say it went on like butter. HOW TO MAKE A GARDEN ART DISH FLOWER Tape all the pieces with painters tape for about 30 minutes so they don’t move. Believe me that can happen. Remove the tape, and let your dish flower cure for about 24 hours in a cool place. This is important, the glue won’t cure properly in hot and/or humid HOW TO MAKE A BOOK ANGEL Fold the front 25 pages (50 numbered pages) from the bottom corner up into the spine of the book. This makes the left angel wing. (You’ll notice that I did the first few pages wrong, but it was an easy fix.) Fold all the remaining pages towards the back HOW TO UPDATE AN OLD FRAMED PAINTING The easiest way to update the look of a framed painting is to remove the frame and hang it au natural. I love the look of unframed canvases. The painting was held into the frame with just 4 small nails, one in the middle of each side of the frame. Removing the canvas from the frame was a HOW TO CREATE AN EASY DIY HEART RAG WREATH Adding fabric strips onto heart wreath frame. To attach the fabric strips onto the wreath frame you first fold the strip in half. Wrap it around the metal wreath frame and pull the ends through the loop. Then you just pull it tight. You want all your knots to go the same way, on top, so you have a nice neat look. HOW TO MIX YOUR OWN PAINT AND SAVE MONEY All you really need is a paint stick and some patience. The one important thing you need to remember is to only mix latex with latex , and oil with oil. Oil based and latex/water based paints do not mix and never the two should meet. I never use oil paint for anything anyway so for me that isn’t an issue. So here’s how I mixed my own PAINTING AN ANTIQUE WOOD FLOOR This saved me a ton of time, mess, and sweat. The first thing I do with a can of primer or paint is hammer some holes into the rim so there’s drainage back into the can. I usually do about 5 holes around half of the can. I always line my paint tray with a plastic grocery bag for easy clean up. DIY FABRIC COVERED VINYL ROLLER SHADE Then I lay the blind on the floor and measured that same distance, 60″, and marked the spot with a marker on both sides of the shade. Enter my fun and funky fabric. It has a vintage/retro vibe to me, and I fell in love with it. I thrifted two double size flat sheets a while back for $1 a piece. I just knew I would find a use for them someday. REPURPOSED LAUNDRY HAMPER PLANTER painter’s tape. spray paint. garbage can. potting soil. plant. I think it’s important to have things around us, inside and out, that are pretty and that bring us joy. And here’s my finished repurposed laundry hamper planter. This is really a quick and easy way to have some fun with flowers. I REPURPOSED VINTAGE MAGAZINE RACK PLANTER These two pretty pinky/purply mums were the perfect size for my magazine rack planter. I just put the mums in pots and all. The coco fibre acts makes a nice screen so you don’t see the pots at all. Magazine racks come in all shapes, styles, sizes, and materials and I HOW TO DISPLAY A SILVER COLLECTION I cut some steel pieces with a hack saw, which will give extra support to the shelves and small buttons will help to prop up the shelves where needed so they’re level. Just on the inside of the middle door frames are small metal supports for the glass to sit on. The steel piece sits on that and on the wooden support at the back. HOW TO MAKE A REVERSE DECOUPAGED CHANDELIER CRYSTAL It’s important to apply the MP along the outside of the paper along the faceted edges to create a good bond and seal. Again, remove any excess MP that gets on the crystal. Once the back is done and completely dry use a toothpick to poke a hole in the paper where the chandelier crystal hole is. Add any type of bail you like for hanging. HOW TO MAKE A HANGING TEACUP BIRD FEEDER Place the teacup on to the saucer. Where the teacup goes on the saucer totally depends on the shape of the teacup and how it fits onto the saucer. This ones fits nicely inside the saucer. Use painters tape to hold the teacup in place, making sure that the handle is sticking straight up. Once the teacup is where you want it, apply painters tape HOW TO MAKE CHANDELIER CRYSTAL ANGEL ORNAMENTS For the halo I decided to use a mini faux pearl beading. I put a dab of glue on the back of the head, pressed the first bead into the glue, wrapped the beading around the front, pulled it around to the back and into the glue, and cut it off. You can see the halos here. The middle angel has a pink ribbon rose, and the angel on the right has a HOW TO MAKE A TOILET TANK SKIRT It goes great with the wallpaper. First I measure the width for the 2 side pieces up to the centre toilet area, and their length from the top of the tank to the floor. Then I measure for the centre piece from the top of the tank down to the toilet. So, I need 2 side pieces that are 13″ wide by 28″ long, and a COLOR ME THRIFTY
Hey there I’m Tuula, creator of Color Me Thrifty, formerly known as Thrifty Rebel Vintage. I’m super excited you found me. I’m a repurposing, reusing, redecorating, redoing, rethinking, and DIYing kinda gal who loves to share budget-friendly colorful projects for the home and garden. I hope I can inspire you to create a home that smiles.
REPURPOSED VINTAGE SINK PLANTERS In some of my bigger planters it’s much more cost effective, and quicker and easier, to buy a mixed hanging planter and use that rather than individual bedding plants. At our local nursery we can get 2 lovely hanging planters for $25. Sometimes plants are a little, or a lot, root bound.
QUICK & EASY DIY EASTER WREATH Easter eggs. Low temp glue gun. glue sticks. Here’s my easy DIY Easter wreath hanging on my kitchen door, which is the door we use all the time. My Easter egg wreath, that I created last year, is on the other side. I looped a piece of one of the shower pouf strings around the hoop, between the green and the blue poufs, for easy hanging . HOW TO MIX YOUR OWN PAINT AND SAVE MONEY All you really need is a paint stick and some patience. The one important thing you need to remember is to only mix latex with latex , and oil with oil. Oil based and latex/water based paints do not mix and never the two should meet. I never use oil paint for anything anyway so for me that isn’t an issue. So here’s how I mixed my own DIY SCRAPBOOK PAPER STAIRS MAKEOVER About $20 for the decoupage medium, $8 for the scrapbook paper used, about $8 for the contact paper, and a few of dollars for foam brushes. That’s pretty inexpensive, and it was actually quite easy to do. Even the math part. lol. But it did take quite a bit of time. SLEIGH BED MAKEOVER AND MASTER BEDROOM PROGRESS Benjamin Moore’s Sherwood Green. It’s one of their historic colours. There are so many recipes on the internet, but I used 1 part plaster of paris, 1 part warm water, and 2 parts paint. I mixed the PofP and water really well before adding the paint, and I have to say it went on like butter. HOW TO MAKE A GARDEN ART DISH FLOWER Tape all the pieces with painters tape for about 30 minutes so they don’t move. Believe me that can happen. Remove the tape, and let your dish flower cure for about 24 hours in a cool place. This is important, the glue won’t cure properly in hot and/or humid HOW TO MAKE A BOOK ANGEL Fold the front 25 pages (50 numbered pages) from the bottom corner up into the spine of the book. This makes the left angel wing. (You’ll notice that I did the first few pages wrong, but it was an easy fix.) Fold all the remaining pages towards the back HOW TO UPDATE AN OLD FRAMED PAINTING The easiest way to update the look of a framed painting is to remove the frame and hang it au natural. I love the look of unframed canvases. The painting was held into the frame with just 4 small nails, one in the middle of each side of the frame. Removing the canvas from the frame was a HOW TO CREATE AN EASY DIY HEART RAG WREATH Adding fabric strips onto heart wreath frame. To attach the fabric strips onto the wreath frame you first fold the strip in half. Wrap it around the metal wreath frame and pull the ends through the loop. Then you just pull it tight. You want all your knots to COLOR ME THRIFTY
Hey there I’m Tuula, creator of Color Me Thrifty, formerly known as Thrifty Rebel Vintage. I’m super excited you found me. I’m a repurposing, reusing, redecorating, redoing, rethinking, and DIYing kinda gal who loves to share budget-friendly colorful projects for the home and garden. I hope I can inspire you to create a home that smiles.
REPURPOSED VINTAGE SINK PLANTERS In some of my bigger planters it’s much more cost effective, and quicker and easier, to buy a mixed hanging planter and use that rather than individual bedding plants. At our local nursery we can get 2 lovely hanging planters for $25. Sometimes plants are a little, or a lot, root bound.
QUICK & EASY DIY EASTER WREATH Easter eggs. Low temp glue gun. glue sticks. Here’s my easy DIY Easter wreath hanging on my kitchen door, which is the door we use all the time. My Easter egg wreath, that I created last year, is on the other side. I looped a piece of one of the shower pouf strings around the hoop, between the green and the blue poufs, for easy hanging . HOW TO MIX YOUR OWN PAINT AND SAVE MONEY All you really need is a paint stick and some patience. The one important thing you need to remember is to only mix latex with latex , and oil with oil. Oil based and latex/water based paints do not mix and never the two should meet. I never use oil paint for anything anyway so for me that isn’t an issue. So here’s how I mixed my own DIY SCRAPBOOK PAPER STAIRS MAKEOVER About $20 for the decoupage medium, $8 for the scrapbook paper used, about $8 for the contact paper, and a few of dollars for foam brushes. That’s pretty inexpensive, and it was actually quite easy to do. Even the math part. lol. But it did take quite a bit of time. SLEIGH BED MAKEOVER AND MASTER BEDROOM PROGRESS Benjamin Moore’s Sherwood Green. It’s one of their historic colours. There are so many recipes on the internet, but I used 1 part plaster of paris, 1 part warm water, and 2 parts paint. I mixed the PofP and water really well before adding the paint, and I have to say it went on like butter. HOW TO MAKE A GARDEN ART DISH FLOWER Tape all the pieces with painters tape for about 30 minutes so they don’t move. Believe me that can happen. Remove the tape, and let your dish flower cure for about 24 hours in a cool place. This is important, the glue won’t cure properly in hot and/or humid HOW TO MAKE A BOOK ANGEL Fold the front 25 pages (50 numbered pages) from the bottom corner up into the spine of the book. This makes the left angel wing. (You’ll notice that I did the first few pages wrong, but it was an easy fix.) Fold all the remaining pages towards the back HOW TO UPDATE AN OLD FRAMED PAINTING The easiest way to update the look of a framed painting is to remove the frame and hang it au natural. I love the look of unframed canvases. The painting was held into the frame with just 4 small nails, one in the middle of each side of the frame. Removing the canvas from the frame was a HOW TO CREATE AN EASY DIY HEART RAG WREATH Adding fabric strips onto heart wreath frame. To attach the fabric strips onto the wreath frame you first fold the strip in half. Wrap it around the metal wreath frame and pull the ends through the loop. Then you just pull it tight. You want all your knots to HOW TO MIX YOUR OWN PAINT AND SAVE MONEY All you really need is a paint stick and some patience. The one important thing you need to remember is to only mix latex with latex , and oil with oil. Oil based and latex/water based paints do not mix and never the two should meet. I never use oil paint for anything anyway so for me that isn’t an issue. So here’s how I mixed my own PAINTING AN ANTIQUE WOOD FLOOR This saved me a ton of time, mess, and sweat. The first thing I do with a can of primer or paint is hammer some holes into the rim so there’s drainage back into the can. I usually do about 5 holes around half of the can. I always line my paint tray with a plastic grocery bag for easy clean up. DIY FABRIC COVERED VINYL ROLLER SHADE Then I lay the blind on the floor and measured that same distance, 60″, and marked the spot with a marker on both sides of the shade. Enter my fun and funky fabric. It has a vintage/retro vibe to me, and I fell in love with it. I thrifted two double size flat sheets a while back for $1 a piece. I just knew I would find a use for them someday. REPURPOSED LAUNDRY HAMPER PLANTER painter’s tape. spray paint. garbage can. potting soil. plant. I think it’s important to have things around us, inside and out, that are pretty and that bring us joy. And here’s my finished repurposed laundry hamper planter. This is really a quick and easy way to have some fun with flowers. I REPURPOSED VINTAGE MAGAZINE RACK PLANTER These two pretty pinky/purply mums were the perfect size for my magazine rack planter. I just put the mums in pots and all. The coco fibre acts makes a nice screen so you don’t see the pots at all. Magazine racks come in all shapes, styles, sizes, and materials and I HOW TO DISPLAY A SILVER COLLECTION I cut some steel pieces with a hack saw, which will give extra support to the shelves and small buttons will help to prop up the shelves where needed so they’re level. Just on the inside of the middle door frames are small metal supports for the glass to sit on. The steel piece sits on that and on the wooden support at the back. HOW TO MAKE A REVERSE DECOUPAGED CHANDELIER CRYSTAL It’s important to apply the MP along the outside of the paper along the faceted edges to create a good bond and seal. Again, remove any excess MP that gets on the crystal. Once the back is done and completely dry use a toothpick to poke a hole in the paper where the chandelier crystal hole is. Add any type of bail you like for hanging. HOW TO MAKE A HANGING TEACUP BIRD FEEDER Place the teacup on to the saucer. Where the teacup goes on the saucer totally depends on the shape of the teacup and how it fits onto the saucer. This ones fits nicely inside the saucer. Use painters tape to hold the teacup in place, making sure that the handle is sticking straight up. Once the teacup is where you want it, apply painters tape HOW TO MAKE CHANDELIER CRYSTAL ANGEL ORNAMENTS For the halo I decided to use a mini faux pearl beading. I put a dab of glue on the back of the head, pressed the first bead into the glue, wrapped the beading around the front, pulled it around to the back and into the glue, and cut it off. You can see the halos here. The middle angel has a pink ribbon rose, and the angel on the right has a HOW TO MAKE A TOILET TANK SKIRT It goes great with the wallpaper. First I measure the width for the 2 side pieces up to the centre toilet area, and their length from the top of the tank to the floor. Then I measure for the centre piece from the top of the tank down to the toilet. So, I need 2 side pieces that are 13″ wide by 28″ long, and a Menu
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WELCOME TO COLOR ME THRIFTY! Hey there I’m Tuula, creator of Color Me Thrifty, formerly known as Thrifty Rebel Vintage. I’m super excited you found me. I’m a repurposing, reusing, redecorating, redoing, rethinking, and DIYing kinda gal who loves to share budget-friendly colorful projects for the home and garden. I hope I can inspire you to create a home that smiles. Your home doesn’t have to be magazine-worthy to be amazing, but it does have to be you-worthy. And it can be. When it comes to color don ‘t be shy. Be fearless! Read more here. WHAT CAN WE HELP YOU WITH. GARDEN PROJECTS
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