I started with my dining room. It used to be used as a daycare room but was recently converted into a formal dining room. This room needs work as this is where Thanksgiving and Christmas meals will be eaten. I found some robin eggs blue paint and lightened up the dark navy blue walls. I had white curtains and cloth shower curtains that I repurposed by adding a band of yellow fabric to the bottoms. I had some old, icky frames that I gave new life by painting the colors of the walls and adding extra yellow fabric as the matting. These hang on a white wall on my stairwell. I also painted three old terra cotta pots the wall color to hold silverware. The room looks light and fresh.
The kids will be painting toilet paper tubes white with red stripes to be used as napkin holders and a fun way to deliver Christmas letters and drawings. They also collected pine cones from a nearby park for other holiday crafts. I have been using my TV time productively by crocheting scarves for Christmas Presents.
It has been nice recycling old things into new and teaching the kids new tricks along the way. The money saved is also invaluable.
"Maybe Christmas doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas... (he thought)...means a little bit more." The Grinch
I didn't see your pictures, but I like your ideas. Isn't it amazing what a fresh (frugal) coat of paint will do? It gets my decorating blood flowing, too.
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