30 dollar living room makeover.

I realize that I am WAY over do with putting some DIY projects on the blog.

I have been wanting to switch things up around the house for a while but could not figure out exactly what I wanted to do.  Last week (Right before I was hit by strep throat) I decided to just go ahead and do it.  So I moved furniture from upstairs to downstairs and visa versa.  I pulled together my fabric stash and made a couple trips to JoAnns and in no time I was done.  It is more modern looking than the rest of the house but I don't care, I like it and plan on keeping it this way...at least for a while. 


Here are the BEFORE pictures:

Here's the after:

Elements of the makeover:

Curtains: $9 for fabric.  I have been wanting horizontal stripe curtains for a while and they were so easy to make.

Yellow Chair: The chair itself was free, it left at grandma's house (was really ugly before but I don't have a before picture) $7.50 yellow spray paint and fabric. 

Throw pillows: somewhere around $10 for fabric.  Note to self, next time order chevron fabric online instead of piecing it together.

Paintings: I already had the canvas $4 for a few acrylic paints, I copied the idea from some similar ones I saw on pinterest. They say "You are my sunshine" and "You make me happy when skies are gray"

Lantern: another of my grandma's items that I re-purposed.

Rug: IKEA rug that I moved in from another room.

So for around 30 bucks I am thrilled with how it turned out.

I am still working on getting the downstairs right now but I am hoping to have that ready soon and will try to put some photos up when I do.