After ending the biggies all through the Frugal Home essential mattress room makeover: portray the partitions, refinishing the gold mirrored closet doorways, and refinishing my poor earlier jewellery chest, there have been a number of small, very low-cost DIY initiatives that primarily polished off the room. These are what I determine excessive affect, low funds initiatives–they make an infinite distinction all through the traditional look of the room, nonetheless they’re merely not that costly.
First: a mannequin new mild fixture. The prevailing fixture was a sorry case of the ’80s: spherical, gold, patterned glass–the works. In a phrase, atrocious. I discovered the mannequin new mild on sale from Pottery Barn, which is usually means overpriced, nonetheless had a wonderful sale going! I ponder this was initially supposed as an outside mild, nonetheless, it really works. The one hazard is that it’s a bit low-hanging and Frugal Husband is a tall, tall man. We’ve solely had a number of incidents.
Second: window remedies. The room had plastic slat blinds, which actually needed to go. I discovered earlier curtains I’d saved from a earlier residence and was in a position to hem to perfection! Now lest you suppose I’m a stitching wizard (I’m not) I used iron-on hem tape, which prices $2.50 and is AMAZING. I used rigidity curtain rods ($14 every) after which measured, lower, and ironed-on the hem tape.
Third: a canine nook! Our candy little Frugal Hound sleeps on her canine mattress on the underside of our mattress room and she or he had developed a penchant for licking and chewing on the wall… not my favourite problem. She was furthermore scratching the wall collectively alongside together with her claws when she stretched and leaning her head in opposition to the wall. Briefly, it was changing into a extraordinarily doggy nook. To steer clear of dropping the wall, I took an earlier fabric bathe curtain, ironed it into folds, and used tiny nails to tack it up. Now, Frugal Hound has a fragile spot for her head and her claws aren’t ruining our new paint.
