Back in August I challenged myself to a no-spend month of living and decorating. I dubbed it "Already Own August" to give myself some motivation to work with what I had, thus achieving two things - saving moolah, and actually checking off my to do list. Well, here we are, at another "A" month, so it's only fitting to implement an "Already Own April". Granted, I did get rid of a lot of my "projects in the making" junk that I was hoarding in my garage last month, but I still kept a few things that will certainly keep me busy during my shopping draught (I hid them from the hubby in random crevices all over the house. He thinks we fully purged; we did not.... mwah ha ha ha ha!)
That pallet in the garage? I'm thinking something like this:
Pallet makeovers seem to be getting a bit overdone on the inty, but my house needs art, and more specifically, free art, so this will have to do!
I definitely have some baskets hanging around that could be used in better ways. This is one of my faves!
And my hubby had a pine hope chest that served as random junk storage in our garage. I painted it last year and brought it up into the house to create a filing system of sorts like the photo, but so far it's not as functional as it should be, so I think this will need a redo.
The best projects I have coming up are not inspired by Pinterest picks, so I don't have any inspiration photos to tease you with. Let's just say that almost everything involves a can of spray paint and many custom labels.... we all know that labels make my world go round, right?
Anyways, I'm not savvy enough to figure out a link party, but I wanted to invite you to link back to projects using things you already own in the comments section. It doesn't have to be on this post; it can be on any "AOA" post, and can be whatever you feel like sharing.
My self-imposed rules for my own AOA are as follows:
I definitely have some baskets hanging around that could be used in better ways. This is one of my faves!
And my hubby had a pine hope chest that served as random junk storage in our garage. I painted it last year and brought it up into the house to create a filing system of sorts like the photo, but so far it's not as functional as it should be, so I think this will need a redo.
The best projects I have coming up are not inspired by Pinterest picks, so I don't have any inspiration photos to tease you with. Let's just say that almost everything involves a can of spray paint and many custom labels.... we all know that labels make my world go round, right?
Anyways, I'm not savvy enough to figure out a link party, but I wanted to invite you to link back to projects using things you already own in the comments section. It doesn't have to be on this post; it can be on any "AOA" post, and can be whatever you feel like sharing.
My self-imposed rules for my own AOA are as follows:
- Must use things I already own except for the occasional small thing I may need to complete the project (certain supplies I don't have on hand etc.)
- Must be something functional and that can be used in my home and not just a makeover for the sake of a makeover.
- Must complete at least one project a week, for a total of at least 4 free projects.
Alright, let's go create with things we have on hand! Fun fun fun!
And, a little off topic, you may be surprised to see a blog without a stitch of Easter decorating. I appreciate all the fun Easter mantles and tablescapes out there to a certain point, but despite what my close friends and family would assume, I'm not much of a holiday decorator. I know, I know, tisk tisk. I do love decorating for Christmas, but that's about it. I just find other holidays too short lived to be worth the money and effort to decorate them. Plus, I just find a lot of the heavily themed stuff a little, dare I say it, tacky (not to mention you need to store all that seasonal decor the rest of the year). Eeeek, somewhere I am pissing someone off, and I'm truly sorry! I guarantee you when I have kids, I will totally be decorating up an Easter storm, but for now I prefer to channel my decorating dollars and energy into things I can enjoy all year long. Now spring flowers, well, that I can handle!