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A great way to decorate without buying new is to upcycle old items and give them a new purpose as home decor. These projects are all easy DIYs that reuse something to give it new life in your home!

  • Cool idea to reuse old juice glasses AND bring pollinators into your backyard! What an easy way to make a DIY bee hotel for mason bees via Refresh Living. Includes tips for where to hang the mason bee home and what to do with it over the winter.

    DIY Mason Bee Nest from Old Juice Glasses

  • Just paint a wooden trinket case or toy box and then add in faux succulents. Easy succulent planter ideas to hang on the wall via Refresh Living.

    Faux Succulent Arrangement

  • This is a great idea on how to make a inexpensive DIY spring wreath using a thrift store find. For less than $5, you can make a custom spring front door decoration!

    DIY Spring Wreath

  • Some of these items I always buy second hand too, but I never thought of some of these other home decor items. Includes tips on where to find these items and the best price to pay. Great ideas for thrift shopping for used home decor!

    8 Best Home Decor Items to Buy Second Hand

  • Farmhouse style light fixture made from an antique egg crate. It's easy to make using a pendant light kit and a simple white technique.

    Light Fixture from an Old Egg Crate

  • Plant a succulent garden in a jello mold to fit around an umbrella pole - genius! I see these at the thrift store all the time. Now I need to pick one up!

    DIY Umbrella Planter from a Copper Jello Mold

  • reclaimed wood centerpiece with apothecary bottles in the middle as vases

    Reclaimed Wood Centerpiece with Vintage Glass Bottles

  • These DIY projects are brilliant AND they allow you to reuse old glass jars or mason jars.

    10 Awesome Ways to Reuse Glass Jars

  • It's easy to turn a window into a chalkboard! If you use the right paint and follow these steps, you'll have a smooth finish that doesn't scratch off.

    How to Use Chalkboard Paint on Glass

  • fall wreath idea for front door made with chalkboard paint and old silver platter from the thrift store with dried florals

    DIY Fall Wreath with an Upcycled Silver Platter

  • attach glass door knobs to wood to make a diy coat rack

    How to Make a Towel or Coat Rack using Vintage Items

  • reuse old glass jars as decorative bathroom storage

    Reuse Glass Jars for DIY Bathroom Storage

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