Easy Updates: Easy Artwork.

My daughter's room has this empty wall:

Solution: Cheap & Easy Wall Art.

Supplies: 2 black wooden picture frames (Dollar Tree, $2)

2 white picture mattes (Dollar Tree, $1)

pretty notebook cover (Walmart, $2)

I played around with the placement of the

mattes before I cut the notebook into 2 pieces.

Then I taped each piece in place

and placed them in the frames.

Done!

A close-up:

And the doggie purse hook from last week found a nice home too ;)

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Easy Updates: Custom Media Boxes.

We're trying to become a mostly digital houselhold. But we still have some media that we just don't plan to get rid of; namely VHS tapes and Nintendo games.

The problem:
I am not fond of those media towers.
So how do we store them?

Solution: Media boxes!

While media boxes tend to be inexpensive, they tend to only store a few at a time. And they are not always attractive. But I knew I could make my own with a little creative thinking.

So enter two empty boxes that were headed to the recycling bin. I removed both lids, then I covered each box in scrapbook paper.

I tried a colorblock pattern with the largest box. I simply cut large rectangles of the color paper and taped them in place using masking tape.

After their scrapbook paper makeovers, each box found a new home.

The larger box was missing something,
so I added a monogram letter!...my favorite finishing touch!

Total cost: FREE :)