Affordable Home Tips*

Recently I was contacted by Keepmoat asking if I'd like to take part in their affordable home challenge, encouraging people to upcycle/DIY/create pretty spaces at home at a low price. This is pretty much something I love doing anyway, so I jumped at the chance. I decided to break this challenge down into three easy, small projects that anyone can do and would work nicely in any home.
I started with the bowl you can see above. I went out and bought a handful of plain white bowls, with the aim to funk them up a little and use them as display bowls. I don't have anything like this at all at home, and thought they'd make a nice place for keys, rings, trinkets.

I knew I wanted to make them rose gold, because whenever I see anything of a copper hue on Pinterest, I fall in love. I bought a copper spray paint from Amazon, which you can find here. I made sure to place the bowls on newspaper and some plastic bags, and spray with windows open for ventilation. This was incredibly easy, I just recommend spraying as far away from the bowl as possible while still covering the complete surface. That way, you avoid it getting soaked and dripping, which will then leave marks which won't look 'neat'. Overall it turned out beautiful, and I know have a pretty display dish for my jewellery!
Next up I decided to keep this rose gold party going, but in a totally different way. I gathered up some branches and sticks I found on some afternoon walks, and decided to work them together as a natural art piece for display. The copper spray was out again, and a glue gun provided by Glue Guns Direct; which made the whole super job easy! It also came with a bunch of glue sticks, a lot of them colourful and glittery. I didn't even know they did glitter glue sticks; amazing!

I was actually feeling really proud of this little baby by the end. It's so simple, and maybe kind of unusual. But that's what I love about it. It now displays on my boyfriend's desk and breaks everything up nicely. When I finally sort out my own desk/work area, I'll make another and put pretty fairy lights all over it!

And finally I decided we needed more photographs on display. I used the Free Prints app (available on both Android and iphone I believe!) to order some of my favourites, and I only paid for the delivery of my prints which was nice and affordable. Once they arrived I bought some string and pretty pegs to hang my chosen prints on, and added some washi tape to keep them easily hung up. You could also go for pins or blue tac, but I find washi tape prettier and doesn't ruin the surfaces in any way.

This was such a super easy way of making our place feel more homely, and so affordable too. I love having these prints on display, and I'm already brainstorming more ideas to display photos.
What do you guys think?! Would you try any of these simple DIY's?

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