60 Fabulous DIY Home Décor Ideas on a Budget

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Home Decorating on the Cheap

If you're looking for some creative ways to give your home a new look—without breaking the bank—you've come to the right place. I've collected some great ideas that I think you're going to love!

Get inspired with these endlessly versatile ideas:

• Geometric Accent Walls
• Ikea Furniture Hacks
• Fairy Lights
• Dreamcatchers
• Driftwood Art
• Floating Shelves
• Mirror Mosaics
• Pallet Furniture
• Terrarium Design
• Loft Beds

1. Geometric Accent Wall With Greens, Blacks and Greys

How to Paint a Geometric Accent Wall

The time-lapse video below shows how to create a geometric accent wall for a bedroom.

Materials

• Painters tape
• Paintbrushes
• A few 4-inch rollers
• Approximately 5 colors of paint

For the main color, you'll likely need one pint of that paint. For the remaining colors, you will probably need only sample sizes.

2. Geometric Accent Wall in Pastels

3. Geometric Accent Wall With Dots

4. Geometric Accent Wall With Greys, Blues, and Greens

5. Geometric Accent Wall With Polka Dot Wall Decals

6. Geometric Accent Wall With Bold Blues and Blacks

IKEA Furniture Hacks You'll Love

The video below shows how to flip four Ikea products. The first Ikea flip involves the PS cabinet. You can go to the store and buy these products (they're not expensive), but you might get lucky and find some Ikea furniture on the street near where you live!

7. Ikea Dresser Before and After

8. Ikea Bookcase on Its Side

9. Ikea Dresser as a Kitchen Island

10. IKEA Grundtal for Organizing

11. KALLAX Cabinets

12. Ikea BESTÅ as a TV Unit

How to Decorate Your Bedroom With Fairy Lights

The video below demonstrates how to put up fairy lights in a bedroom. One set of lights creates a border along the top of the walls, near the ceiling, and the other sets of lights are hung downward to create a waterfall effect.

13. Bedroom Fairy Lights

14. Desk Area With Lights

15. Fairy Light Tree

16. Fairy Lights in the Bedroom

17. Lights Around a Wire Mesh Photo Collage

18. String Lights on a Bedroom Wall

How to Make a Dreamcatcher

The video tutorial below shows how to make a dreamcatcher. Dreamcatchers are meant to be hung above your bed to catch all of your bad dreams.

19. Purple and Violet Dreamcatcher

20. Peacock Dream Catcher

21. Yellow and Blue Dreamcatcher

22. Floral Dreamcatcher

23. Purple and Pink Dreamcatcher

24. Lace Dreamcatcher

How to Make Driftwood Art

The video below demonstrates how to make unique pieces of driftwood art.

Materials

• Sticks/branches (preferably ones with little to no bark)
• Something to hold your sticks (e.g., a bucket)
• Bleach
• Sandpaper

25. Driftwood Wall Art

26. Painted Driftwood in a Vase

27. Feathers and Driftwood Art

28. Sea Witch Wands

29. Colorful Driftwood Art

30. Stunning Driftwood Art

How to Install Floating Shelves

The video below shows how to hang hidden-anchor floating shelves.

31. Floating Shelves in Bathroom

32. Floating Shelves in Kitchen

33. Floating Shelves in Bedroom

34. Floating Shelves Held Up by Internal Tree

36. Floating Shelves for Makeup Organizers

35. Floating Shelves on Subway Tiles

DIY Mirror Mosaic Wall Art

The video below demonstrates a cool project: a mosaic work of art made up of broken pieces of mirror.

This project involves breaking a mirror, so you're definitely going to need some safety glasses for this one. If you're uncomfortable with the idea of breaking a mirror yourself, you can always go to a glass shop and ask if they have any broken mirrors that they would be willing to give you for free.

37. Mosaic Mirror on Black Background

38. Mosaic Mirror on Back of Door

39. Mosaic Art on Bathroom Wall

40. Broken Mirror Artwork

41. Broken Mirror Wall Art

42. Mosaic Wall Art for Living Room

Easy and Cheap Pallet Furniture Ideas

Making furniture out of recycled wooden pallets is really easy. The video below shows how to make 10 different pieces, including a two-seater couch.

43. Pallet Wall Mount for TV

44. Pallet Furniture With String Lights

45. Pallet Table Storage

46. Pallet Hallway Stand

47. Coffee Table From Reclaimed Wood

48. Reclaimed Wood Vanity

How to Make a Terrarium

The video below shows how to assemble a terrarium. The process of layering all of the different "ingredients" in the terrarium is key to making it look beautiful.

One terrarium created here uses East Indian holly fern, which has beautiful variegated foliage. It is layered with pebbles, soil with a little bit of charcoal, decorative moss, larger stones, and pine cones.

49. Beautiful Terrarium Globe

50. Green Forest Terrarium

51. Terrarium With River

52. Terrarium Scene

53. Terrarium With Bridge

54. Terrarium With Waterfall and Horses

How to Make a Loft Bed

The video below shows how to make a DIY loft bed for less than $75 worth of lumber (2x4s and 2x6s).

55. Loft Bed With Canopy

56. Loft Bed With Pom-Poms

57. Loft Bed With Desk Underneath

58. Octonaut-Themed Bedroom

59. Loft Bed for Kid's Room

60. Kura Bed Hack

Comments

Susan Hazelton from Northern New York on December 07, 2018:

Terrific ideas. I love the textured look on number 5.

Tapaswini Bashoo from Washington DC on October 27, 2018:

I tried to do #9 , yours looks so much prettier

Carrie Lee Night from Northeast United States on April 17, 2018:

Very good ideas. Thank you for sharing.

laura on November 02, 2017:

where can I buy this texture roller?

Centfie from Kenya on June 22, 2017:

Great DIY ideas. I love the No. 13 idea

Top Gifts on January 02, 2017:

Some of these are great birthday gift ideas for our daughter when we are short on money! Thanks for the post!

zakariya guenda from arbaouat tahtani on December 03, 2016:

A neat mix of DIY projects for the home. I would like to make one of those window frame tables soon!

Terrie Lynn from Canada on October 21, 2016:

These are great ideas. I do a lot of DIY . I used contact paper on the light switches in our farm house in the kids bedrooms. It looks great and easy to do. I also love the furniture ideas . I have redone a few pieces for only the cost of the stain . Love that it's done on a budget . Paintable wallpaper also works for cupboard doors. Keep up the great hub. Following .

mactavers on October 01, 2016:

Great suggestions for projects.

Heather Tackett from Cartersville, GA on September 29, 2016:

I so going to try the wallpaper outlet covers! ... like TODAY!

ezzly (author) on October 28, 2015:

Hi Sheila, you can use hot glue !

Hey traderadiators that sounds really cool ! I love Beano!!!

Alastair Boyd from Glasgow, UK on October 28, 2015:

Instead of wrapping paper I used a load of old Beano magazines which I stuck to the top using wallpaper paste. I also have a glass top panel which sits on top - it looks really good! Thank you for the inspiration!

sheila on August 07, 2015:

I love your silverware art. What did you use to stick the silverware to the back board?

ezzly (author) on June 23, 2015:

Hi hukillb it's reiko floral shower curtain

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Reiko-Floral-Brown-Green-B...

hukillb on June 23, 2015:

I love all these projects. I love the floral shower curtain so much. Where can I find one like it?

ezzly (author) on May 13, 2015:

Thanks for visiting Home Sita

Home Stia on May 13, 2015:

Thanks for sharing, totally useful.

ezzly (author) on April 17, 2015:

Thanks for commenting and pinning Au fait, so true , about money being tight when starting out !

C E Clark from North Texas on April 16, 2015:

Some very inexpensive easy ideas here. When people are just starting out in their own home or apartment ideas like this are just what they need because money is often tight. Voted up, and pinned to Awesome HubPages.

ezzly (author) on March 05, 2015:

Thanks for visiting nancynurse :)

ezzly (author) on March 05, 2015:

Thanks for commenting Clearissa, the fabric wall is very popular :)

Nancy McClintock from Southeast USA on February 27, 2015:

Hi You have given me some great ideas. I enjoyed reading your hub. Nice format too. Thanks for sharing.

Clearissa Coward's Command Center from Cary,NC on February 27, 2015:

Very creative ways to upcycle. I am especially interested in the fabric wall. Good job.Thanks for sharing.

ezzly (author) on February 24, 2015:

Thank you , my sweetlittle6

M. Winters from United States on February 24, 2015:

I love all of this. What a great hub!

ezzly (author) on February 22, 2015:

Thanks emmaouthworth :)

Emma Southworth from Manchester on February 21, 2015:

very informative hub voted up and followed you :)

ezzly (author) on February 21, 2015:

Thanks for commenting Cynthia, wow, your stairs are going to be incredible !!

ezzly (author) on February 21, 2015:

Thanks Kristen, another great tip is to use foam mounting tape as I know most land lords don't allow you to put nails in the wall, happy decorating :)

Kristen Howe from Northeast Ohio on February 21, 2015:

Great tips, Ezzly. I wish I can apply some of them to my new apartment, since I can't wallpaper or paint any walls or furniture. Voted up!

Cynthia Hoover from Newton, West Virginia on February 21, 2015:

Awesome for any budget! Love the wallpaper stairs! My stairs are the focal point of my entrance, I will be looking for the right paper to make them pop! Thank you for publishing this article!

ezzly (author) on February 18, 2015:

Thanks for visiting Deborah Diane :)

Deborah-Diane from Orange County, California on February 17, 2015:

What charming, inexpensive ways to decorate your home. Well done! Voted up and shared! :)

ezzly (author) on February 07, 2015:

Thanks for commenting Rtalloni bet you will make a fab table :)

RTalloni on February 06, 2015:

A neat mix of DIY projects for the home. I would like to make one of those window frame tables soon!