DIY Starburst Decor: Make it Monday

Make this lovely "Starburst Wall Decor" for any Room of your house! 

The lovely wall piece is not only Contemporary and modern, it is Under 8$!!!

Easy on Budget but high on Style, what's better than that!

All you need is:

1. Wooden Skewers- 2 sizes 1 packet each

2. Cork Trivet (Size 8" or more)

3. Glue 

4. Cardboard Cut in Round shape (Diameter as you desire preferably 8" or more) and Aluminium Foil OR Silver Paint (or any other color you like) OR Round Cake base (You can use old one in case you saved it)!!

The Steps-

Gather your Materials, I used a saved Round cake base, I gave it a fresh coat of silver paint to hide the knife marks.

If you are using cardboard you can either crush the foil and then paste it over your base or directly paint the cardboard with metallic paint.

Next decide how many points you want, mark points on your cork so that you get an even design, you can make it more scattered or more compact, then Alternate your large and small skewers to create the pattern, 

First dip pointed side the skewer in glue and then just insert in the cork. Maintain the size that you insert in cork so that you have same sized rays. 

Glue the silver plate to the cork trivet.

Let it all dry completely,
I liked the natural look of skewers so I kept it that way, you can also paint them if you like,

I used Picture Command strips to hang mine,

You are done!

DIY - Garden Chairs Re-Do

We did this fun DIY project in our previous home. As we knew that it won't be our permanent residence, so we wanted to furnish it on a budget. But that certainly didn't mean that we didn't want it to have Style. 

So to achieve our goals I did quite a bit of hunting on craigslist to look for a great deal to meet our needs. And look what I found - a set of amazing bistro style wooden chairs with a round table! PERFECT!

The next step was to grab it up, and we finally got it for just $40 for the whole set!! The table was a bit broken but it could be fixed, the chairs however just needed a fresh & bright coat of paint.

(I will tell you later what I did with the other two chairs & the table). 

So here is what we did with two chairs...

All you need is:

1. Hunt and look hard for a great deal in garage sale or craigslist.
2. Check thoroughly if what you are buying can be fixed or not.
3. Bargain!
4. Clean it up, if its a bright sunny day go ahead and wash it.
5. Get the Supplies- Mask, Gloves, Putty knife (or old credit card), Sandpaper, Wood Fill, Wood Glue, Primer & Paint.
6. Sand the old color, fill in any damages, sand again, fix & glue damages, let dry.
7. Then Prime it & let dry.
8. In a well ventilated area Paint it in a lovely color.
9. Apply second Coat to finish.

 What do you think?