Shop on Amazon and benefit Deserving Decor at no additional cost to you.
Decorating
Spring Decorating on a Budget
April 14, 2011 | 
Author Ahh Spring!! Now if someone would remind mother nature to warm up the temperatures just a little bit. But as the Spring temperatures flip flop, there’s no better time than now to craft a few budget-friendly Spring projects to transform your living areas and bring Spring inside. You’ll be surprised what you can accomplish!
To get you started, check out the myriad of resources available with internet access, there are numerous crafting blogs, craft sites, and supplier resources are at your fingertips, “let your fingers do the walking!”
Also check your local craft store clearance sections, flea markets, or thrift shops for cute prints that you can use to craft pillows, placemats, or wall art that will transform your decor. How about the dollar store for patterned paper? Even printed wrapping paper or patterned stationary can be made into your “new favorite” budget-friendly wall art!
Look at things that you already have that can be reused in a whole new way. Free! Do you have children’s clothing that they’ve outgrown? You can reuse / repurpose those items into cute craft projects while you preserve the memories of your kids growing years.
Now onto ideas to craft any item into Spring fix-me-ups. Projects can be sewn by machine if you have access to one, stitched by hand if you know how, or made “no sew” with iron on transfer paper. Who doesn’t love that?
Budget friendly wall art that looks like a designer original? You can get it and do it yourself saving hundreds! Some foam and your favorite scrap booking paper is all you need.
http://www.favecrafts.com/Wall-Decor/Modern-Wall-Art
Or, try your hand at making your own patterned paper to frame and display…here’s how
http://www.preservedgardens.com/projects/marblepaper.htm
Freshing your home for Spring doesn’t have to cost alot of money, just get started and remember Summer’s just around the corner.
–
Article by Cheryl Galowitch, Deserving Decor Volunteer
Posted in 
How to Create Inexpensive Headboards ~ DIY Ideas
Pillowsham Headboards – Flint Cottage Living Examiner.com
In addition to the pillow sham headboards, we will be using other donated items to create headboards. See our inspiration ideas from Better Homes & Gardens, Cheap and Chic Headboard Projects.
Cheap and Chic Headboard Projects
Written by Beth Baker, Deserving Decor Founder
Repurpose/Reuse/Recycle – Furniture and Home Decor
See directions below on the marthastewart.com link.
The ‘it’ words of today! But what do they really mean? In today’s economy, with budgets more important than ever, repurpose/reuse/recycle can mean being able to ‘get something new’ for little to no money – and who doesn’t like that?
With a little paint, TLC, or new fabric, that chair sitting in the garage that you’ve been meaning to throw out can become the jewel of your living room or the perfect accent chair for your bedroom. The old, beat up table left to you by grandma could become the shabby chic dining table that you’ve had your eye on in that expensive mail order catalog. Or, thinking philanthropic, fixed up and donated to Deserving Décor, a 501(c)3 organization, for an even bigger deduction off next year’s tax return.
Why add to landfills?
There are many resources available online – blogs galore, through your neighborhood library, and on TV (HGTV and DIY), that showcase just how easy these types of projects can be. There are literally tons of photos and “how to’s” to get your creative juices flowing and get you motivated to think of what you have in new and different ways. Don’t be intimidated, go for it!
Resources
I’ve included some of my favorite links to get you inspired to repurpose/reuse/recycle.
Repurposed Furniture and Decor from MarthaStewart.com
Repurposed Furniture Ideas from FIXR.com
New Paint Ideas for Redoing Furniture from Ehow.com
Article by Cheryl A Galowitch, Deserving Decor Volunteer