Hohoho How To Upcycle Thrift Store Finds Into Trendy Habitation Decor: Purpose Two!

Thrift Shop Hot! What to facial expression for correct now...

In my previous post, "How To Upcycle Thrift Shop Finds Into Trendy Home Decor"  I shared simply about non bad tips for upcycling mutual thrift store finds into swanky dwelling trouble solid decor too crafts, including silvery plated serving trays, vintage scarves, maps too globes, motion-picture exhibit frames, too quondam cashmere sweaters. 

(If y'all haven't read that article, y'all tin terminate play catch-up past times reading it here!)

Now I'm going to percentage amongst y'all simply about MORE items commonly establish at thrift shops that are perfect for upcycling into fun dwelling trouble solid decor too crafts. Again, these items are non bad because non only are they inexpensive, but they are really much inwards manner equally electrical flow dwelling trouble solid decor. Check it out! 

What should y'all last looking for correct now?

1)  Vintage Pie Tins & Cake Pans
I e'er come across lots of quondam pie tins (aka pie plates) too pie pans when I move past times thrifting, too they're commonly inexpensively priced from virtually $1 each. The neat affair virtually quondam pie tins is that y'all tin terminate sometimes discovery ones amongst bottoms that are embossed amongst vintage advertising.  

What to make amongst them?

Hang a collection of them on a wall equally y'all would china plates, making a display that plant good inwards a kitchen.
(Click hither for to a greater extent than wall-display grouping ideas)
Or, collect a few too create a tiered organizer or pedistal server using thrift store establish candle sticks inwards between. These are non bad for displaying items too for chic organization! Check out the photos below for inspiration.

Vintage pie tin

Make a vintage inspired kitchen wall display amongst vintage pie tins (via BHG)

Pie plate pedestals by Sweet Girl Expressions

Pie tin mirrors 

2)  T-Shirts

Usually in that location are too thus many t-shirts at the thrift shops I watch that the shops organize them past times color instead of past times size. Why are they a non bad deal? T-shirts are abundant at thrift shops too also cost adjacent to nothing. They come upwards inwards a broad attain of colors too patterns, too thus they are non bad for repurposing too upcycling into all sorts of things.

What to make amongst them?
T-shirts tin terminate last chop-chop too easily repurposed into many unlike items; shopping bags, quilts, too they tin terminate fifty-fifty last used to encompass throw pillows. My favorite affair to make amongst them is to restructure them into solely novel shirts. I dearest to make this amongst my quondam concert shirts too accept made quite a few for myself!

Craft an slowly to brand recycled t-shirt tote bag

Make an awesome recycled t-shirt rug 

No-sew t-shirt hula hoop rug 

DIY instructions for quondam t-shirt bibs from H5N1 Little Tipsy

Pillow made from an quondam t-shirt (tutorial)

This quilt was made from quondam children's clothe - click for tutorial

3)  Vintage Framed Art

I e'er brand a betoken to flip through the wall fine art at thrift shops. As I e'er say, y'all never know what y'all mightiness find! As good equally looking for odd too unique frames, I'm e'er on the sentinel for interesting artwork too. Some things to facial expression for that brand non bad collections are vintage framed needlepoints, quondam pigment past times numbers fine art (see the kickoff 2 images below), equally good equally master amateur fine art paintings too "sofa art" (that's majority produced paintings that are created for the slice of furniture industry.

What to make amongst them?
Display a unique collection equally a gallery wall inwards your home, or, if you're the artsy type, endeavor your mitt at creating an altered thrift store epitome past times adding an interesting or unexpected chemical cistron to an already existing scene. See below. 

Paint past times numbers collection 

Altered thrift store fine art past times Coy Powers

(Click hither for lots to a greater extent than gallery wall ideas!)

4)  Vintage Costume Jewelry

Vintage enamel blossom pins, brooches, quondam clip on earrings - y'all larn the picture. These vintage treasures are abundant at thrift shops, flea markets too estate sales, too the non bad portion is that y'all tin terminate oftentimes discovery them for sale past times the bagful for simply a few dollars. 

What to make amongst them?
Not only are these non bad to wearable as-is, they're also perfect for upcycling into novel items for yourself, your family, too your home. Check out the photos below for a few examples of how simply about creative folks turned quondam costume jewelry into unique accessories.

Create a vintage brooch bridal bouquet

Brooch bouquet amongst locket past times Amanda Jane Heer via Etsy

Create a necklace amongst vintage brooches too ribbon. DIY instructions from Martha Stewart

DIY Fridge magnets made from quondam jewelry from Country Living

Create a brooch bouquet topiary

(Click hither to come across lots to a greater extent than ideas for what to make amongst vintage costume jewelry!)