5 favorite thrifty decorating posts of 2016

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Decorating on a budget by repurposing thrift store treasures

5 FAVORITE THRIFTY DECORATING POSTS OF 2016

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5 Thrifty Decorating Posts

5 Thrifty Decorating Posts

Hello, friends and Happy Holidays to you all.  Seriously, I cannot believe it is the last week of 2016!  I hope you had a blessed Christmas and can look forward to the New year.

Being that it’s the wind down of the year, provided a time to look back upon Thrifty to Nifty’s journey.  What fun it was to recall the many treasures, projects, and events.  I have chosen to share  with you my 5  Favorite Thrifty Decorating Posts from 2016  Let’s begin…

 

Winter Mantle

Winter Mantle

#1  THRIFTY WINTER MANTLE

This Easy Thrifty Winter Mantle post was completed in January as a result of the all the Christmas decorations coming down and being packed away.  This blog post also shows how easy it is to transition from a Christmas decorated mantle to a mantle that can be left for the remaining of the winter.  See here, how I used items already owned to make the transition.

 

Ironstone Table Scape

Ironstone Table Scape

#2  Thrifty Decorating with Ironstone

As the winter cold dragged on, I continued to decorate around the house.  Using thrifty finds are important to me in creating a warm, lived in home. Here, Thrifty Winter Decorating with Ironstone,  combined ironstone that I found at a church sale with some I already owned to create a winter table scape.

 

#3 Thrifty Spring Decorating

Acessories added to Thrifty Spring Decorating

Accessories added to Thrifty Spring Decorating

Spring decorating definitely made the top 5 favorites.  Here I was able to completely decorate with all thrifty finds –  no cost decorating.   I use this technique quite often.  I call it, ” shopping my stash”  Thrifty to Nifty’s foundation is reusing favorite owned pieces over and over again in ways throughout the house . If you would like to see a large selection of my no cost decorating, please click on this link

 

#4 Thrifty 4th of July

Thrifty 4th of July

Thrifty 4th of July

In this post, a quaint and simple vignette was created using items found at a garage sale and a flea market.  Combining them together resulted in an outdoor decor scape that could last throughout the month.  Knowing me, it probably stayed the entire month.  You can read the complete post here.

 

#5  Thrifty Kitchen Decor

Thrifty Cutting Board Decor

Thrifty Cutting Board Decor

This post share was the easiest project to do.  With a few items from around the house, some stain and spray paint, an adorable kitchen decoration was completed.  Step by step directions are provided.  You will just fall in love with the end result.

It was great to look back at 2016 and find my favorites.  It truly has given me direction to where Thrifty to Nifty will be headed.  My hope is to continued to be inspired by my thrifty finds and share with all of you what I can create with them.  Stay tuned in 2017.  There will be some BIG physical changes taking place.  Here’s to a AWESOME New year!!  Until then……

 

Comments

  4. Oh they all look like great ideas and I have to go through all the posts to learn about them. Good To connect Mary. Happy new year. 🙂

  5. All of them make great use of thrifty finds…my home is decorated using thrifty finds. Your sideboard is gorgeous I regret I changed my out? Great decorating such as yours truly shine with thrifting treasures. Thanks for stopping by!

  7. I love the simplicity and thriftyness! Thank you for sharing at Dishing It & Digging It. I look forward to seeing more of your creativity this year!

  10. I remember all of these wonderful posts. I can’t pick a favorite because I love them all. The spring decorating photo is gorgeous. I do love no cost decorating. I always learn something from every one of your posts. Happy New Year!

  11. That sideboard is gorgeous and I love the “EAT” made from breadboards! Here’s to all the amazing thrifty treasures that await us in 2017!