There are some great ideas over at Dollar Store Hack, which is the blog for a design course held in Summer 2008 by University of Oregon.
This chandelier (Designer: Thyra Bessette) used plastic service ware, and looks like it used about $6 worth of stuff from the dollar store plus a lamp kit (About $4 at Ikea?) so, total cost around $10.
This concept definitely has some potential for low-budget high-style decorating!
I also love the cheekiness of this plastic gun candle holder (Designer: Robin Hubbard). It’d look great in a geek chic bachelor pad! (Hmm, I used cheek, geek, and chic in the same paragraph…)
I’m gonna assume $1 each for the candles, and call this at $8, but I think it might have cost closer to $5 to create.
4 Comments
Amber
Whoo…those are cute, but dangerous!! Plastic will burn and melt in both of those cases if left on for too long. I nearly burned down a house by leaving a pillar candle burning on a cork padded drink coaster – the candle went out, but the wax-soaked cork smouldered all night long until it erupted into flame when it touched plastic.
Cute, but be careful!! :)
heather
Amber, thanks for the caveat! Very good to remember!
Kirsten at S&P
Woah, that chandelier looks awesome!
Nikkip
I made a cut up shirt. Shirt from dollar store , side walk chalk to draw design on shirt, scissors also from dollar tree and, sewing kit. You don’t really need sewing kit but I did angel wings and I braided some fabric and sewed into design. Its is so cute. So $4.28 whole project. God bless you all and Jesus loves you peace.