Thrift and Flip Decor For A Formal Living Room Makeover
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2023
- In today's episode I'll take you along to thrift shop with me, show you my huge haul, and flip some of those thrifted finds for my upcoming living room makeover.
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I wouldn’t paint those little houses. They are so cute and detailed.
Thank you Diana
The headboard is from the late 1920’s-early 1930’s. The reeding and florals are what is called spoon pressed while the wood was wet. Then it was dried and looks like it’s carved.
I love a old time Christmas with the red and green!!!!!!!!!
Obviously I’m playing catch up on your videos. I love your vision of changing the headboard to a chalk board. I think the piece is old, and in the early 1900’s there were a lot of artisans who hand-carved pieces for furniture companies. Really it’s a beautiful piece and I’m so pleased by your creativity and vision for turning it into something you can use! Where others would just see something useless you had a vision of what it could be. Love it.
Thank you! I am so glad you liked it
Hey Cory, thank you for being so real and comical😊you’re so right about the mirror and how some projects look easy and then reality hits you like “now what?” Feeling. Anyway, you inspire me to keep going even when I feel like I made a mistake in my thrift shopping. I’ve been watching you since you started doing furniture flips for kids who were aging out of foster homes and I think you’re great and you’re receiving tons of blessings in the process! So happy for you and your family! Keep the content and ideas coming🎉❤
Thank you so much I am so glad that you have found inspiration from my channel. I hope to get back to helping foster children but I am waiting for organizations to agree to let me help. So strange how hard it's been to help here in houston
Yes, sometimes it’s just the bureaucracy. Well, bless you and your family for continuing to try and for giving us inspiration that we can do it too😊love your channel…all the way from New Jersey/New York! 😊
Ten years ago Christmas had more meaning than today. Its too commercial now. Love the old decorations.
I love the old style Christmas decor. I mix my Christmas decor - old and new, traditional and modern...............it works for me❤
I always prefer old school (traditional) Christmas. Just use TiteBond glue for total adherence. Use a glue gun to set down your pieces (shells/molds) & that will stick immediately. The TiteBond will hold it forever. It doesn't smell at all and bonds REALLY well to wood and 'other' materials. Yay to the Ugly Duckling Challenge, I will gladly participate. 🥰
Oooooo! Thank you so much I will get some. Excited to see what you will create!
Headboard piece is genius!!!! Love it!!!
I am so scent sensitive, thank you for sharing the info on the odors of products! Love all the projects, having lived in Louisiana and now Florida I feel ya on the humidity adjustments! Become a massive rub n buff fan as of late, shine on
I never used to be scent sensitive but now it is such a big deal haha. I'm here with you in that humidity friend!
Those planters are awesome, Cory! They definitely work for all seasons. Anything that can stay out all year is my favorite kind of decor. The mirror is awesome, too, but now I'm nervous to watch your next vid for the lift! Wish I could join the challenge this time. I'll keep my eyes open for a piece 🤞🏻 PS yup, love the 90s!
I think that I like eclectic Christmas decor - things from the 40’s onwards and from different countries. Lots of family memories. But I like decorating in little vignettes so it doesn’t become overwhelming. I love how you use your hutch for seasonal decor❤
I think that's really cool!
Great score on those heirloom pieces. Looking forward to your room reveal. Agree completely about embracing one's own yard and property. Blooming Where You're Planted.....makes all the difference in the world. :)
Yes! I like that saying
I have kept my same Christmas decorations from 35 years ago. I buy new to add each year to keep it cute . I love old school of course!
I love your projects! Didn't realize I should seal the chalkboard. Great tip! Looking forward to adding some sparkle to an ugly duckling!❤
One thing I have seen other DIYers do when securing with E6000 is to add some hot glue to give extra adhesion that is instant and you don’t have to wait so long for the E6000 to dry. Good job using thst Shellac before painting! It seals the porosity of the wood so it won’t “bleed” into the paint.
I like both in different rooms for Christmas
I love the old fashioned Christmas decorations.
Seashells are great, in a clear vase to support flowers.
I just think they’re pretty and a clear vase. You can use them in a ceramic vase or any type really, but they’re great at helping to hold flowers in the correct space and being seashells the water doesn’t affect them. Love the chalk board in fact loved everything! Thank you.
Thank you so much Deborah. Great idea
I like both Christmas styles so I decorate every room differently. My dinning room is traditional, a nutcracker theme. My living room is in blues, and silver more modern. My sunroom has a woodland theme. My staircase is always traditional with greenery, some fake and some real. I use magnolia leaves and evergreens from the property as well as red apples and red beads, that symbolize cranberries. I like to decorate each room to have its own personality.
So glad you are having a blast at that store. Good finds! I can't wait to see the room transformation!
I grew up in a totally 70's house. Burnt Orange, avocado green, earth brown. I loathe orange because my mother had a bright orange Naugahyde sofa (shudder) and I still can't stand most greens except outside. I have a collection of tiny houses that I love still.
Thank you so much for sharing!
I'm a traditional girl for Christmas. I do each room with a different themeish.
Thanks for the videos. They're enjoyable and you do a great job. 😊
Oh how cool! I like that idea
What a deal you got on those nightstand/end tables! Love what you did with that headboard!!
Parkers feed and wax covers marks and brings out the wood to its beautiful finish
I'll check that out thank you
@DesertDIY sorry it's
Howard's feed n wax
What great finds! Your formal living room is coming along nicely. Can't wait to see it completed. ❤
Thank you Donna
I love Vintage Christmas from the 50's and 60's . I did a pink Christmas last year it , it went well with my sage green walls and I splurged for a Balsam Hill tree. I love anything whimsy, I do love traditional Christmas colors as well.
I love watching your videos. You paint so beautifully. No tape. Can’t wait to see what’s next in your room make over. ❤
Thank you so much, Elaine. That means a lot to me
I love the whimsy and traditional Christmas decor! ❤
Yay!
i am so impressed at your cuttingn in - i would have paint everywhere and to constantly go back to touch up bits
Haha thank you!
I prefer new Christmas look. Love your channel!
Thank you Laurie!!!
Love the color on the green wire shelf ❤️❤️
Love the vintage Christmas
I’m one of those ladies who says don’t paint, but I actually find your palette choice soothing. Brava!
A lot of mass produced is hand carved or hand done. Like clothing it's still individuals sewing at machines. Many craftsman with certain tools learn to do that fast. The difference may be one person does all the top piece with flowers and so on and assemblers will glue it up. I love what you did with the headboard. We have similar green on wall but color a bit more gray and white trim. We need headboarr as our king bed is partially on 2 windows.
*I like old school Christmas 🎄 decor - leaning more towards Victorian or even primitive woodland types with pinecones, twigs, bird's nests and wooden ornaments, like stars. I'm crazy over the old glass ornaments, mercury glass, lace and old brooches, pearls and jewelry made into ornaments. I prefer pinks, soft blues, lavender, ivory, gold, rose gold, olive greens, burgundy, and browns (in the primitive style), etc. over traditional Christmas 🎄 reds and greens.*
*If you home school, or your kids like to draw with chalk, I would turn the other rectangular piece of the headboard into another chalkboard for your home school room or your kid's playroom for them to do lessons and exercise their creativity. 🤎👍🏼*
Leslie, your style sounds beautiful and that's a great idea for the leftover wood.
@@DesertDIY *Thank you, Cory❣️ I like old things. I guess I would call my style a combination of Traditional and Cottage Core (Granny Chic). 🤣 My parents were Antique Dealers and their love for old things definitely rubbed off on me, LOL‼️😁*
*I'm glad you like my idea for using the rest of the headboard as a chalkboard for your kiddos...I figured they aren't that tall (yet) and would enjoy being able to reach to (almost) the top (depending upon the child) with their artistry and feel accomplished filling up the entire board with their drawings. 😀 I remember feeling overwhelmed, as a child, looking at that HUGE board at school. 😔🤪 Meeting a child's psychological needs is important, too. 😊*
I like the old school Christmas decor.
I used caulk to attach the shells, it also fills in the spaces.
Oh wow I would've never thought of that
I love the clock. Yes Ciry the house tags were target dollar spot😮
Love your story of the headboard parking lot scene of you cutting off the legs so it fits in your vehicle!!I would so do that! Oh the life of a furniture flipper! Sometimes we look ridiculous 😂
Haha yes! And we wouldn't have it any other way
I prefer the vintage Victorian Xmas, I also like the 60s and decor,the plastic floral and leaves. 😊
That sounds really cool!
When you bring out the tools I get lost because I don’t have the tools or knowledge to do that work. I wish I did. But I love your easy DIYs and doing Goodwill shopping. ❤
I understand
The more modern style for Christmas!
I love 1950s vintage Christmas
Love all your furniture choices 😊
I love the sea shells especially the purple ones. I can’t wait to see the transformation of the living room.
Thank you Vickie
I made a seashell mirror like that and used hot glue. It worked great.
PS: you could put the leftover shells in a pretty glass jar or dish and display them.
Did it hold up well to seasonal temp changes?
@@DesertDIYyes, and I had it outside on my covered back porch for years. Shells are still firmly attached.
Love these! ❤
Dang girl…you are sooo good at cutting in and painting on carpet! I can’t paint anything without getting paint all over me and the floor! And you really lucked up finding those end tables! Your box of cottages look like David Winter cottages…there should be a label on the bottom of them. I have two that I purchased in Germany when we lived there back in the 80s. You should check them out before you sell them (saw where a lady ask how much you would sell them for). You are sooo good at thrifting and making it all look so high end Cory! I know your sparkly night stand will look fabulous and I love sparkles!! 🥰🥰🥰
Thank you so much Kim! I'll definitely look into those little houses some more. Very cool!
I separate the shells by type and construct my project. Otherwise I get bad headache and return later. Looking good👍
Haha yes!
Hi, great video. If you you would put some old English furniture polish in liquid in the bottle, he will be on a high sheen on your nightstands it also covers scratch Mark's on your furniture.
I have those same little houses! I found them at a garage sale years ago. I put them out every December as a little Christmas village.
How cool!
Great video! Thanks for sharing, Cory ❤
Thank you Gina!
@@DesertDIY you’re so welcome ❤️
The clock movement is easy and inexpensive to replace. I’ve made clocks out of charger plates…whatever I like.
Yay an ugly duckling challenge. As for Christmas decorations, I like primitive. A lot of natural elements like wood, bark moss feathers and popcorn. Woodland creatures. Not rustic country though. No galvanized metal. I have a real fur for the sofa and around the tree for the winter passed down from many moons ago. It's a native American thing
Wow thats really neat
I used to prefer old school Christmas decor, but those cozie, wintry themes just don't work very well here in Queensland Australia. Our Christmas is in summer, so the modern themes work better for me.
I can see why you'd feel that way!
Your style is so different than mine,but I still come back to watch! It will be fun to see your finished room. Loved the green on the chalkboard-thingy. Fun challenge!
Thank you Emma! I think that's great that you still enjoy my videos. I try to do a little bit of every style on my channel
Antique version of Christmas
Ditto
Love that!
I really love that mirror as well I don't think you overpaid for and I think it's absolutely beautiful; you have really good taste!
Thank you so much
So you know, sometimes people put little wooden boxes or something on the coffee table to like store the remote or you know a pair of glasses or a pin? I found this cute little basket that I was going to use for harvesting but it’s kind of small cause I do grow I have a garden, but I thought that would be the perfect basket to put the remote and you know the pen or whatever I need on the living room coffee table and when my grandbaby comes, I just pick it up since on the handles and move it to the dining table. I’ve had it for years and I actually love it it’s just Little wicker small basket 💜
I love that
I love your videos so much. The items turn out beautifully
Thank you!
The headboard turned out so cool. I can't wait to see the whole room finished.
Thank you so much Kristy
Next time, use floor adhesive on mirror frame. Put it on with putty knife. It will really hold on to the shells.
Oh wow I'll look into that
Love how the mirror turned out! What a great deal on the two side tables!! I hope the clock works! It's such a lovely color and style! Can't wait for the next video for this room!! Really excited ft watch the next challenge!!
Thank you so much Caroline!
Ooooo I can hardly wait to see the final room!
Thank you Leslie! I'm working on it, I hope it turns out awesome
I think every wood piece of furniture or item in this house I have painted I think there’s two pieces one was an original table from I guess it’s an end table from Mexico. It was my grandmother’s. I kept that original. It’s beautiful it’s really antique it’s got like a medallion top, it’s an octagon shape and it just holds the Tiffany lamp on there and whatever else I’m gonna put..
Cut the moldy paper away from the back of the mirror and throw it in the trash. Replace it with the Poster Board from Dollar Tree. I love those houses. I had some of them and 2 expensive ones I received as gifts that I cherished, sadly they got lost when I moved from Georgia😢
Love this video. I think the little houses will look lovely in the green shelves. That was a great find xx
Thank you Sharon!
Can’t wait for the reveal of the finished project. I know it will be awesome.
I sure hope so! Thank you so much
I prefer the “old school “ decor, but there are several of the modern styles as well.
Same here
Hi Cory,
Wow you found some awesome goodies! Can’t wait to see them all done and in there new home.
I’m one that cannot get into trends for Christmas, I love pulling out things I’ve had for ages and mixing
a few new things, homemade items and just grouping it all in cute little settings, not sure what my style
is 😂. I do know that “Red” HAS got to be in my deco, even if it’s spots here n there. Lol Red is just soooooo
Christmas!!
I love your videos, you always make me happy watching them. God Bless sweet girl. ❤
Thank you so much Pam. I love your sentiments on Christmas
.Traditional for me all the way with Christmas period and I'm not really into sparkly stuff but I am really curious to see what people will come up with. Sounds like fun!
Thank you Laura! I bet you'll love thr ugly duckling pieces
Those little houses are similar to a Christmas that I have that’s probably 35 years old. I wouldn’t paint the houses either and I’m known for painting everything.
Looking forward to seeing your completed living room.
Thank you Julia
You have STUNNING taste and you are very skilled.
Thank you so much
I like all the DIYs you did. I really liked the chalk board!
I am so glad you liked it Lynette!
I don't usually like sparkle but I have seen people do pieces that are beautiful with a bit of glam. Love the chalk board it looks really nice. Small stands are a great find. Looking forward to see your room completed. 😊
It’s a candy dish!
Thank you Gail
Also you could take some of the nicest shells and mount in a shadowbox or two or three.
Cool idea!
I had the same experience with JB Weld! Very disappointing. E6000 is definitely my go-to heavy duty adhesive. Your mirror came out adorable! You have a good eye!
Love your videos
An antique is a piece over 50 years old, which makes your headboard an antique
I love the old school christmas decor.
Me too
But,the Alice in Wonderland clock is Everything ❤️❤️
Thanks for the video!
I am so excited to see the next video.
Yay! I hope I do a good job!
@@DesertDIY you will
For the sparkle flip project I think your dresser would look great with a faux marble top! Theres lots of great sparkle counter top options and I think diy creating a faux marble top using resin, glitter and/or paints would be great.
Oh that's a great idea
I live here in Houston as well I’m really close to the downtown but my house is historic 1925. It’s very small it’s like 900 square-foot so I don’t have a lot of room as far as floor plan but I use my walls so I have cabinets on my walls things that are on my walls to put my decorations, which is a lot of our antiques from my mother and grandmother, but I do three or four antiques as well, and I also like the oldprimitive style
Love that. You have to be creative in small spaces
Me and my husband are always picking up on the side of the road believe me I have found some gyms in the HEIGHTS area like antique cabinets that had the wavy glass or bookshelves and actually I held onto them for so long is my house is so small. I had a garage garage sale and I bundled all that picked it up for Free cleaned it up, just so you know make it real pretty and then one day I had a garage sale and I said I’m gonna sell it because it’s just sitting here. My kids didn’t want it and I thought it was beautiful. It had wheels on it but I sold a few things as a bundle for $30. I didn’t want it to come back in and take up space
I'll have to check out the heights more often
Chalkboard is gorgeous.
Thank you
I know this is off-topic, but this dress is everything, Cory!:) Looking this good after 4 children should be illegal. :) Also, the mirror turned out very good. It is really unique! :)
Wow thank you so much! That means a lot to me as I have been working very hard on diet and exercise lately. The dress is from Amazon I'll try and add it to my Amazon store for you
Good job!!!😊🎉❤
Thank you Chandra
I love the old Laura Ashley that was made in France. It’s so much better quality.
I love it all
How awesome to get the little tables. Maybe that area is more expensive because there is higher end finds. Luv your thrift finds and how you used them. I might be able to get in the challenge, have to have a brainstorm session and see if I can fit it in this month.
Thank you Dar! I sure hope you get to participate
There is something very nostalgic about the detailed Christmas decor but as someone who rarely decorates for Christmas, I don't necessarily have a preference... Not a scrooge, just don't get into all the hassle of a complete decorating Christmas thing... lol
I personally think that those Christmas decor items that you found were absolutely beautiful and I like the linsical style and I think that there's so much more fun and beautiful than all the decor that they call Christmas decor these days.
Thank you, I agree
I'm somewhat new to this channel. Why do you have a formal dining room and a formal living room?
I remember my grand parents having a formal living room. No children were allowed in there. As I got older I was allowed in there yet younger cousins weren't. Beautiful Antiques. This room was beautiful and calming. I don't recall if that room was ever really used. One might think of this room as the stereotypical Asian decor. I'm second generation on my grandmother's side in the USA. 50% Chinese.
Yes it was a gorgeous room, yet not used. Their house was big.
I have a tough time with the concept of formal areas and everyday living areas.
I'm not here to judge or be judged. I'm curious.
Whimsy is my wheelhouse!!
Yes!
l love sparkle! l would love to see it done in navy or black with idk like a space scene of planets and stars (glitter).
Oh thats a cool idea!
I love your finds, especially the adorable clock! I look forward to seeing your livingroom makeover and also love French country. Are you and your husband self taught in refinishing and DIYing? You really inspire me to try refinishing a piece but I have no experience. Tfs ❤
Thank you Shelly. We both grew up working a lot with our hands and from there we were self taught. I recommend starting small. Get you tools from yard sales or harbor freight to save $$
Yes l miss old fashioned stuff.
Me too