It’s a New Year and a new Thrift Store Decor Upcycle Challenge! We took a few months off for the holidays, but we are back to show you more upcycled thrift ideas! This time I have joined forces with even more bloggers to show you tons of thrifty upcycle ideas! And my contribution is a thrifty craft paint storage.
The Rules:
- Upcycle an item(s) from a thrift store, resale store, or garage sale into a new piece of decor.
- There’s no monthly theme.
- There’s no budget to stick to.
Meet the Hosts
Amanda | The Kolb Corner Maureen | Red Cottage Chronicles Kim | Made in a Day
Dru | Polka Dot Poplars Erlene | My Pinterventures Colleen | Life on Kaydeross Creek Pili | Sweet Things
Shirley | Intelligent Domestications Ann | Duct Tape and Denim Debra | Shoppe No. 5 Marie | DIY Adulation
Chelsea | The Johnsons Plus Dog Jes | My DIY Envy Lindsay | Crazy Organized
Molly | Just a Little Creativity Ashley | 3 Little Greenwoods Kimm | Reinvented Michelle | Our Crafty Mom
Ali | Home Crafts by Ali Sue | A Purdy Little House Sara | Twelve on Main
Claire | Pillar Box Blue Chelc | Inside the Fox Den Kim | Farmhouse Made Victoria | Dazzle While Frazzled
Sherry | Savvy Apron Jennifer and Vicki | 2 Bees in a Pod Lora | Craftivity Designs Megan | C’mon Get Crafty
Denise | My Thrifty House Toni | Small Home Soul Deborah | Salvage Sister and Mister
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Thrifty Craft Paint Storage
If you’re a craftaholic, you know one of the hardest things to organize is acrylic paint. I had my paint bottles stuffed into two plastic shoe bins. And while the shoes bins worked at keeping the paint together, it was difficult to see all the colors. Not to mention, it was impossible to keep similar paint colors together as the bottles always moved around the box – definitely not efficient storage.
So when I came across this $1.99 ‘what-ya-ma-call-it’ unit at SAVERS with divided cubbies, I knew it was the perfect craft paint storage unit.
Really, there was nothing wrong with the unit ‘as-is’, so I didn’t have to do anything to it. But since I’m a crafter and can’t leave well enough alone, I decided to spray Rust-Oleum Oil Rubbed Bronze over the piece.
And this is the result – L.O.V.E it! I can finally see all my paint colors and it’s so much easier to grab the colors I need. It’s currently sitting on my craft table, but I may add hooks to hang on the wall.
What would you have used this unit for?
And now for more thrifty goodness!
Check out what my fellow upcyclers created below!
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Marjan says
This is brilliant, and the bottles fit perfect, so much easier to see the colors this way!
Megan says
I have all my craft paint in drawers, but the ease of finding the right color this way is awesome! Nicely done.
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Erlene at My Pinterventures says
That’s awesome! Thanks so much.
Kim says
This is awesome, I have all my craft paint lying around in a basket! This is a way better idea for sure!
Toni | Small Home Soul says
It is so cute it looks like a display at the store. Oh to have my paints so well organized!
Chelsea @ The Johnsons Plus Dog says
This turned out great!! I know I have a hard time keeping all my paints organized too 🙂
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Ashley ~ 3 Little Greenwoods says
I want this! It would be wonderful in my craft room. I’ve got WAY too many paint bottles!
What an awesome thrift store upcycle! Thanks so much for the DIY inspiration!
{BIG hugs}
~ Ashley
Lora says
What a great find! Organizational items are my favorite to search for in thrift stores. This is a great idea!
Angie @ ambient wares says
I love how you looked at the original piece and saw it holding your paints! If I ever come across something like this, I’ll have to pick it up. Although my paint collection isn’t as impressive 😉 Pinning & sharing!
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Kim~madeinaday says
Great idea and I like that they are stacked and you can see the color. Very clever! I have mine on a large thrift store narrow shelf thing my daughter used to keep her nail polish on.
Kim
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Dru says
What a great idea. It looks like a work of art with all the different colors. I just have my paints in a plastic bin and I need to do something different. Thanks for the inspiration.
Sue Purdy says
Fabulous idea. I love this for paint storage.
Debrashoppeno5 says
What a perfect solution to the craft paint storage program. I was looking for a particular color the other day and managed to dump the drawer on the floor. I need this.
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Pili says
I need one of this in my life!! Your collection of paints is awesome, let me know if you need a partner in crime 😉
Michelle James says
I so need this in my life!! I am trying to get organized this year & my paints are taking over. I am on the hunt!
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Erlene at My Pinterventures says
My craft area is semi-organized, but it’s a work in progress. My biggest issues is not adding anymore stuff to my stash.
Deborah says
I need a watch ya ma call it now 🙂
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Erlene at My Pinterventures says
Lol…I’m on the hunt for another one too.
Colleen says
So clever! Great idea to paint it the darker color so that the paint colors really stand out. I keep my paints in plastic shoe bins, too. Now I’ll have to look for a more creative way to store them. 🙂
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Erlene at My Pinterventures says
Thanks. The plastic shoe bins worked to keep them together, but I always had to look through them all to find the colors I needed. This way, I can easily see them.
Shirley Wood says
Great idea for craft paint storage. I really like the way you have to bottoms facing so the colors are so easy to find.
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Erlene at My Pinterventures says
Thanks. Seeing the bottom makes it so much easier to pick out the colors I need.
Claire says
Wow, I’m envious of your paint collection. I need to make something like this for my spray paint collection, I will be on the thrift store hunt now for something similar.
Erlene at My Pinterventures says
Oh, that’s a good idea to do something similar for spray paint cans. You’ve got me thinking…
Angel says
For my spray paint collection I used a Pine 24-Bottle Wine Rack someone was throwing away. At the time I didn’t know what I would use it for but when I went to spray paint it a pretty color it dawned on me to just use it to store my spray paints!
Erlene at My Pinterventures says
That’s a great repurpose!
Debbie-Dabble says
Great idea!! Thanks so much for stopping by!! I do keep up certain Trees year round and decorate them for every holiday and every season…
Hugs,
Debbie