I’m a bit of a home scenting obsessive, but stocking up on candles can get super pricey. Fortunately, you can get all that lovely fragrance without shelling out a ton of cash (or any, really). All you need is just a tiny bit of craftiness (and I do mean "just a tiny bit," promise).
Presenting: my favorite (easy) DIY Home Scents.
Lavender
I cannot stop making dreamcatchers these days.
I've always loved them - the tattoo on my arm is inspired by one, and I've had a huge one hanging in our house ever since my dad and I picked it up on our post-college cross-country drive - but what happened to ignite the recent obsession was that I found one on the Internet that I was completely over-the-moon about.
I wish I could write a song called "Please Don't Throw Out Your Mirrors."
It would go something like this:
"Please don't throw out your mirrors. They are useful for so many thiiiiings!"
Or something.
I told you I legit couldn't stop crafting.
I think it's because I've decided that I don't care whether the end result is especially spectacular. I mean, it's nice if what comes out of an hour or two spent in the company of a paintbrush and some bad reality TV is a beautiful addition to my home, but far more important is having a little fun with it. Because if it's not fun…what's the point? If you just chill out a little bit about the end product and let your freak flag fly, what crafting ends up being is free therapy, and ain't nothing better than that.
OK, so check out this footstool/bench thing that I found at a thrift store on the Saw Mill. Now, that is an ugly piece of furniture. Pukey color, tattered (albeit glittery) seat fabric, et cetera et cetera. But I was really into those curved arms and had a sneaking suspicion that with a little TLC it could be really beautiful, so home with me it came.
You know what no one buys at thrift stores?
The artwork. Seriously, no one: in every thrift store that I've ever been to, the corners are piled with stacks of forlorn-looking faded prints of, like, fruit. Maybe some dancing kids, or a vase of flowers. And because nobody buys them, ever, they're usually in the realm of a buck or two each.
I generally take a peek at the stacks of paintings and posters to see if any of them happen to have really good frames that I can repurpose…but then I saw the below photo on Pinterest and was all: OOOH.
