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In this video, I'm sharing my all-time favorite that I've created, but at the end of this video I'll share an update on the look for less challenge, so make sure to stay tuned until the end in case you've been waiting for this one. update lets see which of my

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made it to my all time favorites list so for my first list search challenge i wanted to recreate one of these trello stains that were so popular and that i still see. this beautiful white at pottery barn for 199 and I thought I would give it a try now this is the mirror I found at my local store it was 5.96 so basically I used my Rustoleum chalk paint in linen white that I already had. this from the previous project and I gave it two full coats, then I bought four plugs, these are 3 8 inch and I bought them at Home Depot, they were only 98 cents a piece and I also painted them the same white and once everything was dry , I started placing them on top of the mirror trying to figure out exactly where I wanted to place my grid and what size I wanted to make my squares and then once I was clear I started making my marks on my pegs and measuring until I made sure I had the correct measurements before cutting it, then I use this little miter saw kit we had on hand to cut them.

I'll link to a smaller one below that is much better for crafts and then I started sanding. the edges to make sure it fit well inside the mirror frame when it came time to add my perpendicular lines to the frame, I made sure my corners were even and I also marked the frame where each of the pegs were going to go because I didn't I was gluing as I went, I was really just laying them out trying to lay out my grid and my pattern first, make sure the squares were four inches wide and tall once I knew I had marked where I was going to make my cut. and then I also marked the peg underneath on both sides so I knew where to put it once I made that cut and I went ahead and created the grid on the four corners that way I can see how it was going to look. after they were all together and then I kept cutting and adding more to the frame, now these are not glued yet, as this was a smaller mirror I could only make two diamonds in the center, so what I did was measure each center of the inside squares, this is where the diamond corners were going to touch the frame and I made those marks on the pegs like you see here, then I took my angled peg and marked where I needed to make those cuts and inserted those diamonds here is a mirror with the two diamonds in the center now, once I was happy with the placement of the pegs, I started adding little dots of wood glue to the top of them, not to adhere them to the mirror but to adhere them to each other because I was going to remove it and was going to clean the mirror underneath.

I ended up adding a few more pegs because I thought it was a little empty, then I added more glue on both sides to reinforce the frame and sanded the corners. I gave the mirror a good cleaning and then erased the pencil marks painted over them and did the same with the actual frame insert and used e6000 to glue the frame insert to the mirror that way in case anything leaked. You wouldn't really see it now, there were some areas that needed to be cleaned, so I just took some isopropyl alcohol on a Q-tip and erased those areas now to give it a little bit of that rustic look.

I took some gray acrylic paint, put it on a paper towel and lightly rubbed it into all the corners of the mirror to give it this look and here is the finished product. What I like most about this project is that it is so customizable that you can do it. This is a round mirror, a square mirror, a full length mirror, you can make it any color you want to fit your color scheme. I did pretty well, the original on sale was $199 vs mine which cost me ten bucks for the mirror and those pegs, everything else.

I already had them on hand, but if you needed to buy them like the paint and maybe even the glue, it could cost you up to twenty dollars or so, but it's still an incredible bargain, another one of my all-time favorite looks for less scoops. I was inspired by these faces at Pottery Barn. These vases ranged from forty-nine dollars to seventy-nine dollars a piece, but I know I can recreate them with some items I already had on hand. I had originally started with this face that I had picked up at my local goodwill, painted it with semi-gloss white spray paint and also picked up these little stencils at the hobby lobby.

Now after spray painting this vase white because it wasn't this color, I added painter's tape and started adding this clay like Martha Stewart paint to the bottom. Now you can get that paint at your local Michaels or hobby lobby. I took a small artist brush and started adding it all over the top, adding like little pieces of clay, like they were poking. through the white and then added a pretty little border as an accent to the top of the vase, then I used a simple acrylic paint in this color, cut the stencil from the larger piece and started adding it all over the vase in this pattern now .

It will get a little dirty and the template will not come out perfect. I used some spray adhesive to hold the stencil in place, but as you can see, it kept coming off. I thought it looked a little emptier. than the original, so I started adding a couple extra dots in a different color using a matte craft stick and that was basically it for the round. I also had two square vases that I also painted white and then used painter's tape to add. that really pretty clay color on the bottom of both, then I had a stencil and used that same blue to add a uniform pattern all over the front and back of both and oh my goodness look at how they turned out.

Absolutely my favorite and I even like how the stencils weren't perfect, I even think it makes it look even more authentic now I think I did pretty well guys, if you remember the originals were 49 to 79 a piece, I already had two. Of my vases and the pink colors, all I had to get was basically that round vase and those stencils which I got both for 40 off with those little coupons you get, so honestly I think they only gave me eleven dollars for the three pieces . I did pretty well for the next lust look, which is another all-time favorite.

I'm going to recreate these Booker's Hurricanes that used to be available at Pottery Barn and when they were sold, they ranged from 39 to 69 a piece depending. As for the size and style, now the first thing you'll need for this project is some large hurricanes. I found a couple of different sizes and prices, but they were all pretty inexpensive and now I'm moving on to the rest of the supplies. In fact, I'm going to show you two different ways to create this project now. The reason I'm doing this is because I found these candle holders at my last thrift store and not everyone will be able to find them so I wanted to make a version that everyone can make no matter what they have access to and for this you will need this little round here same, as well as a chandelier from your local Michael.

These are very inexpensive, but I found this one out of my good will. for 99 cents now you will also need embroidery hoops depending on the style you decide to create and then you will need these little unfinished wooden discs. I bought them at my local hobby lobby and they were four to a pack since they were peeling. I was going to have to give it a new coat of paint so I decided to rub it down with a little alcohol and clean them, however before I could paint them I needed to adhere these little discs to the top of the candle holders like that.

They were big enough to hold the glass hurricane or the largest candle and I just made sure to center them and used e6000 to hold them together while they dried, I'm going to do the other version so with this candle holder I found at Goodwill again, you can find them at your local Michael's. I'm going to cut the bottom off, then after I cut the bottom off, I'm going to sand the top off and get it nice and smooth, then I'm going to glue it to both of them. that small disc and the larger round now this round is the same size that I used as my little mini buffalo plaid tray and if you look at them once I put them together it looks like the other piece I just created with my goodie candle willpower. now because I wanted a fort, I went ahead and used wood glue just make sure you center the small candle holder on the large round and also on the small disc and then hold it down with a little bit of tape so while it dries let's go.

To start with the top decorative piece of the hurricane, this will be the most complicated version and involves an embroidery hoop, you will want to remove the small screw that holds them together and you will need to cut those end pieces with the metal because if you remove the metal the wood on It actually splits so you're going to have to go ahead and cut it right, so the reason this is going to be a little tricky is because the embroidery hoop wasn't the exact size of the hurricane and since I couldn't find anything closer, I had to You have to work with this and steal some wood from another embroidery hoop to make the right size.

I needed, if you can find an embroidery hoop that fits your hurricane of course just do it, so to get the same look as the ceramic barn hurricanes I needed to use two embroidery hoops for the top section and what I did It was While one dried with the smaller pieces I needed to add, the other on top held it together. You can see what I'm talking about here now as the outer ring had to be a little bigger and I took a piece of I had to add a piece from somewhere else so I took a little piece of a craft popsicle stick to fill that space that you see right there and these clips are actually fabric clips and they worked great to hold this together and as you can see I actually placed one hoop a little bit higher than the other now because the hoop was a little difficult to work with. embroidery.

I actually used hot glue and e6000 to attach them and then used wood filler to fill in the small gaps between the new pieces of wood and just sanded and smoothed it after it was dry. Once everything was sanded and dry, I added a little extra support by adding a little more hot glue between the rings as you see. here and then it was after spray painting and I just used this oxide-oleum ulra bronze that I had left over from another project now here's my goodwill chandelier after it was spray painted and then here's the one I made from scratch now You can I may have to repaint it with a different paint because in some areas as you see here the paint didn't work but overall I think it looks pretty good now, once you decide to use them make sure you use the e6000.

I heard the hurricanes. on the chandeliers, but for video purposes, I'm actually just going to place them because I'm going to switch them around to show you the different styles. Now remember when I showed you the hard way to make the top of the hurricane. The easy way and all you do is spray paint one of the same bases from the bottom and just place it on top. Now in this version you flip the hurricane over and enclose the candle holder inside and then you just add the top and So here's the easier one on the right and then I'll show you what the other one looks like with the embroidery hoops.

Now, if you really want to put a candle lit with a real flame, you would have to use the one on the left because there would be no oxygen on the one on the right, but those dollar tree shaped glow lights with batteries also work well and here you see the wooden one the right and the metal one on the left and I think it's barely noticeable. Space them out and if you want to be lazier and don't want to do any of the hurricane tops, I'm using this little smaller dollar tree hurricane here and all you have to do is place it or glue it on top. the chandelier and then leave it and it looks good without the top edge too, okay, so let's see how we did it.

The Pottery Barn originals were 39 and 69 and now I was able to recreate the hurricanes for between four and twelve dollars. The little one with the dollar tree hurricane was the one that cost me four dollars and the other two cost me between ten and twelve dollars now withoutpaint, but if you have something dark on hand, go ahead and use it and skip that expense. I think we did pretty well for this next look for less. I'm going to recreate this Carrera marble serving tray that I found at home and it's listed for $175. The first thing I knew I needed was a piece of wood or something. that I can cover and make them look like marble, so I picked out these pools with brass cabinets at my local Home Depot and got two of them looking very similar to the originals.

Now I didn't get any footage of this except the Latin engineer. I measured both sides of the board and their centers and drilled a couple of holes at each end for those groups of cabinets, so depending on what you use for the base, you may not need to do this, but I wanted to make sure I had a nice smooth surface so I covered any knots and rough edges with wood putty then once I was done I let everything dry overnight and then went over everything with a sanding block to make sure everything was nice and smooth .

I made sure to wipe everything down and leave it nice and clean because then it was time to buy marble contact paper. I bought a nice sturdy one from Amazon and I'm going to try to link it to the exact one I bought below. I cut it to give me a few inches to wrap around the edges of the board, I actually pulled the contact paper apart and put it on my table holding it up with some things on the edges and then placed the board right on top and then once I had it I flipped it over, I used a card to smooth out any bubbles running from the middle and out to the ends once I flipped it over I made sure to pinch the edges really tight and again work from the center outwards.

If you try this, I suggest you take your time and pay attention to the details. The smoother your edges are, the more it will look like it's actually marble and that's how I got those sharp edges. Then once both ends were done the same way, I lifted it up and about this part is also optional, but I decided to cut another rectangle. slightly under the size of the entire tray in order to cover the board underneath. I started feeling where the small pre-drilled holes were in the tray and then started making small incisions with a utility knife and a small screwdriver.

I drilled the holes from one end to the other to open it up for the screws, then all that was left to do was add the hardware and if you looked closely you may have seen this tray in my dining room, the video reveals, so let's see . how i made the original was 175 now i had to buy the handles or the little cabinets which cost me seven dollars each thats usually more than i would spend but since there were only two and i really like the look of them i thought it was worth it as a splurge and the contact paper was actually about eight or nine dollars and I didn't really use that much so let's say I used four dollars so it turned out to be about 18 because everything else I already had.

Now that it was available, this look for less had been a long time coming because I was a big fan of these sunburst mirrors that I saw everywhere and they were pretty expensive no matter what style you were looking for and since there were so many. There are so many styles available, I couldn't decide so I thought I'd make my own, so for this you'll need wedges. I bought them at my local store. They come in a pack of 12 and For this project you will need 16 packs and they cost less than two dollars. You'll also need wood glue and something to hold them together, or if you don't have clamps, that's totally fine.

You can use rubber bands but you will need a lot. You will also need a mirror. I bought this one from Dollar Tree. Alright, you're going to open your first package of shims and you're going to take out three of them and you're going to glue them together like this when you apply the wood glue, make sure you spread it out because the more surface area that the wood glue touches, the stronger the hold you're going to have. . Oh, and if you're wondering why my husband's hands are in the video and doing this it's because he wanted to take the lead on this project.

He said he wanted to make sure it was done correctly, so there you have it, I'm not kidding and then you'll want to put them together. so now the shape you're going to want to make is the one you see on your right first, you're going to hold those three together like he's showing you right here, he's pretty picky about the wood project in the house, so he told me he was going to prove this now. If any of his wedges are bent in the center, he may want to add an additional clamp in the center or again, if he doesn't have one, you can use rubber bands now that he is.

You will take the next four wedges from your package, apply wood glue in the same way and join them together as you see here, you have just created one of the sides, this will go on one of the sides of the three that you have drying now and as you can see , you're using rubber bands to hold them together while they dry, so it's totally possible that it could be done with rubber bands, so you're going to take the next four shims and we're going to do the same for the other side of the form, so now you should have two sides and a center.

You should have used three for the center and four for each of the sides using 11 of the 12 wedges in the package, but be sure to save those 12 wedges because you will need them, so after they have dried and we usually let them dry during the night, you will put the three pieces back together, more wood glue, make sure to hold them together and then let it dry, you will do this 16 times, okay, so a year later, I'm just kidding, now that you've done everything, you will start assembling the sunburst Remember that wedge number 12 in the package, this is where it will come in.

It's helpful to see that you're going to need a wedge between each of the shapes because each shape is exactly the same shape, which means that when you put them together the two pieces will end up being the same length so the extra wedge will add a There are different heights between both and chose to make it longer again. Make sure you use lots of wood glue and distribute it evenly because now you are building the structure and the more glue you have the better it will stay together also as you are putting the sunburst together make sure you have something heavy at the end to keep it in place as you continue adding them on the other side, oh my gosh, and then you'll continue with this until you get to the end.

On the other end you will alternate the shape with the single wedge, the single wedge and so on, so once you get to the other side you will want to clean up the excess glue and also have small changes to make. It sure has the perfect shape. The perfect thing about wood glue is that it gives a little bit before it dries and once you have the shape you want, you're going to spray the center with more wood glue, I mean you want to soak it in. that thing don't stop this is the area where you're going to place your mirror and I just took the mirror out of the dollar tree frame and placed it right in the center over all that glue you're going to let this dry overnight too, okay, the next morning you're going to turn it over and I'm sorry, this is the only recording I have of that, but you're going to do the exact same thing by soaking it with more wood glue on the other side. and you're going to take that little sponge and you're really going to get it into all those folds again.

The more wood glue you use in all those little cracks, the better the structure will hold. I let it dry overnight and as you can, look here it's a solid piece, now I thought the mirror was missing a little something so I grabbed an 8 inch embroidery hoop and decided to use it for the mirror frame. I needed the embroidery hoop to look a little more worn in as well as the leggings so I added a little stripping wash and also used some Foal Guard aged wax which I really love and was able to make it match a little better with the sun glare.

I used an e6000 to apply the embroidery hoop to the mirror and as you can see, it fits perfectly. I removed any e6000 with a Q-tip that might have leaked under the embroidery hoop and placed a heavy book on top to support it. I put it together and again let it dry overnight. The final piece was installing the hardware and my husband decided the best thing for this was one of those wire hanging kits, so he screwed them on each end and added the wire between them, making sure. that everything was nice and taut and wouldn't fall apart and of course, being the gentleman he is, he hung it up for me and here is the completed product.

I am very proud of having been able to finish it, it was a lot of work and waiting but it was worth the effort I decided to leave the mirror like this and not paint it or anything I liked the rustic touch it had I like the color of the wood but of course if you want to add color change it make a nice gold polish or something you can definitely do it right so let's see how I made the closest rustic sunburst mirror I found was overstocked and was $282 so each of the shin guards were $1.96 per piece I used. 16 of them I also needed the mirror and embroidery hoop so my total came to $35 because I had everything else on hand, so for my all-time favorite tube-less last look I've created so far.

I'm going to tackle this two tone square geometric wood wall plaque. I saw it for the first sixty dollars at Kirkland and knew exactly what to use to recreate it for much less. Now for this project I decided to use 36 inch pieces of poplar wood. which you can find at Home Depot, these are only a dollar and five cents each and I used 10 for this project. I also used these same ones when I created those faux farmhouse shutters last winter. Now you will have to cut them and You can use this little miter saw kit that costs only ten dollars.

I'll go ahead and link it below or you can use an electric miter saw. You will also need some type of tape measure and I personally like to use my fabric. One of the original artworks was 30 inches square, but it was too big for me, so I cut them to 24 inches and cut four of them to this size. Now once everything was cut out, I made sure to sand all the edges to make. To make sure they were nice and smooth I used a hot glue gun for this project as it will be quite lightweight and holds together very well as all the pieces are 24 inches long to make a perfect square.

I need to join them together like you see here, so now that the frame is ready, let's move on to the next part, which is the big x on the back, so for this I placed two pieces of wood diagonally across the square and made I made my marks with a pencil as to where I needed to make my cuts, I cut these pieces out, sanded them and then attached them to the frame with some hot glue as well to add a little more stability to the corners I took. Some large popsicle sticks trace them on the back corners, cut them out and hot glue them on the ends that way, it made the frame a little sturdier, so now we move on to the white square part of the frame.

Well, for this I'm going to need two more pieces of poplar. I cut them in half and used 45 degree angles to cut the ends. The outside measurement will be 18 inches and the inside measurement will be 15 inches. these in a square and you're also going to hot glue these pieces together. I cut more popsicle sticks and use them to reinforce the joints of this. I'll also stop attaching this to the larger frame for now. to assemble the final piece, which is the smallest square with the four pieces of wood in all its corners, for this you are going to cut four pieces of wood, the outer edge measures 10 inches and the inner edge measures 7 inches again assemble your square and then join with more hot glue, use a couple more popsicle sticks to reinforce those corners and now you will place a new piece of poplar wood from top to bottom in the center of the frame, make sure the piece of wood is inside the frame and then place the small square directly on top of it making sure it is centered to make sure you use a tape measure on the top and bottom and make sure they are both the same distance apart.

From the frame make your marks with a pencil and then cut your pieces. Now we use a jigsaw for this because it's a little more complicated; however, you can use a small mini miter saw kit or, if you have a heavy-duty box cutter, you can score. the wood and break it up, make sure you cut four of these after you cut them, sand them and then glue them into your little square, then use more popsicle sticks to reinforce these joints as well, okay, so the next step is to stain or paint these pieces Now, the big square was white, so I had my cute little helper who was dying to get some paint and painted the big square white.

I used my favorite Adirondack white chalk paint from folk art, so after that was done, we used some of the stripping wash on the driftwood color since I wanted it to have a coastal feel and we went ahead and used this on the smaller square and finally for the large frame and the x I used some of the wood stain in walnut and I went ahead and stained everything. I used a brush to apply and wiped off any excess after itall the pieces were dried. I went ahead and sanded over them to give them some light wear and then started assembling.

I placed the white frame. Bottom first, making sure it was even on all four corners and used hot glue to apply it to the x, then placed the third piece right on top as this was the final piece that was going to hold everything together that I used. some e6000 to adhere this square to the blank, then I turned the piece over and started hot gluing all the pieces from the back to make sure everything was nice and secure. I made sure to hold down any pieces that needed a bit. of additional pressure until the hot glue dried like that, it was nice and secure and here's the finished product, okay, so let's see how I did it.

The original was from Kirkland's for sixty dollars and I was able to recreate it for only ten dollars and fifty cents now the only thing I needed to buy because I had all the paint and hot glue on hand was the wood which was a dollar and five cents a piece and I only bought ten, so I think I did pretty well on this. Well, that's it for today's video and if you're wondering if I still have those items or DIYs, yes, yes, that's why they made it to this list. If you enjoyed this video, be sure to like it.

Let me. Find out which of these was your all-time favorite now for those of you who are waiting for the Look for less Challenge update. He will be back and I will be bringing him back in May of this year, however that will not be the case. every month this year will probably be every quarter, so I hope we can get into the second quarter of this year by doing the invitation in May. Now the invites for the next look for fewer challenges will be in my weekly videos, but I'll be sure to let you know which of those videos has the invite so there won't be a short little invite for the challenge again.

It will be in one of my weekly videos, you will find the date and time there. You need to submit your projects now, while I enjoyed having a co-host in my previous appearance. For fewer challenge invites, for now I'm going to host the challenge myself. The rules will remain largely the same, but just make sure to stay tuned. the date and the new times where we will be uploading as always I will have a playlist just make sure to keep an eye on those dates and times to submit your projects. I hope you're excited and I can't wait for it to come so we can go ahead and start our look for less Challenge.

Okay, let me know if you're excited for the for less Challenge look to return. I'll see you here again next week for more home decor ideas and DIY ideas until then bye