DIY How To Shop at a Thrift Store for Christmas Decor

November 10, 2017

When it comes to Christmas too vacation decor, thrift stores are actually keen places to uncovering actually cool materials for a fraction of the cost you lot would pay for retail vacation decor.

And nosotros all know I honey to salve some dollars.

So, today I stance I would demonstrate you lot only how much cool materials you lot tin uncovering at the thrift shop for your vacation decorating. I'll demonstrate you lot what to expect for too how you lot tin contain it into your electrical flow decor. Enjoy!

When it comes to Christmas too vacation decor DIY How To Shop at a Thrift Store for Christmas Decor

When it comes to thrift stores too holidays, you lot actually tin uncovering some keen stuff. You get got to pass some fourth dimension searching, but it's totally worth the extra endeavor when you lot uncovering keen materials for pennies on the dollar.

For example, on my final thrift shop trip, I establish this pre-lit giant tree for $40. We didn't get got a tree yet, then this was a amount score.

After looking at store-bought faux trees all morning time too discovering that I would get got to get got out some other mortgage on my trace of piece of employment solid to larn one, this $40 tree was a pretty cool find.

Case inwards point:
Hobby Lobby tree = $600. My tree (that looks almost the same) = $40.

For a savings of $550, I'll create snowfall too flock my ain tree.

Who's amongst me?

I was also able to uncovering tons of awesome ornaments only laid upwardly to survive re-purposed.
Well, I'll admit, they didn't expect likewise awesome when I establish them, but you lot get got to come across beyond what's there.

For example, you lot may come across brassy golden 1980's ornaments. But I saw something totally different....keep reading.

From that piddling store, I snagged 2 boxes of golden ornaments for $2 too a handbag of pinecones for $1.

And from that brassy mess, I created these:

and these:

You tin come across the amount tutorial for all of those ornaments here.

I also used a bunch of thrift shop ornaments to brand my ornament wreath (full tutorial tin survive found here). All of those large silvery ornaments were i time brassy thrift shop ornaments that I covered amongst silvery rub & buff.

While I was at the thrift store, I also establish a bunch of dissimilar things that I used to decorate my tree with, similar these napkin rings.

They ended upwardly looking keen inwards the tree, tied amongst only a uncomplicated slice of ribbon.

I also establish a spool of white ribbon for 99 cents. fifty yards of wide, satin white ribbon for less than a dollar. I totally did a piddling trip the calorie-free fantastic on that one.

There are close a meg things I tin practice amongst white ribbon this vacation season, too amongst fifty yards, I tin practice all million.

I ended upwardly using tons of it to wrap approximately my tree too to brand a bow for a tree topper.

I also scored 2 silvery platters for $1 each too used them during a party. Can you lot guess which ones I got?

Nearby was also an aisle amongst tons of white ceramics too porcelain dishes. That would survive a keen agency to stock upwardly on cheap mugs too such if you lot are hosting vacation dinners too parties.

The real final affair I establish too brought abode was a piddling silvery beaded ornament for 99 cents.

I absolutely honey it. It's give-up the ghost my favorite ornament this Christmas, too it adds a piddling flake of bling to my tree!

You tin come across to a greater extent than of our Christmas tree here.

Thanks then much for stopping by! I promise you lot enjoyed my thrift shop decor tips! Just remember, it doesn't get got to survive expensive to survive beautiful!