How to Reinvent Your Existing Home Decor

You’ve probably seen magazine images, Pinterest photos and even television programs where all of the decor items seem perfectly coordinated. Same colour scheme, same theme, perfectly staged etc.

It looks gorgeous – I completely agree – but how can the ‘normal’ person afford to go out and buy all new coordinating pieces just to stage a coffee table or bookcase?

I’m here to show you how a $8 can of spray paint can take your existing items and turn them into an aesthetically pleasing, cohesive look.

These are my owls.

I bought them a few years ago at HomeSense for about $6 and $8. I love the shape, the whimsy, the size of them – but I wasn’t in love with the colour.

Perhaps you have items in your home that you feel the same about. Size – check, shape – check, colours – negative.

Easy change.

I cheated on these and didn’t prime them. Because they are shelf decor and not being handled or used, I felt the paint-and-primer-in-one would have sufficient primer to do the trick. If these were decorative items that were being used – like a bowl that held remotes or candles or something, I would have used a separate coat of primer for durability.

As it was, two coats of Rustoleum’s Gloss White was sufficient.