How-To Hide Your Components

If you use a console table or something like it as a TV stand, here's an idea for hiding the DVD player, surround sound, and / or gaming consoles.

Simply sew hems on the side and a hem on the top of the fabric.  Leave some room in the top hem to fit a tension rod through.  Voila.  Total cost = around $5 for the yard of fabric.

How-to Dress Up A Throw Pillow

I had two pillows that I was just no longer in love with.  They were just kind of blah.  I bought a  yard of fabric and sewed covers similar to those you might find covering a european pillow.  The ends sort of fold over each other leaving a slit in the back to stuff the pillow into.  

Total cost = $7 versus $20-$50 for new pillows.

How-to Make Inexpensive Wall Art

Check out your local Dollar Tree store.  I did this project for $9.  The mirrors are candle plates, and the butterflies are peel 'n stick decals.  I used mounting squares to adhere the mirrors to the wall.