The easiest way to keep your house clean is to always have the supplies you need. That is why you need these upcycled room cleaning buckets. Place one in each coordinating room and know that have what you need for daily cleaning. Don’t forget to add these Printable Room by Room Cleaning Checklists to your buckets. With both of these tools your home will actually stay clean, especially if you remember to enlist help from your kiddos.

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The easiest way to keep your house clean is to always have the supplies you need. That is why you need these easy upcycled room cleaning buckets.

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Materials

5-7 Easter Buckets
Krylon Spray Paint (This is the absolute best spray paint for this project!)
5-7 Small Spray Bottles
Cleaners (Based on the Room)
Sponges, Wipes, and Brushes

The easiest way to keep your house clean is to always have the supplies you need. That is why you need these easy upcycled room cleaning buckets.

Step 1

Clean your Easter buckets thoroughly and allow them to dry completely.

Step 2

Spray each bucket with a coat of paint in a well-ventilated area. Allow the paint to dry.

Step 3

Repeat step 2 until you can no longer see the patterns through the paint. This took 4 coats on my buckets and the base color of the bucket did not seem to affect the number of coats.

The easiest way to keep your house clean is to always have the supplies you need. That is why you need these easy upcycled room cleaning buckets.

Step 4

Fill each bucket with the appropriate supplies and printable checklist.

Step 5

Place your cleaning buckets in each room and you’re done.

Cleaning Buckets Tips

Don’t feel like you have to put full size cleaners in your buckets. In fact, I recommend dividing your cleaners up among the buckets. Here are some tips for how to divide your cleaners and other supplies for your buckets.

The easiest way to keep your house clean is to always have the supplies you need. That is why you need these easy upcycled room cleaning buckets.

Portable Wipes Container

You know those little plastic containers for wipes that you throw in your diaper bag? Use these to divide disinfecting wipes among each bucket.

The easiest way to keep your house clean is to always have the supplies you need. That is why you need these easy upcycled room cleaning buckets.

Small Spray Bottles

Get small spray bottles that you can separate cleaners into. I used a bottle of concentrate to make mine but you can also divide up a full-size, ready-mixed cleaner among them. Don’t forget to label your spray bottles so that you know which cleaner is in them.

Sponges

You will want a separate sponge for each bucket. If you are worried about putting wet sponges back in the buckets when you’re done, get a plastic soap container. Poke a few holes in it to allow air in and your sponges can dry without creating a mess in your buckets.

Plastic Bags

Always keep a few plastic grocery bags in each bucket. This makes it easy to change out trash cans or collect any waste you come across when cleaning. This is especially true for kids’ rooms. They have the uncanny knack of hiding ripped up papers, empty wrappers, and broken toys.

The easiest way to keep your house clean is to always have the supplies you need. That is why you need these easy upcycled room cleaning buckets.

Keeping your home clean has never been easier than it will be with these upcycled room cleaning buckets. They have made my new cleaning habit so much easier to develop. I firmly believe in not spending more time cleaning than you absolutely have to. That includes wasting time looking for cleaning supplies and now you won’t have to. I get all of my cleaning done in 20 minutes or less because of these buckets. Imagine only spending 20 minutes a day to keep your house beautiful. It can totally be done! Don’t forget to grab your printable cleaning checklists before you go.

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This month for the Thrift Store Decor Upcycle Challenge I am changing things up a little. This tutorial is a birthday gift for someone so I tried to capture the farmhouse look. The mix of textures in this upcycled farmhouse vignette cloche is so comforting and pretty. I hope you (and the birthday girl) love it as much as I do. Full disclaimer: there are a lot of steps to this tutorial but the end result is absolutely worth it.

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The Rules:

Upcycle an item(s) from a thrift store, resale store, or garage sale into a new piece of decor.
There’s no monthly theme.
There’s no budget to stick to.

Meet the Hr5Sosts

Medina | Grillo Designs Karen | Dragonfly & Lily Pads

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Upcycled Farmhouse Vignette Cloche Materials

Thrift Store Footed Cloche
Small Paper Plate
Loose Moss
Mod Podge
White Acrylic Paint
2 Foam Brushes (One for Mod Podge and One for White Paint)

HB Graphite Pencil
Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
Burlap Roll
Scissors
Faux Off White Hydrangea
Cream Colored Yarn
3 Wooden Blocks

Step 1

First, clean your cloche inside and out.

Tip:

If the price written on the glass isn’t coming off, add a small amount of Dawn dish soap to it. Let sit for a minute then wipe off with a damp paper towel.

Step 2

Next, cut the lip off of your small paper dessert plate.

Step 3

Add a coat of Mod Podge to your plate.

Step 4

Now cover your plate with your loose moss.

Step 5

Shake off the excess and return it to the container. Next, set your moss plate off to the side to dry.

Step 6

Paint a coat of white acrylic paint on your blocks.

Tip:

Don’t worry about coating the bottom of the blocks. The bottoms won’t be seen.

Step 7

Allow the paint to dry completely before moving on.

Step 8

If needed, add a second coat of paint to the blocks.

Tip:

A second coat of white paint is only needed on one block because the others will be covered with other media.

Step 9

After your moss plate has begun to dry, add a second coat of Mod Podge over the moss.

Tip:

Do this gently to prevent the moss already attached from coming off.

Step 10

Next, cover the 2^nd coat with moss.

Step 11

Shake off the excess again and return to the container. Set aside to allow the glue to dry completely.

Tip:

This can take up to 24 hours.

Step 12

Measure enough burlap to wrap around the outside of one of your single-coated blocks.

Step 13

Cut the burlap.

Step 14

Next, glue your burlap strip to the block.

Note:

Leave a lip of extra burlap above the block.

Step 15

Trim the excess wrap and the excess at the bottom. Do not trim the lip from step 14.

Step 16

Next, cut 2-3 single flowers from your hydrangea.

Step 17

Then glue the single flowers to the top of your burlap block.

Step 18

Now, cover the flower stems with a small piece of the excess burlap you trimmed in step 15.

Step 19

Next, cover your 2^nd single-coated block with cream yarn. Attach the yarn with hot glue.

Tip:

Wrap around the outside and secure with glue first. Then cover the top of the block.

Step 20

Draw “No. 23” on the remaining block with your pencil.

Step 21

Carefully cover your pencil drawing with Mod Podge.

Tip:

I used my finger to apply the Mod Podge in this step.

Step 22

Allow all of your elements to dry completely before moving on.

Step 23

Lastly, attach your blocks to the center of your moss plate as pictured.

Note:

The yarn block is glued only to the top of the white block.

Once your farmhouse vignette is completed, place it in the center of your cloche and replace the lid. This allows you to change your vignette out seasonally if desired. If you want to make the vignette semi-permanent (or less-susceptible to bumps) place a Zot between the cloche base and vignette plate. Don’t forget to check out what my friends create this month after you’ve made your own upcycled farmhouse vignette cloche!

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Have you ever seen those country wooden geese at the thrift store? They remind me of an old kitchen painted dusty rose and blue. Not my style at all. Yuck! The last time I came across one I was struck with inspiration. I have wanted to add a flamingo to my wall for a while and this would be a perfect base. The hardest part is figuring out the legs. Well guess what! I figured it out and I’m finally ready to share this awesome makeover at the Monthly Thrift Store Decor Upcycle Challenge! Find out how to turn an ugly thrift store goose into an awesome DIY upcycled pink flamingo wall hanging.

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The Rules:

Upcycle an item(s) from a thrift store, resale store, or garage sale into a new piece of decor.
There’s no monthly theme.
There’s no budget to stick to.

Meet the Hosts

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Pink Flamingo Wall Hanging Materials

Step 1

Clean your wall art.

Step 2

Paint a coat of white over the entire goose.

Step 3

Let the paint dry.

Step 4

Paint a second coat of white paint.

Step 5

Start adding red paint as seen in the photo above before your second coat of white dries.

Tips:

Only brush your paint in one direction to give the illusion of feathers.
Leave a white area in the middle of the wing.

Add the red paint more heavily on the tail, base of the neck, and the top of the head.

Step 6

Set your goose off to the side to dry.

Step 7

Now it is time to form the legs. At the end of one of your pipe cleaners (about 1 inch from the bottom) twist a second pipe cleaner.

Step 8

Snip off the excess of the twisted pipe cleaner so that you are left with 2 claw-like ends.

Step 9

Next, bend your pipe cleaner at the ‘knee’.

Step 10

Cut a second pipe cleaner in half.

Step 11

Fold each half into an upside down triangle.

Step 12

Attach one triangle, point side down to the end of your pipe cleaner opposite the claws. Do this by twisting the open points around the end.

Step 13

Repeat step twelve on a fresh pipe cleaner.

Step 14

Next, wrap tape around the triangle end of your pipe cleaner legs.

Step 15

Continue wrapping the legs until they are completely covered.

Tips:

Thoroughly cover your pipe cleaners with the tape paying special attention to the joints.

Wrap your tape in a way that adds volume to your legs. The tape is to make them bigger as well as secure them.

Step 16

If needed, fix the bend in your clawed leg.

Step 17

Place your legs on a paper towel and cover with a coat of white paint. Set aside to dry.

Step 18

Now, mix together a small amount of red and yellow paint to get a dark red-orange.

Step 19

Next, add the orange to the dark red areas on your goose.

Tip:

It’s fine if your paint hasn’t quite dried yet.

Step 20

Lastly, paint the black beak and the eye. Set aside to finish drying.

Step 21

Add a second coat of white paint to your legs.

Step 22

Without waiting for the second coat of white to dry, dab your legs with black paint.

Tip:

The black should be heavier at the bottom and lighter on top.

Step 23

Allow your paint to dry completely before moving on.

Step 24

Attach your legs to your swan with hot glue.

Step 25

Secure the bent leg to the straight leg with a dab of hot glue.

Now hang your flamingo on the wall and enjoy. Can you believe how amazing this turned out? Who would have thought you could turn an ugly thrift store goose into an awesome flamingo wall hanging with pipe cleaners and some tape? This is my favorite thrift store makeover so far! *Insert giddy girl squeal here.* Before you run out to buy your own ugly goose, make sure you check out the awesome projects from my friends below!

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