If gold’s not your style, try faux pewter or spray paint. What a transformation from the brightly colored owl I started with. I love my faux gilded owl bookend! It’s going to look great in my office. Step four: Glue your pieces together to form the bookend, and glue your owl in place. I sanded my edges to give them a distressed look. My squares came from a bag of wood I purchased at Hobby Lobby. Step three: Decoupage and/or paint your wood squares. Step two: Paint your owl with two layers of the metallic gold paint. The glitter comes off very easily, so you could clean it off first and then paint. I used a Halloween owl from the Dollar Tree, but now they have glittery owls (pictured) that would work, too. Metallic Gold Acrylic Paint, on hand or $1.Read on to learn how I turned a Dollar Tree owl into a chic gilded bookend. I’m seeing lots of gilded decor on Pinterest and in stores and I just love it! There are some great, inexpensive crafter’s paints out right now that make it easy to create a faux gilded look. All opinions are authentic and my own.I like shiny things, and I think a lot of you do, too. These bronzed owls were commissioned from a local Cotswold artist specially for Original Book Works. Any other products mentioned were purchased by Woman in Real Life and are not sponsored in any way. Two wise owls watch over your books for you held securely by these ‘L’ shaped bookends. *My thanks to Value Village for providing a gift certificate towards my in-store purchases. Have you done any thrifty diy crafts lately? Thrift Store Patio Table Tray Makeover from Time With Thea Upcycled Thrifted Mirror from New House New HomeĭIY Roll-N-Go Travel Bag from Vin'yet Etc.ĭIY Industrial Pendant Light from Love Create CelebrateĪ Thrifted Shabby Chic Gallery Wall and Lamp Makeover from The DIY Mommy Thrifted DIY Jewelry Holder from Brooklyn Berry Designs Pottery Barn Inspired Burlap Lamp Shade & Owl Bookends from Woman in Real Life Upcycling a thrift store leather coat into a DIY handbag from Sustain My Craft Habit Paint Dipped Brass Candle Holders from Life is a Party (If you too are a perfectionist, you'll want the join in the trim on both top and bottom to end up on the same side so you can face it to the wall. Repeat at the top edge of the lamp shade. Cut the trim once you've wrapped it all the way around. Wrap the burlap trim (not unfolded this time) around the bottom edge of the lamp shade, hot gluing as you wrap.(We opened up one fold of the burlap trim to do this.) Hot glue the trim down each edge to cover where the panels of fabric meet. Cut four pieces of burlap trim to cover each vertical edge of the lamp shade.The moral of the story is, if you're going to wrap the edges, make sure they are all sized exactly the same.) I won the argument but lost the war because now when we sit on the couch we can see into the bottom of the shade and the burlap edges aren't exactly even, which can bother us perfectionist types. Features a finish in a distressed antique white color. Crafted with durable porcelain materials. Set of two owl bookends boast a practical solution for storing books. (My husband and I had an argument about this, because he wanted to cut the burlap exactly to size rather than wrapping it underneath. These porcelain owl bookends boast your love for owls and flair for style with the distressed antique white finish. Glue any excess material under the shade.Spray the adhesive along the lamp shade smoothing the burlap fabric down as you go.(We really need to get some proper masks too!) The rest goes like this: The next part of the action took place in the garage, with the floor protected and the doors open to allow air to circulate. Why not make your next diy project an upcycle of a thrifted find? Buying secondhand items is an easy and fun way to do our part to help the earth. As a parent, I have often wondered why we all buy the same books and plastic toys when we could just as easily pass them on or buy them at a thrift store. With Earth Day coming up this Friday, it's a good time to think about how we can reduce this waste. In fact, we throw away more than 81 pounds of clothing and textiles per person, per year. It's not news to any of us I'm sure that we North Americans can be incredibly wasteful. Inspired by charming vintage figures, this set of owl bookends offers a fun and retro way to keep your home library organized. Read on for the other incredible projects. The bonus fun is that there are 11 other bloggers participating in #12monthsofdiy, so we get to see loads o' thrifty diys today. I enjoyed going to Value Village to find a few treasures to overhaul. Y'all know I love a thrifty find! Combine that thrifty find with a diy project and we have a whole lot of fun on our hands. I think this is my favourite #12monthsofdiy project yet.