3 Thrift Store Upcycle Ideas to Help Spruce Up Your Home

Transforming a cutting board

Lisa found a beautiful wood cutting board for $3.99 and refashioned it into a tray with new detailing, stain, handles, and knobs she had left over from a kitchen remodel project. With a sander, drill, screwdriver, and some adhesive, Lisa’s found cutting board is now a stunning antique white tray.

Sprucing up a vase

Vases are very common items Lisa finds at thrift stores. She found an olive-tone, not-so-pretty vase that definitely needed a makeover. Using white Rust-Oleum gloss spray paint, she completely covered the olive green.

Lisa added a three-dimensional floral detail to the vase that she found while wandering around her local Hobby Lobby craft store. Using silicone baking molds and hot glue (not in the way you might expect) she fashioned three-dimensional flowers made from hot glue for her vase.

With spray paint, gold detail paint, and hot glue, Lisa crafted an elegant new vase.

Upgrading a cardboard container

After spray painting the container white, she used Modge Podge to attach napkins that had a marble pattern. After it was all dry, she filled the “marble” container with sprays of artificial white flowers for an upscale look.

Thrift store upcycle ideas

We hope you are as inspired as we are by Lisa’s thrift store upcycle ideas. It just takes looking at an old thrifted item with new eyes to turn it into a work of art.

Simple items like glue, spray paint, and basic tools can help turn your thrift home decor into sophisticated home decor.

For more budget home ideas, discover 10 ways to make your home look more expensive or affordable IKEA products that look high-end.

To see more videos, check out the Lisa Burningham YouTube channel.