16 High-Impact DIY Projects Under $100 from our Archives
October 8, 2018 — Written by Julia Marcum
We’ve done thousands of DIY projects over the near decade we’ve been blogging. But some of our most favorite ones fall in the quick, cheap and easy. Here are 16 of our favorite easy, but high-impact DIY project that won’t break the bank.
2. DIY Raised Feeding Station using a stair tread!
3. DIY Massive Art Ledge
4. Add headboard and trim to a ceiling!
5. DIY Open Shelving for the Kitchen
6. Refinish Butcher Block Countertops
7. DIY Dark Shiplap Accent Wall
8. Paint an exterior-leading door black
9. DIY House Number Plaque
10. Large Format Modern Portraits for the Home!
11. Stencil a Doormat
12. Upgrade your Mailbox
13. Trim out an outdated fireplace
14. Swap out a shower head
15. Make your grout look new in an afternoon
16. DIY Indoor Swing
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LOVE this post! I want to do a swing so bad. My kids range from 11-11 months. But my boys are tall (as your girls will probably be). Do you think that swing will hold their weight? My oldest is just under a 100 lbs. Thank you!!
Absolutely. I get on it!
I like those open kitchen shelves. I went back to the post and linked on the brackets and they are still available. But, there are no reviews on the brackets.
So, have they held up well and would you use them again.
100%!!
Changing our shower head has been such a game changer in our rentals! We bring it with us from apartment to apartment. I don’t know why it hadn’t occurred to me before you suggested it years ago. Haha