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1. Upgrade a plain sweater or sturdy T-shirt with sew-on jewels that you can actually just glue.
2. Upgrade your plain white curtains with a simple paint job.
3. Add pom-pom trim to your favorite blanket.
4. Upgrade any color fabric chair with painted accents.
5. Upgrade solid magazine holders with a Sharpie and craft paint.
6. Upgrade any tabletop with marble contact paper.
7. Upgrade plain glasses with gold adhesive vinyl.
8. Upgrade plain shoes with flat-back pyramid studs.
9. Upgrade your plain dresser drawers with leather pulls.
10. Upgrade literally any piece of Ikea furniture (or even your walls) with O'verlays.
You just glue them on and voilà!
Get them here.
11. Upgrade your couch with tufting.
You'll need:
A 10- to 12-inch tufting needle
Fabric buttons (these ones match Ikea furniture)
Get the tutorial here.
12. Upgrade your heels with lace.
13. Upgrade boring walls with removable wallpaper that is renter-friendly and reusable
Wallflora Shop on Etsy has some incredible printed removable wallpaper. Get the gray print here and the greenery print here.
14. Upgrade your dishwasher or refrigerator with stick-on steel contact sheets.
15. Upgrade plain chairs using fabric paint and paracord.
You don't have to paint your chairs, but if you do, you'll need:
Needle and thread (will depend on the color paracord you use)
Click here to get the tutorial.
16. Upgrade your kitchen utensils by painting or dip-dying them.
You'll need:
Get the tutorial here. It's a bit vague, but you basically just tape around the handle, sand it down a little, paint it, shellac it, and let it dry.
18. Upgrade your dressers with drawer pulls.
19. Upgrade any plain glass vase with enamel paint.
You'll need:
Get the tutorial here. It calls for surface conditioner, which is really optional.