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Frugal Fun Projects - Decorate with Color


Do you like to have color in your home? Maybe you want to add a splash of color to a drab corner. Here are some inexpensive examples you can use to generate your own ideas on how to decorate with color.

Take a simple container and add colorful stones. The stones can be the same color and type or a mixture of colors along with mix of natural and manmade materials. Or, you can add the stones as an accent around another object. 

The stones can be the inexpensive glass marbles, round or flattened, or real stones found in the floral area of your hobby or discount stores. Another option is add naturally tumbled stone collected from hikes nears streams and waterways (provided taking the stones is not prohibited).

For another natural element, add interesting pine cones, dried moss and feathers. Mother nature always provides interesting elements for our enjoyment.

Frugal Fun Projects: Decorate with Color Materials and Tools:

  • Colorful stones
  • Simple container
  • Natural elements (optional)
  • Raffia or ribbon (optional)

The Steps for How to Decorate with Color:

Let's look at a few of the simple and inexpensive materials:

frugal fun crafts decorate with color materals

The first example is a favorite with a simple, inexpensive floral vase filled with favorite colors. The blues and greens of the stones pull out the color of Mr. Rockwell's shirt in his self portrait. Plus, the colorful stones - in this case, flattened marbles - add a pop of color and shine to a corner that is otherwise not colorfully interesting.

frugal fun crafts decorate with color glass vase with blue green marbles

The next example includes a smaller, still inexpensive, vase. This time the colorful stones are seashell shapes made of glass.  Several strands of raffia tied in a simple bow add further interest to this bathroom shelf.

frugal fun crafts decorate with color glass vase with glass seashells and raffia

Or, you can add the colorful stones around another object. Here, blue, flattened glass marbles accent a white candle. The candle is in a clear glass chimney inside the hurricane container.

frugal fun crafts decorate with color white candle with blue marbles

A similar example uses simulated, broken and tumbled sea glass around a blue candle.

frugal fun crafts decorate with color blue candle with tumbled glass

If you prefer a more natural look, a wooden bowl filled with a mix of natural stone and colorful marbles makes an interesting decoration.

frugal fun crafts decorate with color wooden bowl with rocks and marbles

Another example, this time natural and colorful stones sit in a carved wooden basket.

frugal fun crafts decorate with color carved wooden basket with rocks and marbles

Perhaps instead you have some interesting pottery bowls. Add colorful stones to the bowl for an inexpensive and different centerpiece.

frugal fun crafts decorate with color green pottery bowl with rocks and marbles

To decorate with color, look to the containers you already have and add a few colorful stones and natural elements. The containers do not need to be fancy. Instead, simple and interesting vases and bowls highlight the colors and draw the eye.

Enjoy!


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