13 Thrift Store Makeovers You Will Love Creating

Be inspired by 13 thrift store makeovers you can easily create. Repurpose, recycle, or upcycle items into beautiful home decor or accessories.

Thrift Store Makeovers

Shopping at thrift stores is a fun pastime, and something I love to do with my girlfriends, sometimes just by myself.

We have a nice Goodwill store around the corner from my house and several antique stores in the area. They are all great places to get inspiration. I also enjoy the challenge of making or repurposing inexpensive items into newer and sometimes totally different items.

The following list shows you some of my own repurposed or thrift store makeovers. I hope it inspires you to look beyond what an item was or now is, to what it could be.

13 Super Fun Thrift Store Makeovers

Thrift stores like Goodwill and the Salvation Army, antique malls and garage sales. These are all great places to get inspiration and buy things that you can improve and breathe new life into. Recycle, upcycle, and craft new pieces of home decor and accessories for yourself or others.

Tiered Tray DIY - Made Easy with Thrift Store Finds

Odd and ends from an antique store creates a pretty two tiered tray ready for decorating all year long.

Three brightly decorated wooden candlesticks with paint.

Painting Wooden Candlesticks: Turning a Thrift Store Buy Into Whimsical Decor

Easy painting techniques are used to turn these old wood candle holders and spool into a whimsical bright and cheery centerpiece.

How to Make a Pineapple Welcome Sign

The pineapple is a symbol of hospitality. See how you can easily make a welcome sign to hang in your home with a free printable template.

How to Turn an Old Door into a Headboard For Hardly Any Money

See how we took an old paneled door and made it into a nice headboard for our king-size bed.

Make an Auricula Theatre - Thrifty Style

Auricula theatres are a fun fashion in England. See how one was made with an old drawer.

DIY Mason Jar Chandelier from Thrift Store Finds

Old mason jars and a carrier make a pretty rustic farmhouse chandelier with vintage charm.

Statement necklace made from vintage jewelry.

Make Your Own Statement Necklace from Vintage Jewelry

Brooches, pendants, and buckles can easily be put together to make a fun statement necklace in the thrift store upcycle.

Blue teacup candle and pink in background

DIY Teacup Candles - Scented for Holiday Gift Giving

Grandma's teacups make a wonderful container to make a candle and a great gift idea too.

This embroidery hoop upcycled wreath - laying flat

Embroidery Hoop Upcycled Wreath Made with Old Flannel Shirts

Old flannel shirts are the petals of this pretty fall wreath made with embroidery hoops.

Set of mittens and headband made from a sweater

How to Make a Sweater Mittens and Headband Set

Take a thrift store cable sweater and make a set of mittens and a headband from it.

DIY flower arrangement in mercury glass.

Mercury Glass Vases DIY and Easy Flower Arrangements

Standard glass containers turned into beauty faux mercury glass are the focus of this fun thrift store post.

DIY leather bracelets is a fun tutorial that shows you how to make stylish leather cuffs from old belts and pieces of leather, paints and a dremel tool.

DIY Leather Bracelets - An Easy, Creative Project

Fashionable leather cuffs are easily made from other leather belts in this fun upcycle.

Vintage teacup hanging with string of pearls planted inside

Hanging Teacup Planter Upcycle with China & Pearls

String of pearls is happily growing in a teacup. See how to make this pretty teacup planter.

Thrift Store Makeovers

13 Super Fun Thrift Store Makeovers

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