DIY Wall Decor

I really wanted to inject a few touches of color to our living room and several posts at Pinterest about covering plywood boards with fabric caught my eye. Instead of wood, however, I used empty box covers. Remember my post about using empty boxes as shelves? This wall decor project actually came before that (another late post, I know!). 

 

 

On separate occasions, I was able to spot lovely but inexpensive fabrics at Uniwide. I didn't know what to do with them at first but later decided to use them for our wall decor. 

 

Fabrics from Uniwide

I was super excited to get on with this project that I didn't stop to take photos (sorry about that) but the procedure is pretty simple.

 

All you'll need are the following materials:

box covers

fabric

large enough to cover the front and sides of the box cover)

glue

 

Step 1: Lay fabric on a flat surface (right side down)

 

Step 2: Position box cover the fabric

(for geometrical patterned fabric make sure that the box lies at the center of the design)

 

Step 3: Fold edges of the fabric toward the sides and into into the inner or underside of the box cover and glue in place.

 

Make sure that the fabric is taut over the box cover but also be careful that it isn't stretched too much that it distorts the pattern.

 

Step 4: Miter or fold the corners of the fabric at an angle.

 

 

You may do this on any corner of the box cover, however, they are least noticeable on the upper and lower sides so this is where I prefer to place them.   

The 2 floral fabrics are from Cotton Depot and costs P120 per meter while the geometrical patterned fabrics are purchased from Uniwide for only P70 per meter. 

 

Frugal Finds at Uniwide Part 2

It's been a while since we've been to Uniwide. Although hubby and I were happy with our last visit we were never able to go back until last weekend.

 

What can I say? Uniwide is a very dangerous place. Not in a negative way, though. It's just that hubby and I ended up with (multiple) random, unplanned purchases. The original intention was to make a quick trip to purchase about 70 pieces of covered  plastic drinking glasses -- an errand Mama asked us to do for the feeding program organized in church. SM was on our first agenda but surprisingly, they didn't have what we were looking for. Uniwide has them but there weren't enough and we couldn't leave empty handed...         

 

 

 

 

These rubber alphabet cut-outs used to be sold by the kilo. I already wanted to get Alonzo a pack the last time but hesitated because I thought that I had to get a whole kilo of these. If I remember correctly, they were sold at P250/ kilo. I mean, what would I do with a kilo of alphabet letters??? What I didn't know was you could purchase just one pack and have it weighed and pay accordingly. Silly me. Anyway, they are now sold by the pack at P29.00. I made a mental count of the number of kids that I could them to and almost ended up getting everything in the crate!

 

Now, aren't these ceramic owls adorable?

 

I was already picking which of these little guys would go home with me until this charming piece caught my eye. Wouldn't you agree that it looks so Anthrologoly-esque??? I super love it and for only P59.00 I couldn't resist.

 

I also couldn't get these porcelain balls sold at P39.00 for 2 pieces off my mind either as I toured around.

 

These are just a few of our purchases that day. I got ourselves several pieces of coffee mugs (for a project that I have in mind), a bundle of barbecue sticks, a wooden board puzzle for Alonzo and a Santa hat. And would you believe that hubby was able to finish off his Christmas list all in one go on our visit to Uniwide?!!

 

I'm now regretting not getting the pastel-colored, polka dot serving plates and coral shaped candle holders.

We'll have to go back there soon!

 

Frugal Finds at Uniwide

A post by n@wie friend, Maqui, remimded me
 of how hubby (then boyfriend) and I used to go
to Uniwide to stock up on junk food during our college days. 

Anyway, a random stop over at Uniwide along Sucat road
turned out to be a pleasant surprise.    
It's been ages since the last time we've been to there.
It still looks like the same dark and dusty warehouse that
we used to be so familiar with but this time
hubby and I purchased several stuff for the house.

Among the ones that we bought, these would have to be my favorite.
The ceramic letters are such a great find -- perfect for the "alphabet wall" that I'm planning set up
(25 more letters to go!)


Letters: P15 each 
Crown: P29 each.

We were also able to get Alonzo
a little table and chair for his play room and mini library
for a little less than half the amount of what we could have paid for at another department store.

We are definitely going back!

Sunday's Frugal Finds!

Alonzo received a lot of toys as gifts last Christmas. Mima even sent 2 balikbayan boxes full of toys (if you're Filipino you know what I'm talking about)! Most of his new toys are kept at my parents' house where he spends most of the day and the rest are at our house. We also kept the toys that are not yet appropriate for his age.

With my sister-in-law's permission, we'll be converting her room into Alonzo's playroom and mini library. No, we won't be doing anything extreme. Actually, we'll just be moving the beds against the walls and literally just bring in all the toys. 

 

We knew that we had a lot of sorting and organizing to do so off to Dapitan we went to purchase some baskets to get ourselves started. 

Would you believe that all these (nine baskets all in all!) cost us only P400?!

After less than an hour (we got there at around 8:30am) we were all done and the car's trunk was full. Hubby and I couldn't believe how much time we still had so we decided to make a quick stop at Cash and Carry for brunch. Of course, I also had to make mandatory(?) "inventory" at their Book Sale branch.

For only P240 we were able to get these for Alonzo's library!