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I found our (I think) very cool dining chairs on Craigslist for a song. Unfortunately the one sour note in that song was the hideous table that the previous owner required we also take. It was made of splitting wood-look laminate and a peeling metal base. I was determined to come up with a way to revamp it and make it pretty enough to deserve to sit next to our funky chrome chairs.
I considered mosaicing it, painting it, adding chrome trim to the side... and then I saw a few glitter covered tables on Pinterest and COULD NOT get it out of my head.
It was so over the top! So glam! So... glittery.
However, they all involved a pour-over resin to give them that durable, high-gloss finish.
To get a thick enough layer that would cover my entire table top would have cost me around $90 just in resin.
Uh.
No.
That ugly table was not worth that.
I continued to brain storm, and to search for "glitter" on Pinterest.
I came up with an idea that just might give me the look I was going for without costing a stupid amount in supplies.
If people could make glittery tealight holders, why couldn't I make a table?
But the original table just was not going to work. So it died the death it deserved and went in the dumpster.
To replace it I bought this glass-topped, rattan-based table off Facebook Marketplace for TEN DOLLARS. Total win.
The top was a bit scratched, but for $10, I couldn't care less.

I then assembled my materials:
-Approximately 2 cups of glitter (about $5 Total from eBay)
-A 16oz container of Mod Podge
-A foam roller brush ($2)
-A sample size of pink paint ($1.99- home depot had a paint sample sale and I went a bit nuts, so I have a bunch of different colors of paint on hand)

I decided which side would be my "top" and made sure that was facing DOWN.

I cleaned the entire surface with rubbing alcohol to (hopefully) give everything the best chance to adhere to the glass.

I used blue painter's tape (crap, btw) all along the edge to avoid drips along the edge.


Next I mixed my glitter together in an air-tight container.


Then I mixed in the entire jar of Mod Podge.


My table top is 42"x42" with rounded corners and I used about 2/3-3/4 of my mixture, so if you have a larger or smaller table, adjust accordingly.

I "painted" on the Mod Podge/Glitter glop and spread it as evenly as I could.


And allowed it to dry thoroughly between coats.

The kitchen in our old apartment was, I kid you not, 100 square feet. It. Was. Tiny.
I hated that kitchen. We had no counter space, and a quarter of it was taken up by the miniature dishwasher that I bought us that saved our marriage.
I have been determined that in this new, bigger kitchen I will have ample prep space and won't devote great swathes of it to things that don't need to live on the counter.
I kept coming across great ideas for storing fruit on the walls and loved the idea, but didn't love the price tags of most options.


Like this one from Amazon for $44.50.
$44.50 to have something cute that keeps my fruit off the counter? No thanks.

So I kept searching for an easy, cheap way to make my own.

Then, whilst perusing the IKEA site for supplies for other projects, I stumbled across the Algot wardrobe system.



First of all, it's just an awesome, affordable, and super versatile system you could use to organize, like, a million things.

Second of all, its pieces pop together super easily and make for a very low-effort assembly process.

So I went ahead and bought:

One 22" Wall Upright (Okay, actually, I bought what I think was a shelf bracket on the first go-round because sleep deprivation)

And two Mesh Baskets With Bracket

To assemble all I needed to do was use three drywall screws (the kind with the plastic anchor bit) to attach the upright to the wall and then click the baskets into place.

My total cost for this project including the drywall screws was $12.

I could easily fit a third basket in (which I might just do, because bananas), but this works great for now. And if I do decide to add another, it's only $4!

I love how sturdy it is and the mesh allows good air flow so my fruit ripens evenly. And if I happen to forget some in there for too long and it becomes a sticky mess, I can simply pop the basket out and give it a wash!

I used to store my cloth diapers in a shoe organizer as I'd seen on Pinterest- which was pretty brilliant I'll admit- but I was looking for an easier way to have my diapers all in one place and easily accessible. I had seen diaper stackers in places but they weren't going to be big enough because cloth diapers are so bulky. I had also seen a disposable dispenser and thought to myself: "why couldn't I do that?"