14 DIY Unexpected Home Decor Ideas on a Budget!

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Tired of the same old decor ideas?! There is nothing wrong with classic design staples, but sometimes we crave something a little more unique and something that reflects our personality. In today’s video I will share 14 DIY unexpected and unconventional home decor ideas that are sure to have people saying, “Wow, I’ve never seen that before!” I’ll be upcycling and repurposing found items, things found in nature, clocks, lighting fixtures, architectural salvage, on old picture frame, a large bird cage, thrift store items, and even something from Home Goods! I hope you’ll be inspired to create a home that is full of personality that you love! #home decor #diy #diyhomedecor #upcycle #repurpose #thriftflip
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[@janetwarren9780]

Yes

[@kbpets418]

Maybe sprinkle gold paint over the chandelier to complement the birdies - amd thank you for suggesting ag1. Love, from Pittsburgh!

[@lauragreen4899]

Sherry, You could make hour long videos and I think most of us would sit and enjoy every minute of it. So please give us more.

[@katherineharper-sj4ys]

I know I would

[@lydialangfordjoiner765]

Yes, we love your programs! The longer the better, although, that means more work hours for you. I don’t want to exhaust you.🤓

[@margaretdillinger5090]

Me too.😊

[@shelleleversee1904]

Yep

[@karenbreslauer2053]

Me too !!

[@ellenc.1685]

I vote 'yes' for another of these videos; 'yes' to gold birds and 'yes' to the butterflies! I love the unexpected - wonderful transformations today. Thank you.

[@CanterburyCottage]

Wonderful! Thank you so much for the feedback, Ellen! 🥰

[@judymills7157]

Yes, gold birds and butterflies, love.

[@tinabennett8524]

Yes to gold birds, 🤗I was thinking please, please don’t paint the birds green. 💕

[@joannsnyder6667]

Of course we want to see more unexpected flips!! Gorgeous as always!,

[@beverlypierce596]

WOW. I don’t even know where to begin! There are too many things about this video that I love! Keep the butterflies, so gorgeous. The birdcage with the books inside was stunning. The paper machete bowl was so pretty. All the lamps were amazing. Keep the birds gold, otherwise you wouldn’t notice them and noticing is what you want! I’d love another video like this with more unexpected decor ideas. Thank you for sharing.

[@maureendeming]

Leave the birds gold! That piece looks so cool!

[@letmeexplain1816]

Me too💫🌾✨️

[@debnem413]

Yes! Yes! Yes! More unexpected decor flips!!!

[@janashe8600]

Sherry, I would love to see more of this type of videos.

[@charlotted6247]

I don't want a cookie cutter home. I've always enjoyed having unique pieces for my home. I love your ideas. I have a worn out, weather beaten fence piece. I painted it like a flag. Well, a very worn flag. It's unique and I love it. It's big enough for 3 stripes and I have the perfect place for it. Unique pieces have your thoughts in them and a story. I can remember my mom telling us where she bought things from at a yard sale. It's funny because now I find myself saying the same stuff. We are all so different and I want my home to reflect my personality. I really enjoy what you do for your home and your inspiration. ❤

[@patricelagos897]

The golden birdies look beautiful with the green!!

[@CanterburyCottage]

Oh, thank you, Patrice!

[@meeperbird]

Our homes are a time capsule of our history, the landscape of our souls.

[@birds-and-blooms]

I am writing that one down 😊

[@nancym5341]

That saying belongs on an antique suitcase!!!!! Awesome 👏

[@TemDoutoraNaFaxina]

That’s beautiful! I’m stealing it! 😍

[@katj366]

I love that saying, I've got to remember it.

[@lynnpelletier4321]

Ok, yes, please on another vid like this one, Love all of the hanging from the ceiling items and my vote is to keep the little birds gold. The gold and green just fit so well together.

[@CanterburyCottage]

Thank you, Lynn! So glad you liked the gold birds!

[@kimchapman2210]

I love the gold on the birds!

[@Wuv2000]

The birds on the green lantern should stay gold I think. They stand out more.

[@cvonsutphen]

*A Gift* . I know many folks who just do not posses the creative forethought or lack seeing the big picture. It's a gift. Fortunately, I see past the ugly and am not afraid of a bit of DIY. Your flips are great and inspiring!

[@cerwelt]

You could record hours of these. Love the brass birds on the light. The head with butterflies reminds me of a painting I once saw. It’s so lovely.

[@CanterburyCottage]

Oh, thank you so much! You are so sweet!

[@carolscherich1842]

The butterfly head was great! As was the driftwood sculpture!

[@_.-._.-._.-._.-.]

Yes! More of this!! Your videos always inspire me so much❤❤❤ (and you should keep the birds gold)

[@patroberts1111]

Love the whimsical butterflies!

[@CanterburyCottage]

Thank you, Pat!

[@vbickel6109]

LOVED the butterflies on the lady’s head!!

[@40traceyl]

The gold birds are a nice touch with the green. If you paint them green, they'll just blend in with the rest of the light. Love the video love to see more.

[@kamillsap3155]

Leave birds gold! So pretty!

[@user-qb7pu2pt1e]

Leave the birds gold they are beautiful the touch just the way they are. Love it! Also putting items in frames. Another video like this would be great

[@minajones1635]

I LOVE the head filled with butterflies 🦋 and, just like most of your viewers, I vote yes to the gold birds! Enjoyed every bit of this! You’re incredibly talented, Sherry! 😊

[@barbarafreindorf9100]

Love the green lantern with gold birds, leave the birds gold , makes the lantern look so high end.

[@dreamachristie-ramirez2443]

The butterflies in the sculpted head are brilliant! Thanks, Sherry! Have a great week!

[@gayemarianesfox2405]

Look at you with your architectural salvage! You’ve been holding out on us 🙂. Love it all. I liked the girl head with just the moss and that black window is everything! Those chandeliers are so pretty!

[@karenedmundson5295]

Really love the new lights for your kitchen!!! Oh I totally understand why you “had to have them!”😊

[@janetbrown8500]

Yes, show more unexpected decor. I enjoy the different yet classy ideas

[@roxiewallace2900]

Definitely do more videos like this and room makeovers!🫠 And please, please keep the birds gold!! They make it interesting and gorgeous!!😍

[@lynnydonnelly9725]

I’d love to have another video with decorating flips! You are so creative and help me to think “outside the box”.

[@sharonhughes588]

The video was about the unexpected.....the gold birds should stay gold.....in my opinion! LOL!! Loved this video so much!!!

[@CanterburyCottage]

Glad you enjoyed it! I am so happy that you like the gold birds!😊

[@beeline22]

Good afternoon, Sherry! Enjoying the solar eclipse today. 😎 Looking forward to seeing your unique decor ideas! I am in need of new decorating ideas. P.S. yes, please show your other unique diys that wasn't included in today's video. ❤, Bobbie. xoxo

[@CanterburyCottage]

Good afternoon, Bobbie! Yes, the eclipse was 94% here, so it was still pretty neat! My brother took his kids to our hometown in southern Illinois where it was a full eclipse.

[@iceangel1701d]

I loved the antique chandeliers in your kitchen! I vote "yes" for another of these videos! That was fun.

[@mariep4018]

When you started the video and you showed me the Decour of those model homes I’m gonna call them they look very sterile. They have no character whatsoever. You create a character everywhere. It looks beautiful no matter what you make. It just looks gorgeous.👍❤️

[@chrystalbrown9600]

I vote to keep the birds gold ❤

[@donnabrasher3303]

I would love more unexpected decor ideas!!

[@lilliann3705]

Yes, more vintage home decor ideas❤ and I like the gold birds that make such a nice contrast to the green paint. Your videos are such a treat and give me lots of ideas to tackle some of the MANY things I’ve collected through the years. Thank you!

[@CanterburyCottage]

Thanks so much! 😊 I really appreciate your feedback, Lilliann!

[@vickinoeske1154]

Yes, Sherry, more unexpected decor ideas, please.❤😊

[@marenjeworowski9859]

You are truly amazing! So creative. Loved all your ideas. But please leave the birds gold. It looks wonderful. ❤

[@CanterburyCottage]

Thank you so much, Maren! 😊

[@treshamassey804]

I love the gold birds! If you paint them green, they will be lost and unnoticed, imo

[@sarahpollnow3137]

Absolutely, yes!

[@KAStodgell]

Love the new light fixture in the dining room. Next time use white candles. I always want to see another video of yours.

[@docsmctink]

Of course we want more videos of any kind. This one is delightful!

[@benpearson2254]

Mrs here. I vote for the gold birds! Keep it up. Your channel is my favorite!

[@CanterburyCottage]

Oh, thank you! That is so very sweet of you to say!🥰

[@judyzwemke9305]

Yes, I love this original decor. Show us more!

[@lauradicristofano972]

Yes! Love the unexpected decor! The butterfly head is amazing! Your creativity is astounding!

[@JanPetersen-lm4th]

YES, PLEASE more unexpected home decor ideas! Yes to gold birds, and butterfly heads. Again, a wonderful delight!

[@1timeslime971]

I love love love your decor ideology. I resonate with what yah say. And it’s a relief to find someone like you online who has uniqueness….great talent is when a person can think on their own, without copying what they’ve seen by so called interior designers!!!!

[@bonniesmith1179]

I loved this video, and I'd really like to see you do another one of decorating in unexpected ways. Personally,I loved the tramsformation you did resulting in the green chandelier!

[@joanmatchett8100]

I loved the butterfly arrangement 👍

[@chalmadanes405]

The chandeliers were gorgeous

[@CanterburyCottage]

Thank you! They came with lots of crystals, but I thought they fit my decor better without them. I found them on FB Marketplace for $100!!!

[@1timeslime971]

I watch your videos when I need to get up off the couch and DO SOMETHING, which always involves being creative!!!

[@GenericAccountVLR]

I just LOVE your insane innovative creativity! I always learn a little something with every video of yours.❤

[@CanterburyCottage]

Thank you so much! You are so sweet! 😊

[@margaretdillinger5090]

Oh I do love how your mind works. Everything is so beautiful but what you did to the piece of drift wood just looked amazing. Very smart and wonderful skills. Have a fantabulous week dear lady.😊❤

[@karellarsen939]

The green bird cage..I love the birds gold! Stand out perfectly ❤️❤️❤️

[@debbiewilkinson4277]

Butterflies 🦋

[@kerryarseneau9588]

Butterflies!!! Love your channel!!!

[@CanterburyCottage]

Thank you so much, Kerry!

[@maryellenyork2819]

My daughter sculpted a classmate's head in Terra Cotta clay. She gave me permission to paint it. Thanks for the idea, but I will go for a marble look with ivory and dark wax. I love the uniqueness of the butterflies in yours. I will tuck one into the hair of my sculpture after I paint it. (Terra Cotta is not a color in my decor, so I want to paint it.) I also brought my foyer light (lantern style like yoir back hallway) from my last house and filled it with a floral arrangement, adding seasonal touches on skewers. It is on my entry table.

[@CanterburyCottage]

I love that idea, too! What kind of dark wax do you use? Do you make your own with gray or black paint?

[@maryellenyork2819]

@@CanterburyCottage I will probably use Waverly's antique wax. I prefer brown to black or gray.

[@Violet316]

More please. I loved the gold birds on the green lantern, and the chandeliers in your kitchen are ooh la la.

[@marleybedford8628]

1st thing Sherry, “Do Touch the Birds, Please.” So now; Oh my Sherry, your imagination and application to all your makeovers makes me wish I could be so creative. I was behind the door when God handed out these traits. I Love EVERYTHING. I have to stop the video to allow myself more time to take in each beautiful creation. ❤ from this Aussie.

[@conniesanders9755]

Butterflies for sure. They looked like a hat.

[@CanterburyCottage]

If I do this again, I’m going to try to find more natural looking butterflies. Finding good fake butterflies is not easy.

[@diannamacdonald3716]

I would love to see more of your ideas! The items you have found are elevated by the ways you present them. For example, the branch would just look like a branch if laid out on a shelf but tucked in among other items it is spectacular!

[@CanterburyCottage]

Oh, thank you, Dianna! I don’t think you give yourself enough credit. I’m sure you could make a branch look good, too!

[@patriciaclark5428]

I love the butterflies. Keep the birds gold. I just discovered your channel today. I subscribed and shared.😊

[@carolweiss8795]

Yes to more unexpected decor ideas! I liked the sculptured head with the moss. The butterflies were beautiful but I prefer neutrals. Great idea to make books appear old by sanding the spines! Keep the birds gold as they are the star of the show! You’re one of my favorite KZbinrs!

[@Twilight0888]

Sherry!!😊 ❤

[@CanterburyCottage]

Happy Solar Eclipse day!

[@shirleyplummer8286]

Yes I would like another one of this type video.

[@CanterburyCottage]

Yay! Thanks for the feedback, Shirley!

[@sallyh7282]

YES please! As many videos as you can make will be gratefully watched. Lovely ideas for your projects today. I love the cage with the books in and all the beautiful lighting transformations.

[@bevcrabtree6519]

i love the gold birds on green lantern ! just the way they are

[@carollewand510]

Always interested in any projects you come up with. Their great.😊

[@CanterburyCottage]

Thank you! 😊 You are so sweet, Carolle!

[@savetheusa8993]

I too loved the birdcage with books and decor inside! And actually got to the paper machete bowl before anyone else purchased it:) You are so awesome and I always love coming home from school and relaxing for a bit watching your videos every Monday. You are such an inspiration!

[@CanterburyCottage]

Oh wow! Thank you so much! I am so glad you were able to purchase the bowl. (I was going to keep it because it looked really good on my coffee table!!)

[@lesliejackson8188]

*Sherry, I am glad to see you creating more projects with sticks from your yard with attached faux blossoms 🌸 and leaves 🍃 for a natural look. We discussed this last year, the first time you created Spring branches, and I told you I had been doing the same thing for 25 to 30 years. Even now, you are STILL the ONLY PERSON I have seen create this kind of beautiful decor using this technique, other than me, LOL❣️😆 Keep being UNIQUE, Sherry. 😊💜🍃💕*

[@estherthebeautiful1946]

Thanks for asking . Leave the birds gold. Adds character. As you say.

[@jefferymorris4644]

I would be so interested what you have stored in your creativity arsenal. I really really enjoyed this video. 😊😊😊😊😊

[@CanterburyCottage]

Oh, I am so glad! Thanks for the feedback!

[@heatherburrill]

Definitely give us more! You are so creative ❤

[@CanterburyCottage]

Thank you! I’m so glad you liked this format, Heather! 😊

[@donnamoore6989]

I would love to see another video like this one, even longer.

[@beckihaff5151]

Leave the birds gold. That way you see them. Gold is in right now too. So is that amazing green.

[@christieoertel1589]

Yes please. Loved your ideas thank you

[@CanterburyCottage]

Yay! Thank you!

[@user-wt8wh7qz7e]

Loved all these ideas. Keep them coming.

[@CanterburyCottage]

Thank you! I appreciate the feedback! 😊

[@janhaley1212]

Yes I like the butterflies on the head better than the plant. Unexpected. And the birds should stay gold as it’s unexpected. Yes more unexpected styled videos. I think it goes along with a collected home. In my 20’s I had a coffee table made from a 5 panel door. But it’s taken me many years to get unexpected things in my decor. I just bought a very large H made from iron that was probably on a house. It’s chippy peely. It’s on my kitchen wall soon to be in my living room wall. I have a large colorful map of Iowa on my living room wall. Finally at 69 years old I want to decorate with more unexpected things. I’m having floating shelves built next to my fireplace to show off some of my collected finds. Keep em coming! The total eclipse in Dallas was amazing!

[@chrystalbrown9600]

Yes! More videos on unexpected home decor, please ! 🌞

[@lanet9442]

Interesting projects…..like them all

[@CanterburyCottage]

Glad you like them!😊

[@user-qj1qj7zr6g]

Please don’t paint the little birds leave them gold it makes a great touch love from Houston Texas

[@CanterburyCottage]

Thank you! I really appreciate the feedback!

[@marywiggins7411]

The butterflies in the head just tickled me! Love it

[@maesams6212]

Yes, leave the birds gold. They accentuate beautifully!

[@user-fj8mo5kx4m]

You NEVER disappoint Sherry! Love your imagination and creativity!

[@lucygilbert6924]

I LOVE the butterfly head and the green hanging lantern with the gold birds ❤️

[@marlenereynolds1485]

Let the birds stay gold it makes the chandelier pops

[@KentuckyHome]

Excited to see this today! Kids got a kick out of watching the eclipse! Happy Monday! 🩷

[@CanterburyCottage]

Hope you enjoyed it! The eclipse was 94% here, so it was still pretty neat!

[@lynneallison1296]

I really enjoyed seeing this video! please do another along this line with unexpected materials, and please leave those birds gold. I love that look!

[@CanterburyCottage]

Thank you so much, Lynne! I appreciate your feedback!

[@celinacalderone1799]

The driftwood and air plant project was my favorite!

[@donnajoseph2004]

Leave the birds gold.....they are just adorable on the fixture.

[@catarinasequeira9056]

The gold birds are perfect. They add a pop of light to the lantern.

[@rtinsley4864]

So happy to view your video that isn’t an Amazon commercial and the products featured won’t be at the landfill or thrift shop in 2 years. Love the vintage vibes!

[@sharlesb7735]

I would keep the birds gold on the light fixture because they show up more, I absolutely love it and I would love to see more of these unusual item clips.

[@pasboston4412]

I love this project. Leave the birds just like they are.

[@StacyArthur]

I love the bird being gold in the back hallway lantern. It gives it definition

[@keribriner490]

I’m always so sad when your videos are over 😢. Yes please. More!

[@TinaBeebe-iv2nc]

Making the light fixture into a bird cage was brilliant its just gorgeous leave the birds gold you can see them and makes them look high-end

[@janetbirkmann669]

I like the idea of painting the birds green! Great video as usual! Thank you! Also .... your hair looks so cute layered! Also .... to EVERYONE who is asking for more .... Remember to watch past videos (even if you watched them originally) .... they are always fun!

[@CanterburyCottage]

Oh, thank you! I needed a haircut so badly!!!