DIY THRIFT FLIP - Easy Home Decor Ideas on a BUDGET!

[@lonefox]

wow I love when I forget to add music to the intro and the second project only costing $1 LOL!!! It was $12 :) ENJOY

[@annikalundrigan1855]

Lone Fox and the two at 7:50 😂 love you b

[@aneirys]

Lol I thought that there was something wrong with my phone 😅

[@sweetphangurl3315]

I'm like wait I just bought these headphones they can't be broken ☺

[@melindab]

Lone Fox lol

[@deadfishy]

I'm glad i wasnt making it up in my head!

[@lucyfrenz759]

The trunk is giving me Slytherin dorm room chic

[@rimbluebooks]

Oh yeeeees 😍😍

[@juliepatterson5800]

I thought the exact same thing!

[@jazminereyna746]

honestly tho

[@EmilyWaldo]

For the lamp, you could've traced the leather from the lamp onto the contact paper to have it wrap perfectly. The tray was a beautifully creative idea, though.

[@lestranged]

Great idea. or just use newspaper or something cheap to make a pattern before cutting the good paper.

[@briannawilliams8779]

He said in a response to another comment that that was the initial plan but the leather was too wide to match up 😊

[@Olivia.longname]

Yeah, he just needed a pattern.

[@NinaNina-tm2mo]

Same thought exactly. I was about to comment when I saw yours.

[@faerychic4017]

Perhaps applying it slightly diagonally (extra length at the bottom/or top for allowance) , and then wrapping around could have given a smoother application.

[@christinejasmine7715]

Why on Earth did you not get that desk?! Lol it was so good!

[@jasonc422]

Christine Jasmine right!! i thought he was convinced to get it. 😭

[@meganfinch1354]

Goddd I wanted him to too 😭😭

[@justmejo9008]

Thrift regret is real right! Been there 🤗

[@ED80s]

I loved that desk and was sad you didn't pick it up. You could have repainted it and used it as an accent table

[@denvernow7294]

Id have turned it into a low tv stand. I would have cut the legs down to maybe 10 inches, lightly sanded the whole thing, and painted it matte charcoal, then go over the charcoal with a satin furniture wax. Then put flat leather loops as the drawer pulls.

[@elizabethmariella979]

omg since the intro was silent i turned the volume all the way up and then “HEY EVERYBODY” just shattered my ear drums😂

[@amethyst1826]

Don't you just jump outta your skin?! Drew's face when something in the background made a noise!! 🤣🤣

[@paraskythe304]

Sadly... Thrifting is SO expensive where I live. I'm from Germany and Second Hand / Vintage stuff sometimes costs more than new furniture

[@tams7411]

As an Australian, I feel that pain.

[@herbie140582]

Bin aus Deutschland, teuer und Secondhandshops nur in größeren Städten zu finden. 😢

[@magellancloud]

Dude people put free furniture on the street in Germany! :D

[@shannonj4415]

^^^ id rather get it free on the curb than pay anything for it from the thrift store! Drive around the day or two before trash day and look for things u can clean & flip! Ppl throw away they craziest stuff! Ur saving room in a landfill

[@herbie140582]

If you are living in a bigger City you can find things on the street. But it's not allowed to do this. We have to order a special trashservice to get rid of these things. And the most Secondhand furniture you can get is at eBay marketplace. So, not that easy to get good stuff cheap.

[@clariseschoknecht]

I love the trunk! I've been trying to thrift a trunk for my bedroom for so long!!

[@Lasomie]

same, but most of the trunks i find look so haunted and not in any sort of aesthetic way

[@IntheMidwithDom]

ReeceAndFammy Funny, I’ve been trying to make use of the antique I have. I’m so looking forward to the transformation

[@bhappy6088]

I have one that I have had since I was a kid and I use it for storage. I have thought about a make over one day, but I haven't figured out the look I want yet.

[@dawnwesterbeck346]

Maybe a black shade would look cool with your decor, just saying

[@lestranged]

I agree, a few pops of black in a very light color scheme can add grounding and stability (visually).

[@partlyironic]

Yeah or I could see like a mustard yellow, a dark emerald green or a dusty orange looking great with it as well. Only thing is that the marble paper looks cool toned so have to be careful with the undertones of the shade.

[@maleeharaheel4999]

Dawn Westerbeck yes I agree

[@Happyginger5307]

For sure!

[@juliepatterson5800]

I thought the lamp would have looked even more amazing with an even bigger black or perhaps pink lampshade.

[@toDIYfor]

LOVE that you decided to paint this trunk green. It looks just like the green and gold trunk that I thrifted and use as my coffee table-which I styled my whole living room around.. because I love the green so much! 😍

[@lonefox]

Yes- love the green/gold combo so much! ❤️

[@jackienewman5934]

Love them all. I wish you'd have got the desk too!

[@lonefox]

Thanks Jackie!!

[@delanascott8890]

Me too

[@SouthernMama2five]

4:29 Jaw drop! As soon as I saw that marble paper, I knew you had another winner. That floor lamp was just waiting for you and your Lone Fox touch!

[@lestranged]

I am glad you included your trial and error issues with the trunk. As well as the back of the lamp not matching the marble pattern. A lot of DIY channels just hide their mistakes but then you follow their steps and you make the same mistakes that they never warned you about. Honesty is always better!

[@alliesage01]

I have a idea instead of filling the gap on the lamp with marble you could use black contact paper of gold i think that would look amazing ❤️❤️

Did NOT think that paper would look like real marble. BIG surprise. I hated the handles too. So happy you sawed them off.

[@HeatherQuinlan]

I'm getting married and would LOVE a wedding DIY, this is the season where everyone is shopping for wedding things in time for the summer/fall. There are tons of DIY possibilities yet somehow all the ones I see look the same. You have vision, I know you could do something spectacular! xoxo

[@maddierothwell300]

I love that you take us to the thrift store with you!! Sometimes I watch videos and people are all "oh I stumbled across this beautiful antique table at the thrift store for $20 last spring" and im like.. honestly girl, sounds suspect.

[@asenseofsense]

Spray painting in Dr martens? Living on the edge Drew.... 😂

[@delanascott8890]

Lauryn P so funny but true

[@crystalphillips7123]

Your face when the light turned on!!!!! Babe you are meant to be a star!!!!!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@loiswood3363]

I love watching the 'deconstruction' of your projects. The results are absolutely brilliant! Love the trunk!!

[@joesnow2637]

Foxy you are soooooo talented

[@steemdup]

THE $20 DESK - are you kidding? It's amazing! I love the wooden tray, and THANK YOU for cutting off the handles. They made it look like a rolling pin dough bowl. I wish you'd purchased the desk.

[@olgacruz7198]

Gotta share with you, I just started watching you about a month ago. Your energy is so happy and your joy is so infectious,lol. You're truly fun to watch, what i like the most is that you seem so down to earth, NOT that fake giddy happy,lol. Please keep sharing your talent and vision in upcyling from "drab to beautiful" flips. Stay safe:) stay real♡

[@madisonmadiehess4675]

The last few weeks I've been so depressed and watching your videos and following some of these flips makes me feel a lot more productive. Thank you Drew. ❤🥰🙏🏻

[@lonefox]

Aw I'm glad!! ❤️❤️

[@ovrjoyd4u2]

The trunk is so gorgeous!!! You did a fabulous job. Thank you for being transparent and sharing the faux pauxs.

[@roxannhanrahan7639]

Omgosh, I love them all but the mixed element wood and brass was awesome and yes, yes on the trunk.

[@samanthajohnson3368]

They trunk reminds me of and old trunk my grandfather had with all his collected recording cylinders and old family film footage on spools. It looks great, thanks for giving me that memory back.

[@sensa5645]

You are such a genius. Your transformation of the trunk, lamp, candle holder are a beautiful work of art. I like what you did to the lamp. The wooden tray you made with a candle lit looks calm and serene. I'm especially amazed with the trunk. Definitely a great colour and it looks great in your living room. The colour green matches your home furnishings. I love your videos. I just started to watch your videos. You are so talented and creative and an artist as well. Thanks,!👍

[@jaznz53]

Love your facial expressions when you dropped the bulb and again when the lamp actually turned on. Reminded me of Home Alone movie. Had to laugh 😂. My favourite the trunk.

[@n2co3e]

This is hands down the best thrift flip I have ever seen. These don't look like DIYs. It looks like cool stuff you would find in a store. Amazing job!

[@eyzhuh_studios]

I love that you actually give the credit from the person you got the idea from or the inspiration from. Its humbling and shows your character. I appreciate a youtube creator that does this! I wish you nothing but sucess and creative freedom

[@PaigeNicoleKomar]

I NEED that trunk! That was BEAUTIFUL when you got done with it.... I'm going to go to every Goodwill/thrift shop within 100 miles until I find one!

[@summerbennett1430]

Everything that drew makeovers is all ways a surprise and it all ways amazes me on what he can do 🤩

[@quincy2664]

the final project, just WOW. I'm in love, and it's great how honest you are in all your videos about the process, that's really great

[@PeonyandHoney]

Ugh the trunk is everything 😍

[@lonefox]

❤️❤️❤️

[@nancydavis394]

The tray looks way better without the handles.

[@rosset4music]

Use the leatherette piece you removed from lamp base as a pattern. I like the wood mixed piece you did.

[@jfuentes9188]

That... is ... GENIUS

[@deebobbitt5562]

Oh my goodness, I love the wood tray redo!! I used to have a trunk for a coffee table, it didn't look half as nice as yours 😂.

[@stephaniedriscoll4067]

I can’t sleep, tomorrow is most likely a bad news day. Watching your videos back to back and they are settling me, thanks Drew

[@gabriellenichole3445]

Love your thrift flip videos! Also I love that your style isn’t all grey and white everything [ which is good for some people just not my style] thank you for the mix of dark and warm colors!

[@stephaniemorales2496]

Thank you for also showing the not so perfect moments! Shows how real you are ❤️

[@Olivia.longname]

Art school nerd here....when spraying start off the object and go onto the object using wide sweeping back and fourth motions. Smoother, more even spray paint finish.

[@annedevor9427]

I love how you shaped the candle holder around the tray. Outstanding idea!

[@perlajames4108]

I just love watching you create, it's my guilty pleasure. I have even tried a couple of things you've done and I'm not crafty whatsoever. Thank you!

[@thedustwhispered]

that trunk is GORGEOUS. love the emerald green with the gold!

[@Heyyykeishhhh]

You give me actual LIFE with these thrift flips! I am so fashionably frugal so this is right up my alley🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏽‍♀️‼️‼️💛💛💛

[@reneecharles7445]

I love trunks👍🏾👍🏾, would never have guess it would come out so good 👍🏾👍🏾I have a silver one filled to the brim with magazines 👍🏾👍🏾

[@texgal3990]

You remind me so much of my nephew. We have such a wonderful time together. Love your Ideas!

[@gregorycooper8058]

Great job on all 3 projects !!! I have done a trunk before. The reward of removing the hardware is worth the patience it takes. I had a piece of glass cut to fit the top of mine....DEFINITELY worth doing that. I also did add casters to the bottom....6" hairpin legs would also work well. The tray looked super.....I would caution about burning a candle on wood though and also for stability, but I love it. The lamp is DEFINITELY my favorite. You should have used the leather as a template though.....but as we do these projects we get so gung ho, and hindsight is 20/20.....all sucesses!!!! Keep up the good work. The thing I love about thrifting "blindly" is that true creativity can shine through! But if you get stumped, Pinterest is always there to fall back on. Keep 'em coming Drew !!!!!!!

[@shortishperson]

Loved the lamp do over! If you took a thin dull gold ribbon /gold paint you could outline the vertical edges of the triangle portion of the marble contact paper, creating a more purposeful look of the differing marble directions.

[@nette4307]

You are so talented and so creative - a real inspiration! I love the raised tray and trunk - amazing how you took inexpensive pieces and turned them into something truly unique!

[@sunshine-vd2pv]

Love that tray looks unique instead of having it in brass. But so good to combine wood and brass looks so beautiful

[@MJT66]

Thanks for the tips and tricks about the trunk! My mom has a few that she wants to spruce up (including one that was her dad’s during World War 2!) I think she’ll love these ideas! Thanks!

[@patheticmortal373]

That triangle in the floor lamp could be a really cool accent. A high contrast colour would really pop

[@helened6896]

The trunk was amazing. But my favorite was the marble covered floor lamp. What an incredible transformation. I love your ideas!!!

[@baileydavis5336]

I love the trunk! And if you ever wanted it to be a little higher, more of a table height, I think gold pin legs would be beautiful! And so easy to screw on the bottom

[@Shmoxd]

I see those coasters 😏.. the upcycles turned out amazing!!

[@alexisthomas3618]

Holy shit I follow you on Instagram 😳

[@masonhillstrom5223]

@@alexisthomas3618 me too 👉👈

[@geetanegi2246]

This is the best truck painting work I have seen.Perfect .

[@sylviabanks7700]

I was sure Drew was going to wrap the lamp in macramé cord. But still nailed it with the contact paper. 👍🏾

[@lianapalumbo8457]

Loved everything. I'm actually redoing an antique travellers trunk, it has drawers, and coat hangers in it. I did it years ago in a shabby type style, but now I'm changing my decor into a girly, Victorian, Gothic style. I think I'll pull mine apart like you did. Thank you for the advice 👍🖤🖤

[@IntheMidwithDom]

I was gonna say I loved that you didnt spray the nails before you showed the survey! I’ve been watching your vids since the weekend. You’re worth the subscription... ⭐️

[@hazelfernando8713]

Love your channel. So yes! Target donates their salvaged, and items that you typically find on clearance and seasonal that don’t sell as well as items they have lingering inventory on. Such a score when you find them!!!! Love watching your videos!!! great eye and design! Keep them coming!!

[@moshirley2414]

I converted a trunk into a coffee table some years ago. An addition I made which heightened it and gave it more of a “table” feel to it was by adding chunky curtain rod finials as legs. In my case they were wooden, but there are so many options available. Give it a try. 😁

[@tutonelylesnaranjo6311]

Gorgeous lamp result. Way to go Drew. Very cool how your trunk turned out. Wow. Your amazing diligence always pay off😊

[@skellymom]

Cool video! Love how you show it being trial and error process. More realistic for most of us. And, instead of it being a "perfect" tutorial, it encourages the viewers to just try something and take a chance!!!

[@lonefox]

Yesss!!

[@PeonyandHoney]

Lol the look on your face when the floor lamp lit up

[@marshall36]

Love the trunk and the tray/candle holder idea was brilliant. The lamp turned out really nice. Good job!

[@donnaallgaier-lamberti3933]

I CANNOT believe how lovely that truck turned out. I am impressed!

[@lonefox]

TY!!!

[@davidconner964]

Love your channel, what great videos I’m a designer and have been for years you do great work on a budget and that works. The wooden tray that you sawed the handles off is called a dough bowl they were used to make dough in them, now they are used for decor.

[@Marigold11037]

This entire video was STUNNING. I got so many inspirational vibes from these thrift flips ♡

[@W001-k8f]

That air bubble trick is GOLD 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@kristyreal]

All of them were so cute. If you ever decide to paint the screws, you can stick them into some scrap Styrofoam. It works great to paint the end of screws or drawer pulls.

[@partlyironic]

For some reason I love you and Mackenna borrowing materials from one another

[@SpiritAscending]

I love the green trunk. And I would add casters to it. The floor lamp is really cool too. The wood tray is a bread tray, BTW.

[@friendofjellybean]

Hi Drew! I’ve been a subscriber since I was in like the 7th grade and I’m in college now! I really loved watching you grow in your videos and I hope to see even greater things happen in your life for the new year! 💚

[@re_animatedabby6791]

Awesome ideas!!! Would love to see you do the dorm ideas or some more arty ideas. Think mini art studio vibes!!! Great job though!!!

[@ChrissyBear99]

Mini art studio yes that would be cool

[@thelifeinside6729]

Like how the trunk turned out. I have a very similar one I painted in chalkboard paint and did the accents in gold like you tryed to do the first time. I did it like 5 years ago and I still have it and use it.

[@popazz1]

I adore your channel, you are sooooooo upbeat, like a huge ray of sunshine on a wet and miserable Winter day. Here in the UK unless you happen to live in one of the larger towns/cities so many of the charity shops, ( as thrift stores are known here ), are just filled with so much tat. And any shop with the word 'vintage' in the title generally has produce which is way expensive. Anywho, keep on entertaining us with your great ideas.

[@phillyl9445]

I've been there with painting trim with like you did first time. Now I paint the gold part first then tape it and do the main color. I love how it turned out.

[@leannemcintire3926]

I love the crate coffee table more than the trunk. But it is a great project for a kids room

[@adamvirdi]

One of my favs so far! That lamp I need

[@S2heliee]

thanks for including your trial & error! Learning from other's mistakes is a great lesson! :)

[@kevindud333]

the candle tray and truck were so awesome. Great job. i'm so inspired...i'm going thrifting tomorrow.

[@pdmullgirl]

They turned out so nice! Love the wooden bowl and the trunk. And the lamp is awesome. ❤️💜💚

[@kinleyhurt3910]

I love this thrift flip series!

[@lonefox]

Yay! Glad you like ❤️❤️

[@cynthiamacnamara7149]

I love love love the trunk, great thrift store flip. Forest green is one of my favorite colors!

[@Hildachipman]

On your lamp and such contact paper projects you can do a double cut. I often used the technique in wallpaper hanging. You overlap the paper a bit then you cut through both pieces and pull away excess pieces resulting in a perfect fit and tight seam.

[@jasonshade1385]

That trunk is EVERYTHING

[@Kat-rh1sh]

hey a tip for contact paper useage is to use a hair dryer to help shape the contact paper onto the lamp just a friendly tip I learned from the sorry girls :)

[@rixanoz]

Tray: literally elevated...

[@sienagreaney4649]

i'm proud of drew for not using the american wood varnish on the tray, lol he literally uses it for everything!

[@stephb5219]

That trunk 😍😍😍, New York 20s bar vibes. Love it!!!💚🖤💚

[@flippingfurnitureflipper7205]

I have a trunk and so I just watched this video. I love your commitment to the cause!!!😜 and I swear on everything, I just left the dollar store and knocked over two vases and busted them, so don’t feel bad about dropping the lightbulb 💡 hehe

[@VincentJD1]

Omg the trunk is my favorite. I love dark green and gold together 😍

[@lonefox]

❤️❤️❤️

[@ruthpresutti4472]

Yes, the handles had to go. Love the brass incorporated into its design! Love all your work! Wonderful eye!

[@jamiecone9151]

I can imagine the tall floor lamp wrapped in rope.

[@roxyhaze6955]

very nice

[@Kathleen5429]

Or cane!

[@mayabaca6458]

Love love love the trunk that dark green looks soooo nice

[@rosiobherrera]

Omg.. I got 2 trunks exactly like that one that I got at the thrift store for $20 each (ATL, Georgia). I added some wheels for legs and it looks amazing. Love that you got one too.. now I can actually feel like I'm good Decorator ♡

[@juliepatterson5800]

Loved these flips. The green trunk looked especially lovely against the tones of the sofa 😍.

[@melodramatique]

Anytime you upload it subsequently becomes the highlight of my entire day, you precious, creative gem, you.

[@lonefox]

Aw TY ❤️❤️

[@nadinek6693]

Love the lamp and trunk! Also I love my Visual Interest tote bag that you designed. I used it for groceries yesterday and it holds a lot! Plus looks great.