Turn last semester's trash into this semester's treasures

Wherever you’re living, adding your personal touch is what makes your room feel like home.
 
You don’t have to buy the latest overpriced, “vintage” décor accessory to pull it off; there’s no better way to decorate with a tight budget than to revamp items you already have.

As a bonus, it’s good for the environment. Here are some ideas to get you started.

What to do with...

A textbook you can’t sell back

Make it into a secret hiding place. Glue the pages together by painting on a mixture of glue and water. Cut a deep square into the pages with a box cutter. Hide your contraband (or whatever) conveniently on your bookshelf.
*Works best with hardbacks.


Large binder clips

An inexpensive way to display pictures. Clip photo, place flat side of clip down. Enjoy your photos on desks, shelves, etc.


Bottle caps

Create cool and useful magnets. Hot glue a round magnet to the backside of a bottle cap (beer bottles work best). Place on your fridge or whiteboard and display all those A+’s and 4.0s

Magazine pages, postcards, fabric, etc.
Make one of a kind wall art. You can put just about anything flat in a frame.Hang it and use variety to give your room personality with a little more class than plain old posters.


Other quick ways to give your stuff a new purpose

Pizza X Cups: Pencil/Pen holder for your desk
Alcohol bottle: Flower vase (we recommend fake flowers, they last longer).