Hallway Makeover on a Tiny Budget

Our upstairs hallway landing makeover is done! I added a new console table, lamp, mirror, and art. Want to see how I did it for just $75?

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This project was part of the $100 Room Challenge that Erin, of Lemons, Lavender, and Laundry, hosts twice a year. I love participating because it forces me to be even more creatively frugal than I usually try to be. I enjoy figuring out how to DIY something and using what I already have to make something new.

Remember what the upstairs hallway landing looked like at the beginning of the month?

Catch Up With All of the Updates for This Project

Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5

So my goals for this space were to give it a console table in a fun color, a lamp, wall and table decor, and a new rug. Here's how it all turned out:

Console Table

I needed a very budget friendly console table for this project, so I made one! It really wasn't hard at all.

I repurposed an old kitchen upper cabinet into a console table. Upper kitchen cabinets are usually 12" deep and perfect to repurpose as a console table or tv cabinet. You can read all about how I repurposed my old kitchen cabinet here .

And I went bold with my color choice and painting technique. I had a love-hate relationship with it during this whole process, but in the end, I love it. I described the process here.

To save money, at first I reused the original knobs from my repurposed kitchen cabinet.

Once I was done with the project and so far under budget, I bought three new painted ceramic knobs that seemed to be made for it. I got mine at Hobby Lobby, but there are some beautiful options on Amazon.

Lamp

This lamp was a crazy idea I had while looking through all of the embellished lamp shades from Anthropologie and I fell in love with the Half Moon Tassled Lamp Shade. I thought I could make something similar for my space here. You can read all about how I made the lamp shade here.

I also did a texture and chalk paint treatment to a thrifted lamp base to finish this lamp project off.

Wall and Table Decor

I added a mirror that I already had. It was white so I painted and waxed it since it was going on a white wall. You can read about what I did to make over this mirror here.

I did a little painting to tie all of my colors together. You can see my easy method for painting landscapes here. I was fortunate to find a thrifted frame that fit the painting perfectly. The painting also hides the light switch that is in the middle of this space.

In the middle I just stacked a couple of books and a piece of pottery I already had. A big air plant finished off the stack.

Rug

I wanted a rug to ground the space, as well as cover the 30 year old carpet. I used a hand me down rug that my aunt gave me a while back. Sometimes it pays to say "yes!" when people ask "do you want this?" even when you don't have a spot for it at the moment!