DIY Christmas Home Decor: Recreating Crate & Barrel Items on a Budget
Welcome back to our series, That Cost How Much?!?! where we recreate overpriced decor items with affordable materials and a touch of DIY. In this episode, I decided to tackle a Christmas ites that left me genuinely questioning how it could be so expensive, the “Faux Botanical Arrangement in Poe White Volcanic Glaze Vase” from Crate & Barrel, priced at $278.75 USD.
Materials
Thrifted Vase
Spray paint
Stone Spray Paint
Dollar Store Paints
Cyprus Tree Cuttings
Faux Berry Branches
Steps
My first thought was to go to the thrift store because they ALWAYS have vases there. As soon as I got there, I found a comparable vase for only $18; granted it wasn’t the right colour scheme but I knew I could change that.
To achieve the colour I was looking for, I primed the surface of the vase with a spray paint called Heirloom White and then used a bristle brush to flick watered down black paint onto the surface. All the paints I used totalled to $10.48.
Once the vase was looking the way the original product’s did, I went out and purchased faux berry branches ($4) and some tree cuttings ($6.50). If you want this to last forever, you can splurge and get faux branches which will probably cost you a tad more, but I am willing to promise it will be cheaper than $278 lol <3
Cost Comparison
Breaking it all down, I personally think that the comparison turned out just as beautiful and on a way more beautiful budget too!
Original: $278.75 USD
DIY: $38.98
