A WOMAN gave her home an amazing upgrade by using thrifty DIY hacks. This included using bedsheets as curtains and making a pizza pan into a marble effect table.
Clearwater Florida resident Julie Story, aged 34, realized her passion for creating things after quitting her last job and becoming a full-time content creator.
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She now shares her ideas online. Her curtain and table hacks have helped her gain thousands of views and likes.
“In 2019, I was completely burnt out, It had been a rough few years personally and professionally,” Julie told Jam Press.
“I had been running my own business but it just didn’t make me happy anymore.
“I made a really difficult choice to quit everything and to focus on reconnecting with my soul to try and find myself and my happiness again.
“I decided I wanted to wake up every day and ask myself how I wanted to play that day and do whatever I was gravitating towards.”
Julie began creating Pinterest boards for inspiration and it helped her to put together her most popular hacks.
The table cost only $10 and was made using a pizza pan, stool and marble contact paper.
Julie said: “I really wanted a side table to go in my master bedroom I was making over, so I searched online and found so many were way overpriced so I decided to make my own!
“I happened to have the stool I was going to use for a different project and took the top of the stool to various places trying out different things to use as the top.
“Finally, I realized a pizza pan is perfect because it’s affordable and it’s the right size.
“Since I was starting with a stool, I wanted to add details to the bottom of the legs so it took on the look of a table, and cutting dowels and gluing them on worked perfectly.”
Over 16,000 people viewed the video, with many commenting on how much they love this hack.
One person said it. “Love this!!! I’ve been needed a small side table!!!”
“Gorgeous,”Another person said it.
Her curtains made of bedsheets were another popular idea that cost $7.
Julie is seen putting her bedsheets in the dryer on the dewrinkle setting.
The sheets are then ironed before she pinches the curtains’ tops and clips on the curtain rail rings.
Julie said: “I was trying to create a budget-friendly West Elm curtain rod dupe and came across the idea for the bedsheet curtains from Pinterest
“I love long beautiful curtains and bedsheets were the perfect solutions to affordable curtains that would reach the floor.”
Julie shared the video on Tiktok, and it received more than 8,000 views and 75,000 likes.
One person said: “Omg thank u for this.”
“I’m moving to a new apartment… this is gonna be terrific!!! Thank you for sharing!!!,”Another person said it.
Someone else said: “You are a crazy genius and I love it!!!”
“Yesss I’m here for this,”Another viewer added.
Julie has over 444,000 fans on TiktokShe shares daily life hacks and craft and DIY tips.
She encourages DIY-minded people to try it and never give up.
Julie added: “Enjoy the process, have fun and make it your own.
“Mess up and keep going, the best part of the process is the joy in the journey of making.
“You might learn something new about yourself or learn a new skill.”
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