I heart thrifting. It boggles my mind that people pay full price for organization tools that they could easily upcycle from the thrift store for a quarter the cost. It takes a small investment of time, but in less than 20 minutes, you can create stunning organizers and systems on a budget, using commonly found thrifted items! I find organizing opportunities at the thrift store ALL THE TIME. You can see my video on ways to organize from the Goodwill here.
One of my favorite trends of the moment are matte chalk paints. Plaid sent me a sampling of their paints and paint tools to review and give my genuine opinion about. They come in an array of colors and they are so easy to use! I kind of want to paint everything now. <3 Here are two simple organizers I was able to upcycle in a matter of minutes. Don’t forget to enter to win your own gift basket from Plaid below!
You can visit PlaidOnline.com for more tips, tricks, tutorials and ideas to create your own upcycled creations. Mother Earth and your home will thank you 😉
Giveaway ends March 27th 2015 at 12:00 am EST. US and Canada only. Winners must be 18 or older or have parental permission. Winner will be selected randomly by Rafflecopter within a week of the giveaway ending and be notified by email. Winners have 72 hours to respond before a new winner is selected. I will contact the sponsor regarding your prize(s). The sponsors, in most cases, are shipping their items to you directly. Please note that Doitonadime is not responsible for sponsors that do not fulfill their prizes. The product offered for the giveaway is free of charge, no purchase necessary. My opinions are my own. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and Youtube are in no way associated with this giveaway.
*Plaid partnered with me to bring you this review and giveaway. All opinions are genuinely my own.*
I love these makeovers, such functional pieces too. I was so loving that paint, it looks like it is really nice paint. Love your beachy color as well.
Awesome projects love the color you used. Thanks for all the great ideas i have used lots of them.
Thanks for doing this giveaway! I can’t wait to try these products out, but would love to win the giveaway.
I love going to thrift stores and finding stuff like this to repurpose. This sounds like it would be easy to use!
I love the thrift store and finding things like this. This looks like it would be easy to make those found treasures shine again!
Stunning colors
Thanks for more great ideas of repurposing something discarded
into something useful and pretty. The chalk paint looks easy to use too!
I absolutely love everything you do Kathryn. You’re such a inspiration to so many!
Blessings to you and your family!
You did an awesome job up cycling these!!
I would love to try that paint and those colors are so pretty 🙂
I’m always so inspired by your videos! This paint looks so easy to use. I would love to try it!
Thanks for sharing your ideas! you are my inspiration! Thanks for this giveaway! =^_^=
I have been wanting to try chalk paint, I love all your projects.
I love all your videos and i love the chalk paint look, I’ve been experimenting myself with it.
Always live your videos. Great ideas and tips.
Love watching your videos. You have so many great ideas. Thanks for sharing and for the giveaway!
I would love to win this. You are SO creative!!!
I have never heard of chalk paint or plaid until now and omg I went on their website let me just say…. I’M LOVING IT!!!
I love all the folk art paints. I have not tried the chalk paint yet…but would love to do so.
I also think the thrift store is a great place to shop and find stuff to repurpose.
All of your projects are great Keep them coming. Blessings to you and your family.
Love the colors you used! I’m in love with blues, grays and greens.
Fabulous! Thrifting and paint and new life to old things…some of my favorite things.
Love, love, love chalk paint! I have only done black, white, and ivory. I need to venture out into color!
You are great! Thank you!
Love painting, would love to try this new paint, I use both Annie Sloane and MMSMP. Thanks for the preview!
I love all the colors even the gray! Great upcycling ideas!
What a great give away. You’re items look great and easy. Thanks
I love how your projects turned out, that seaside color is amazing!
I love your key organizer idea…I’m taking your lead and heading to the thrift store
Oh I love this. I’m going to make the key organizer this weekend! Thanks for the ideas.
These paints are totally my style! I love what you did with them 🙂
I’d love to win this! I love thrifting and your projects are amazing!
Love your vids! Such great info and tips. I’d love to win this giveaway. Thanks for the op.
I love getting a good deal also but I’m thankful that some one shops new or the Thrift store would have nothing to offer. So let’s just be thankful for the blessings from others! I am!! Keep up the reviews. I really enjoy how you showed us step by step.
I have been a Goodwill and Dollar Tree fan for years. I just found your you tube channel a few months ago and immediately subscribed! I use Folk art paints in my miniature work and like them a lot. I didn’t know that they were doing chalk now. I really want to try it. Thank you Kathryn, for all of the helpful tips I have learned from your videos.
I have never been thrift store shopping but this video makes me want to go to one and find something I can make over to fit my house. I love all of your ideas! I can’t wait to start thrifting!
Really loved your videos! They’ve helped my mother and I really get organized and budget
I would love to try this product as I love to upcycle discarded items!!!!
I have been really interested in using chalk paint. I have done some research on it as I’m getting ready to update some of my furniture.
I also love the color “Seaside Villa”! I plan to buy it tomorrow. Dont know what I’ll paint yet, lol!
It’s nice to see a variety of chalk paints coming out! Your results looked very good and easy to boot! Thanks for posting, I always anticipate your videos. 🙂
Awesome ideas! They turned out great!
I just moved into my wn place of my own and love to do diy projects. I love and have used plaid products for many years in my crafting, so how exciting to be given the chance to win these awesome products to make some awesome diy projects. I am also obsessed with that shade of blue you used on your projects and that is the accent color throughout my home. Thanks for the chance to win.
I love your products and I hope I win !
I have heard of chalk paint and am so glad you demoed it as I have 2 grandchildren on the way and seeing how easy it is to use, I would love to use it to decorate their nursery’s.
I love your money saving tips and ideas. I have been using Plaid Products for a very long time in my arts and Crafts. I have not yet used these Chalk Paints. Winning them would be the perfect opportunity to add them to a craft project to share in my group on Facebook. Thanks for this chance.
I love going to thrift stores to see what they have. I enjoy watching your videos. I get great ideas!
I love this project! I will actually do it. Thank you Kathryn for your doitonadime ideas!
The paints are awesome!
I love your idea about using 2 different colors as a base coat before distressing. Never thought of that.
Yay ! Give away . Loved you’re review . Will definitely look into these products , they look amazing . I would love to win , I’ve never won a giveaway before . Keep up the good work , look forward to your videos every week .
I m loving it.
Gorgeous! Love FolkArt brand products. Love that seaside color.
great ideas! 🙂 I heart thrift store scavenger hunts! 🙂
I have never tried painting with Chalk paint, but have always wanted to. Thank you for all your awesome decorating ideas and inspiring us to reuse old things and make them new again! xo
I am about to re do my entire dining room set with chalk paint!!! Now that I’ve seen this vid…I am inspired to a bunch of my frames in that seaside color though!!its beautiful!
I would love to win this paint.. I have never tried out chalk paint before but I’ve always wanted too.. I love the things you up cycled they turned out so cute
Love your ideas.
Thanks for hosting the giveaway! Your videos are always inspiring.
You’re videos have been so helpful. You’ve encouraged me to go to thrift stores.
These paints seem EASY! I love that!
would love to try t4s
You inspire me!! I’ve learned that I need to look beyond the ugliness of an item and instead look at the shape and the detail. Then I can turn it into something beautiful.
You make the “project” seem fun to do….Yes, I would love to try this product!! TFS.
I just subscribed on YouTube and have loved all your ideas! These paints are awesome! I loved the key organizer frame. SO cute!
I would enjoy doing this project using these colors! 🙂
Love love love that blue color. I secretly want my house that color as well.
Looking forward to trying this paint, LOVE this color, it IS all over my house!
I love that powdery turquois color, absolutely beautiful.
I love these colors!!!
I happen to be redecorating my apartment and decided to use the chalk paints to give that Shabby Chic look to my decor. I saw your review on Plaid paints an love it.
Thank you for your great ideas in organization and decorating on a budget. Love your videos and your little one is adorable. XOXO
Thanks, Cristy!! 🙂 It’s fun to work with!
I love all your recreations from thrift finds!!! I love those paints! I filled everything out for the giveaway but when I go to post the link for the Twitter link, it will not let me paste it !
Boo… you can just write your own titter link using @PlaidCrafts and @doitonadimelife
LOVE TO TRY CHALK PAINT, MY FAVORITE SPRING PROJECTS ARE REDOING ALL MY DECOR WITH A NEW COLOR SCHEME!
Love your ideas and really enjoy your blog and YouTube channel. I’ve never heard of Plaid, thanks for sharing!
Thanks, Angela! xo!!
You have so many great ideas and I LOVE up cycling!
Yay Giveaway!! I love your videos. I am all about the cheap and functional organizing. I love chalk labels and the sea distressed look. I would love to win this paint and see what amazing things I can create with it. Thanks for all your videos. Namaste<3
Love these paint colors and ideas! Thanks for sharing!
Love, love, love, up cycling. Thanks for sharing your project : )
Hi. I tried to enter but it must not be working or I’m doing something wrong. I liked what you did repurposing the items.
I love the color choices. Hoping to win this!
Really loved it! It would be great to win this giveaway 🙂
Love all your organizing advice Kathryn! I will totally be putting lots of these tips and tricks to use in my new home that my fiancee and I just moved into. So excited! Never thought I would love the Dollar tree till I watched your videos! 🙂 I have a big chalk paint project coming up. I’m painting the kitchen table! I’m obsessed too! Lol… Hope all is well with you! Look forward t0 more videos!
Three cheers for thrift store finds- keep up the good work
I love finding things that people just get rid of and then spruce them up! It is such a fun thing to do. My aunt always found things to redo when I was little and I remember how amazing it always turned out!!
I just love that sea foam colour! Would love the chance to experiment with the awesome products from Plaid.
Same, I’m TOTALLY obsessed with that seaside color! That and that grey color are definitely two of my favorite colors ever! So wonderful that this giveaway’s happening, would totally love these paints, they look amazing! 🙂
Love seeing organizational project videos. I really like that Seaside color too. It looks like a great product. Good luck to all.
Love it!!
I’m absolutely addicted to your videos and organization tips! I’ve organized so many things that I didn’t even know could be organized haha! My daughter always asks, where’d you get this idea from? That lady on YouTube again? Lol. BTW chalk paint was the greatest thing ever invented (besides the dollar store) 🙂
Thank you for helping me to achieve my 2015 New Year’s resolution – to have my home more organized so that I can find things when I need them, and not have to repurchase an item (thus saving money, YEAH!). My pantry and cabinets have never looked so organized before. I have several things I would love to repurpose or refinish, and I started yesterday with a wooden knife block. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to win the paint prize. I just moved into a new townhouse so the organizing tips came in right on time. And with your cute inspiration to turn an outdated caddy into an eye-catching home organizing tool is too clever! Thanks again!
Love the seaside color
Hey I have been following your videos for a while now. And truly ur ideas are real working in my home organisation. And will surely try this product. Keep sharing ur ideas Kathryn.
Love this inspiration! Thanks!
I love a good deal!
I am a terrible shopper, but I like your key frame. Think I will try it. I probably won’t find a barging like you did; but I am going to try. Tyfs
Good luck, Pat! I hope you find something great at your thrift store! 🙂
I haven’t tried chalk paint yet, but I totally want to try them after watching your video! Keep up the good work!
I LOVE thrifting. It’s my favorite thing to do with my Mom! I just recently found you on youtube and you have AMAZING videos! Thank you to you & the sponsor for giving away an excellent gift! Plus, that Seaside color is GORGEOUS!