We Made An Unconventional Christmas Tree From A Stack Of Paint Samples And Some Old Blinds
My husband and I make an unconventional Christmas tree every December. Do you remember our DIY Christmas tree from last year on Bored Panda?
This particular year, we also bought a fixer-upper house and are in the process of home repairs. Six months later, after countless trips and thousands of dollars spent to various home improvement stores, we also managed to save a stack of paint samples we would consider using in the process!
We used some old Venetian blinds and some wire to form a tree structure for hanging Christmas decorations before attaching the paint samples and everything else. Even the star is made from the blinds. Enjoy!
P.S. We still haven’t picked our favorite paint colors yet from the Pantone, but have at least 20 favorites. Hopefully, this DIY project will help us decide!
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Here it is finished
We started with so many choices! Actually, we saved a few colors each time we had to visit a store that sold paint
First, we taped them up on the wall to get organized
Then, we cut up the blinds and used the top bar as the trunk
After drilling holes into the bar I added metal wire in a tree form and attached the blind blades
Finished frame before adding the paint samples
We had just enough!
Added some lights and ornaments
Finished!
Watch the building process unfold in this video
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Share on FacebookSpectacular - just spectacular; creative, gorgeous, and clearly a work of collaborative love. Kudos.
no matter from whatever material they are made, Christmas trees turnout so good and look mesmerizing
I vote for - british racing green - just above the purple square on the left or just the MGB purple
Love purple. My hair is actually deep purple, I told my husband we need at *least* one purple accent wall!!
Load More Replies...Just go for white - with ever-changing paint sample art - Oh - the indecision!!
I know! Too many choices it'll be hard to decide on only one!
Load More Replies...Fantastic work of art! I really like the paint samples as a feature wall too
Paint samples aren't free; taking them for unintended purposes raises the price of paint
We did try to purchase them multiple times. The cashiers never charged us and when the few did try to scan them were unable to because they were considered free. We also are using them to choose our house colors so we only took colors we were considering!
Load More Replies...Spectacular - just spectacular; creative, gorgeous, and clearly a work of collaborative love. Kudos.
no matter from whatever material they are made, Christmas trees turnout so good and look mesmerizing
I vote for - british racing green - just above the purple square on the left or just the MGB purple
Love purple. My hair is actually deep purple, I told my husband we need at *least* one purple accent wall!!
Load More Replies...Just go for white - with ever-changing paint sample art - Oh - the indecision!!
I know! Too many choices it'll be hard to decide on only one!
Load More Replies...Fantastic work of art! I really like the paint samples as a feature wall too
Paint samples aren't free; taking them for unintended purposes raises the price of paint
We did try to purchase them multiple times. The cashiers never charged us and when the few did try to scan them were unable to because they were considered free. We also are using them to choose our house colors so we only took colors we were considering!
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