5 DIY Home Decor Ideas for a Quick and Affordable Weekend Makeover

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DIY home decor projects are a fun and affordable way to refresh your living space. Not only do they allow you to personalize your home to your taste, but they also provide a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction. And with the right tools and materials, many DIY home decor projects can be completed in a single weekend, making them perfect for a quick home makeover.

In this blog post, we will showcase 5 DIY home decor projects that are perfect for a weekend makeover. From a painted accent wall to an upcycled piece of furniture, these projects are easy to complete and will give your home a fresh, new look.

DIY Project #1: Painted Accent Wall

An accent wall is a great way to add color and interest to a room. And with a few cans of paint and a little elbow grease, you can create a beautiful accent wall in just a few hours.

First, choose a color that complements the existing decor in your room. If you’re not sure where to start, consider using a tool like a color wheel to find colors that coordinate well together. Once you’ve chosen your color, it’s time to get started on the painting.

To create a professional-looking finish, use painter’s tape to mark off the edges of your accent wall. This will help ensure clean, straight lines and will prevent the paint from bleeding onto the adjacent walls. Next, use a roller or a brush to apply the paint to the wall, working in small sections and using even overlapping strokes.

Once the paint has dried, remove the painter’s tape and step back to admire your handiwork. A fresh coat of paint can make a big difference in the look and feel of a room, and with just a few hours of work, you’ve created a beautiful accent wall that adds depth and dimension to your space.

DIY Project #2: Upcycled Furniture

Upcycling is the process of repurposing old or discarded items into something new and useful. And when it comes to home decor, upcycled furniture can be a great way to add character and charm to your space.

There are many different pieces of furniture that can be easily upcycled, such as a dresser, a bookshelf, or a coffee table. To get started, choose a piece of furniture that has good bones but is in need of a little TLC. Then, decide on a new look for your piece. This could be as simple as giving it a fresh coat of paint or as elaborate as adding new hardware or decorative elements.

Once you’ve chosen your design, gather the necessary tools and materials. This might include sandpaper, paint, brushes, and any other items that you’ll need to complete your project. Then, get to work transforming your furniture into a unique and beautiful piece that adds personality to your home.

DIY Project #3: Wallpaper Accent

Wallpaper is a great way to add interest and texture to a room. And with so many patterns and colors to choose from, it’s easy to find wallpaper that complements your existing decor.

To create a wallpaper accent, choose a wall that you want to highlight and measure the dimensions of the wall. Then, select a wallpaper pattern that you love and purchase enough rolls to cover the wall. Before you begin applying the wallpaper, prepare the wall by filling in any holes or imperfections and sanding down any rough spots.

Next, apply the wallpaper paste to the wall according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Then, carefully unroll the wallpaper and smooth it onto the wall, starting at the top and working your way down. Use a smoothing tool to remove any air bubbles and to ensure that the wallpaper is applied evenly. Once the wallpaper is in place, use a sharp knife to trim off any excess around the edges.

With a little patience and attention to detail, you can easily create a beautiful wallpaper accent that adds depth and texture to your space. Whether you choose a bold and vibrant pattern or a subtle and understated design, wallpaper is a versatile and affordable way to add interest to your home decor.

DIY Project #4: Gallery Wall

A gallery wall is a collection of art, photos, and other personal items that are displayed on a wall. This type of wall can add character and interest to a room, and it’s a great way to showcase your personality and style.

To create a gallery wall, gather the items that you want to display. This could include artwork, photos, prints, or other sentimental items. Then, lay the items out on the floor to determine the best arrangement. Consider the size and shape of the items, as well as the overall aesthetic of the wall.

Once you’ve arranged the items to your satisfaction, use a measuring tape and a pencil to mark the placement of each item on the wall. Then, use picture hangers or other appropriate hanging hardware to secure the items to the wall. Be sure to hang the items at the correct height and to leave enough space between the items to create a balanced and cohesive look.

With a little planning and creativity, you can easily create a gallery wall that showcases your personal style and adds interest to your space.

DIY Project #5: Window Treatment Update

Window treatments are an important element of home decor, as they can add color, texture, and privacy to a room. And with a little DIY know-how, you can easily update your window treatments to give your space a fresh, new look.

There are many different window treatment options to choose from, such as curtains, blinds, or shades. And with a little creativity, you can create your own window treatments without breaking the bank. For example, you could use inexpensive fabric to make no-sew curtains, or you could repurpose old blinds to create a unique and affordable window treatment.

Once you’ve chosen your window treatment, gather the necessary tools and materials. This might include fabric, a sewing machine (if you’re making curtains), or paint and brushes (if you’re updating old blinds). Then, get to work creating your new window treatment.

With a little effort and imagination, you can easily update your window treatments and add a fresh, new look to your space.

Final Thoughts

In conclusion, DIY home decor projects are a fun and affordable way to refresh your living space. From a painted accent wall to an upcycled piece of furniture, these projects are easy to complete and will give your home a fresh, new look. We hope that these ideas have inspired you to try out a DIY home decor project of your own. Happy decorating!

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December 15, 2022

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Trisha Raven

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Grace B

January 18, 2023

Whether you believe in God or not, this message is a “must-read”!!!

Throughout time, we can see how we have been slowly conditioned to come to this point where we are on the verge of a cashless society. Did you know that the Bible foretold of this event almost 2,000 years ago?

In the book of Revelation 13:16-18, we read,

“He (the false prophet who deceives many by his miracles) causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.”

Speaking to the last generation, this could only be speaking of a cashless society. Why? Revelation 13:17 tells us that we cannot buy or sell unless we receive the mark of the beast. If physical money was still in use, we could buy or sell with one another without receiving the mark. This would contradict scripture that states we need the mark to buy or sell!

These verses could not be referring to something purely spiritual as scripture references two physical locations (our right hand or forehead) stating the mark will be on one “OR” the other. If this mark was purely spiritual, it would indicate both places, not one OR the other.

This is where it comes together. It is shocking how accurate the Bible is concerning the implantable RFID microchip. These are notes from a man named Carl Sanders who worked with a team of engineers to help develop this RFID chip

“Carl Sanders sat in seventeen New World Order meetings with heads-of-state officials such as Henry Kissinger and Bob Gates of the C.I.A. to discuss plans on how to bring about this one-world system. The government commissioned Carl Sanders to design a microchip for identifying and controlling the peoples of the world—a microchip that could be inserted under the skin with a hypodermic needle (a quick, convenient method that would be gradually accepted by society).

Carl Sanders, with a team of engineers behind him, with U.S. grant monies supplied by tax dollars, took on this project and designed a microchip that is powered by a lithium battery, rechargeable through the temperature changes in our skin. Without the knowledge of the Bible (Brother Sanders was not a Christian at the time), these engineers spent one-and-a-half-million dollars doing research on the best and most convenient place to have the microchip inserted.

Guess what? These researchers found that the forehead and the back of the hand (the two places the Bible says the mark will go) are not just the most convenient places, but are also the only viable places for rapid, consistent temperature changes in the skin to recharge the lithium battery. The microchip is approximately seven millimeters in length, .75 millimeters in diameter, about the size of a grain of rice. It is capable of storing pages upon pages of information about you. All your general history, work history, criminal record, health history, and financial data can be stored on this chip.

Brother Sanders believes that this microchip, which he regretfully helped design, is the “mark” spoken about in Revelation 13:16–18. The original Greek word for “mark” is “charagma,” which means a “scratch or etching.” It is also interesting to note that the number 666 is actually a word in the original Greek. The word is “chi xi stigma,” with the last part, “stigma,” also meaning “to stick or prick.” Carl believes this is referring to a hypodermic needle when they poke into the skin to inject the microchip.”

Mr. Sanders asked a doctor what would happen if the lithium contained within the RFID microchip leaked into the body. The doctor replied by saying a terrible sore would appear in that location. This is what the book of Revelation says:

“And the first (angel) went, and poured out his vial on the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore on the men which had the mark of the beast, and on them which worshipped his image” (Revelation 16:2).

You can read more about it here–and to also understand the mystery behind the number 666: https://2ruth.org/rfid-mark-of-the-beast-666-revealed/

The third angel’s warning in Revelation 14:9-11 states,

“Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, ‘If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.’”

Who is Barack Obama, and why is he still around?

So what about his name? The meaning of someone’s name can say a lot about a person. God throughout history has given names to people that have a specific meaning tied to their lives. How about the name Barack Obama? Let us take a look at what may be hiding beneath the surface.

Jesus says in Luke 10:18, “…I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.”

The Hebrew Strongs word (H1299) for “lightning”: “bârâq” (baw-rawk)

In Isaiah chapter 14, verse 14, we read about Lucifer (Satan) saying in his heart:

“I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.”

In the verses in Isaiah that refer directly to Lucifer, several times it mentions him falling from the heights or the heavens. The Hebrew word for the heights or heavens used here is Hebrew Strongs 1116: “bamah”–Pronounced (bam-maw’)

In Hebrew, the letter “Waw” or “Vav” is often transliterated as a “U” or “O,” and it is primarily used as a conjunction to join concepts together. So to join in Hebrew poetry the concept of lightning (Baraq) and a high place like heaven or the heights of heaven (Bam-Maw), the letter “U” or “O” would be used. So, Baraq “O” Bam-Maw or Baraq “U” Bam-Maw in Hebrew poetry similar to the style written in Isaiah, would translate literally to “Lightning from the heights.” The word “Satan” in Hebrew is a direct translation, therefore “Satan.”

So when Jesus told His disciples in Luke 10:18 that He beheld Satan fall like lightning from heaven, if this were to be spoken by a Jewish Rabbi today influenced by the poetry in the book of Isaiah, he would say these words in Hebrew–the words of Jesus in Luke 10:18 as, and I saw Satan as Baraq O Bam-Maw.

The names of both of Obama’s daughters are Malia and Natasha. If we were to write those names backward (the devil does things in reverse) we would get “ailam ahsatan”. Now if we remove the letters that spell “Alah” (Allah being the false god of Islam), we get “I am Satan”. Coincidence? I don’t think so.

Obama’s campaign logo when he ran in 2008 was a sun over the horizon in the west, with the landscape as the flag of the United States. In Islam, they have their own messiah that they are waiting for called the 12th Imam, or the Mahdi (the Antichrist of the Bible), and one prophecy concerning this man’s appearance is the sun rising in the west.

“Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people— saying with a loud voice, ‘Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.’” (Revelation 14:6-7)

Why have the words of Jesus in His Gospel accounts regarding His death, burial, and resurrection, been translated into over 3,000 languages, and nothing comes close (the Quran about 110 languages)? Because the same Spirit of God (YHVH) who created all people likewise transcends all people; therefore the power of His Word is not limited by people; while all other religions are man-made, therefore they tend to primarily stay within their own culture. The same God who speaks to all people through His creation of the heavens and earth that draws all people around the world likewise has sent His Word to the ends of the earth so that we may come to personally know Him to be saved in spirit and in truth through His Son Jesus Christ.

Jesus stands alone among the other religions that say to rightly weigh the scales of good and evil and to make sure you have done more good than bad in this life. Is this how we conduct ourselves justly in a court of law? Bearing the image of God, is this how we project this image into reality?

Our good works cannot save us. If we step before a judge, being guilty of a crime, the judge will not judge us by the good we have done, but rather by the crimes we have committed. If we as fallen humanity, created in God’s image, pose this type of justice, how much more a perfect, righteous, and Holy God?

God has brought down His moral laws through the 10 commandments given to Moses at Mt. Siani. These laws were not given so we may be justified, but rather that we may see the need for a savior. They are the mirror of God’s character of what He has written in our hearts, with our conscious bearing witness that we know that it is wrong to steal, lie, dishonor our parents, murder, and so forth.

We can try and follow the moral laws of the 10 commandments, but we will never catch up to them to be justified before a Holy God. That same word of the law given to Moses became flesh about 2,000 years ago in the body of Jesus Christ. He came to be our justification by fulfilling the law, living a sinless perfect life that only God could fulfill.

The gap between us and the law can never be reconciled by our own merit, but the arm of Jesus is stretched out by the grace and mercy of God. And if we are to grab on, through faith in Him, He will pull us up being the one to justify us. As in the court of law, if someone steps in and pays our fine, even though we are guilty, the judge can do what is legal and just and let us go free. That is what Jesus did almost 2,000 years ago on the cross. It was a legal transaction being fulfilled in the spiritual realm by the shedding of His blood with His last word’s on the cross crying out, “It is finished!” (John 19:30).

For God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked (Ezekiel 18:23). This is why in Isaiah chapter 53, where it speaks of the coming Messiah and His soul being a sacrifice for our sins, why it says it pleased God to crush His only begotten Son.

This is because the wrath that we deserve was justified by being poured out upon His Son. If that wrath was poured out on us, we would all perish to hell forever. God created a way of escape by pouring it out on His Son whose soul could not be left in Hades but was raised and seated at the right hand of God in power.

So now when we put on the Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 13:14), where God no longer sees the person who deserves His wrath, but rather the glorious image of His perfect Son dwelling in us, justifying us as if we received the wrath we deserve, making a way of escape from the curse of death; now being conformed into the image of the heavenly man walking in a new nature, and no longer in the image of the fallen man Adam.

Now what we must do is repent and put our trust and faith in the savior, confessing and forsaking our sins, and to receive His Holy Spirit that we may be born again (for Jesus says we must be born again to see and enter the Kingdom of God in John chapter 3). This is not just head knowledge of believing in Jesus, but rather receiving His words, taking them to heart, so that we may truly be transformed into the image of God. Where we no longer live to practice sin, but rather turn from our sins and practice righteousness through faith in Him in obedience to His Word by reading the Bible.

Our works cannot save us, but they can condemn us; it is not that we earn our way into everlasting life, but that we obey our Lord Jesus Christ:

Jesus says,

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ (Matthew 7:21-23)

“And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him.” (Hebrews 5:9)

“Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, ‘Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.’

Then He who sat on the throne said, ‘Behold, I make all things new.’ And He said to me, ‘Write, for these words are true and faithful.’

And He said to me, ‘It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.’” (Revelation 21:1-8)
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