How I use budget items from Bunnings and Spotlight to create stylish designer-inspired home decor and furniture

A DIY guru has shown how she turns unexpected everyday items into stunning home decor.

Geneva Vanderzeilfrom Brisbane, said ‘literally anything’ can be upcycled and has ‘reimagined’ unlikely things such as towels, stones, bath mats and gin bottles to transform them into decoration and furniture.

“Honestly, one of my favorite things is using unexpected materials to create something I love,” she said.

“It’s just so much fun to reimagine how to use things.” It’s about looking at the shape and material of something, rather than what it is currently being used for.’

Geneva found a bamboo bath mat from Bunnings and used it to add texture to a coffee table she made.

She used four plant pots from Bunnings for the base of a ‘sculptural’ outdoor table. She stacked them up and then painted them white before attaching an old table top to them

Geneva found some pink striped towels on sale at Spotlight and cleverly reupholstered an old accent chair with them

To create the base of a ‘sculptural’ outdoor table, she used four Bunnings plant pots in different shapes.

She stacked them, painted them with plaster and painted them white before attaching an old table top to them. She called it one of her “absolute favorite projects.”

“I went to Bunnings to see what materials might provide inspiration,” Geneva said in one blogging after.

‘I was able to find these bowl plant pots that I thought would work perfectly for this project. When they are stacked on top of each other they form the perfect ball.’

Geneva found some pink striped towels on sale at Spotlight and cleverly reupholstered an old accent chair with them.

She also placed a light bulb in an old glass brick and added a wooden base to create a table lamp.

Instead of throwing away old soda bottles, Geneva cut them in half and stacked them around a standing lamppost to give it a very trendy wavy makeover.

Geneva spotted some cheap wine storage racks at Bunnings. Instead, she cut them up to make wavy drawer and cabinet handles on her second-hand dresser

Geneva made an old office chest of drawers she found on the side of the road, covered with mirror plates she found at Bunnings

She cut a blue gin bottle in half to make colorful cocktail glasses.

Geneva spotted some cheap wine storage racks at Bunnings. Instead, she cut them up to make wavy drawer and cabinet handles on her second-hand dresser, which she then sanded and stained black.

The DIY enthusiast painted a square gray brick a beautiful terracotta color and used it as the legs of a paving console table.

“Once again the Bunnings landscaping department came to my rescue with $1.79 cement pavers,” she said.

The DIY enthusiast painted a square gray brick in a beautiful terracotta color and used it as the legs of a paving console table

‘I decided to stick three paving stones together, creating one large cube. I felt like this added a bit more detail and dimension to the design.”

She stacked the stones three at a time in alternating directions and placed a piece of wood on top, which she painted the same orange color.

Geneva made an old office chest of drawers she found on the side of the road, covered with mirror plates she found at Bunnings.

“It may seem tricky to cut out a mirror, but it’s actually so much easier than you think,” she said.

Geneva shared the DIY hack in a video posted to Instagram that impressed her 571,000 followers.