The paint store or paint aisle at the hardware store is full of all sorts of other interesting finds besides color. Here are nine ideas to use paint supplies as actual decor, rather than just as means to color your walls. They're each fun and, admittedly, a little tongue in cheek to the roller-and-brush-heavy DIY decor scene.

Sure, a coat rack or hook keeps your jackets and coats on the wall, but where to store those other wintertime staples of hats, gloves, and scarves, as well as your wallet, keys, purse, etc? Brian got creative with some clean paint cans and whipped some high-functioning coat hooks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ReadyMade contributor Erin Loechner spied this paint can wall art on the Swedish blog Skona Hem. She says, "Love color but can’t decide on a permanent solution? I love this idea of displaying empty paint buckets to form a unique color palette that’s as affordable as it is inspiring." 

The RM100 inspired this awesome geometric storage project that could easily be constructed using the smaller sample and quart-sized paint cans.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derek and Lauren of the Curiousity Shop created this custom paint can coffee storage project.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paint samples are also amazing fodder for decor and craft projects. They're sturdy, coated, brightly colored, and FREE! Perfect for hacking. Here's a wall in my dining room, inspired by a project featured on Design*Sponge.

From the ReadyMade archives, bold decorative paint chip orbs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This pixelated portrait was created using square, single-color paint chips.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another paint chip wall approach, taken quite literally in my own bedroom. 

And lastly, reuse empty paint cans for an adaptable hanging storage system. 


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