The Chic Dollar Tree Decor Hack That Gives Any Room In Your Home A High-End Look

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When it comes to decorating a blank wall, you have the usual suspects — family photos, generic prints, perhaps a shelf of books. Those do the trick, but they don't exactly make an impression in the way that something with an unusual shape, like decorative bottles, might. And while it's possible to part with a good deal of cash to get an eye-catching decorative display, it isn't necessary to spend a ton of money if you have a Dollar Tree store nearby. All it takes are a few glass bottles, some over-the-door hooks, and a little ingenuity to make this Dollar Tree décor hack look both high-end and interesting.

For the DIY, you'll need two Essentials Over-the-door Hooks from Dollar Tree. You'll break them apart during the construction phase of this project. If you're concerned about making a mistake as you do so, you may want to grab a couple of extras just in case. While you're at Dollar Tree, you'll also want to pick up a Crafter's Square Wooden Craft Plank. A pack of AYL Flip-Top Decorative Bottles, along with floral wire in the color of your choice and cuttings from a no-soil-required plant (like a philodendron), gives this piece its decorative flair.

To fasten everything together, keep a tube of E6000 glue handy. Nails, a hammer, and zip ties should also be on your list. Finally, if you'd like to gussy up the wood, break out some stain or chalk paint in your favorite color to give your DIY Dollar Tree planter a little bit of your personal touch.

You'll have to MacGyver the over-the-door hook for this. Push and pull on the two thick hooks that go over the door, but leave the smaller, weaker hooks. Pushing and pulling on the large over-the-door hooks weakens the metal enough for you to break them off. Once this is done, only the thin wire coat hooks remain on the piece. This step prepares the piece for the stage where you add the plants to the DIY Dollar Tree decor. 

Once you break the big hooks off, you'll stain or paint the wood and then glue what's left of the over-the-door hooks onto each end of the wood stick. The surface area you'll glue is thin and small. In light of that, you may want to try using a smaller tube of E6000. The glue in those tubes comes out in small dollops, allowing you to use just the amount you need without wasting glue. While the glue is drying, it may need some reinforcement. Small Dollar Tree clamps or zip ties can work to keep the setup stable while the glue sets. 

You'll make the bottles hangable once you twist some of the wire around the neck of the bottle. Create a looped piece from the wire to form a hanger. Fill the bottles with water and plant clippings. Philodendrons work well for this because they require no soil to grow and they have a pretty heart shape. Coleus, bamboo, monstera, and Chinese evergreen are options that would also make the display more visually interesting. Finally, hang the piece on the wall with some nails to finish the display.

While you may have originally tapped this DIY as a way to decorate a blank wall in your living room or den, it can actually be something that you use in the kitchen if you modify it a little. For example, if you'd like to propagate a hydroponic herb garden in your home, this is a good setup for it. You can start herbs like mint or basil in a system like this. In that case, you'll skip the philodendron and put live herb plants in the hanging bottles instead, and hang the garden near a kitchen window where you'll have easy access to them while you're cooking.

The other option that you have is to make this Dollar Tree décor piece a place to hang bottles of dried herbs. Hang a few JIUYUE Store spice jars with cork lids to turn this into a herb and spice holder. The glass bottles should keep the herbs from becoming stale. Just be sure to hang the spice bottles close enough to the stove so that they're within your reach but far enough away to prevent the stove's heat from degrading the herbs. If you go through your dried herbs and spices relatively quickly, then your herbs and spices should stay viable while giving your kitchen a colorful, decorative flair.