Easy DIY Budget Fall Home Decor Project: Harvest Paper Towel Holder
- Bruce Coffman
- 3 days ago
- 3 min read
I'm loving Avon's new 2026 fall home decor and also loving that's it's much more affordable than most other places. But this piece in particular caught my eye and I immediately thought, I could make that for less! It's only $20.00 as of this writing, but you can make it for half that, easily within the $5-$10 range.
Read on to see exactly how.
Dollar Tree's craft section almost always carries wooden pieces for crafting like the round circle base. They even have seasonal shapes like pumpkins. I'm almost sure I've seen something almost exactly like the one used for this paper towel holder at Dollar Tree before. You could even do this project with a completely different shaped wood cutout and make a year round piece.
I don't remember seeing dowel rods at my local Dollar Tree, but some might have them. If not, one of their cheap plungers is basically a dowel rod with a black rubber suction cup you can easily remove. Avon gives the overall measurements for their finished towel holder as 6" W x 5 ½" D x 9 ¾" H and says it holds a standard roll of paper towels, so you'll want your dowel rod to be around 9 inches. You may have to do one simple cut, but that's the hardest thing about this whole project. I'd also grab a roll of paper towels off the shelf and place it on the base you choose to make sure it's going to be big enough.
Supplies
Wooden base cutout
Decorative front cutout
Dowel rod
Wood glue
Acrylic paints, brushes and Mod Podge or other sealer
I would attach each piece with wood glue and allow it to dry thoroughly before doing the painting. That way you're not counting on glue sticking to paint and the whole thing falling apart the first time you try to use it. You could get extra and screw the dowel rod in from the bottom of the base, but that's too much work for me. Then, you can simply paint it up to your own taste using the acrylic paints also available at Dollar Tree. That's where I get most of mine for crafting as well as actual painting and I've always been pleased with them. Their color choices are often limited, so you might have to pick up a few somewhere else.
I'd also strongly suggest sealing the finished piece with Mod Podge or a clear acrylic sealer since kitchen splashes and accidents do happen. I've seen Mod Podge at my local Dollar Tree.
If you don't have a local Dollar Tree, try Five Below which also surprised me with some nice quality craft supplies. I don't have an affiliate relationship with either Dollar tree or Five Below. Those are just two of my go to bargain hunting places.
Of course if you don't feel like fucking with it you can get the already done for you piece from my online Avon shop and I will make a small commission to help feed me and the kitty cats. You can see it and full details here: Harvest Pumpkin Wooden Paper Towel Holder. Note: I'm not nuts about them calling it "wooden" because it is actually MDF, but I don't know that "wooden" is being dishonest, just wouldn't have been my personal word choice. Happy fall decorating! Nice things. Real budgets. That's how we do budget bougie!
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