You don’t have to spend a ton of money to get the custom or luxury look. “. . . we also found ways to reuse and rethink things that you can buy really inexpensively,” Jeremiah Brent explains in the video interview with People Magazine. The Montauk mini house appears to use the PAX/BERGSBO wardrobe combination, which currently retails for $720 and includes a section to hang clothes and a section of shelves.
To upcycle the IKEA wardrobe, Nate Berkus applied woven wallpaper leftover from a project in the townhouse the two share in New York City. While the one the couple used required a paste, West Elm sells a similar peel-and-stick version for $69 that covers 28 square feet, which will cover the glass panels in the wardrobe with some left over. Finally, to drive home the beachy feel, the pair replaced the IKEA handles with driftwood ones from Etsy. One listing has a range of options priced from $5 to $22 for one handle. To recreate this stylish wardrobe, the cost would be approximately $850, which is vastly less expensive than comparable wardrobes, which can retail for as much as $2,300. Plus, you can take inspiration from Berkus and Brent and use leftover materials from previous projects to create something new in the future.
