30 Down-and-Dirty Tricks for Big DIY Savings

Build your own vintage-look medicine cabinet from a kit. Most are simple to assemble with a screwdriver and come paint- or stain-ready, so you can perfectly match the cabinet to your bathroom.

Cost: $160 for the Recessed Medicine Cabinet Kit in oak from Van Dyke's Restorers.

Savings: $235, based on a similar, assembled cabinet from Restoration Hardware.

Bonus: You can usually customize a cabinet kit by switching the side the door opens from.