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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Lessons Learned

This weekend I learned one of life's important lessons the hard way. I saw a chair at Homegoods that I loved. It was a beautiful Cynthia Rowley upholstered chair- perfect for my desk chair at an amazing price of $149!

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via Homegoods

I loved the fabric, the shape, the nail head trim... *sigh* But alas, I couldn't pull the trigger. As I drove home I thought- I should really go back. But, I didn't. The next morning I woke up still needing the chair so I headed over to Homegoods... it was gone!!! So I drove to another Homegoods close by to see if there might be one there... no luck.

The lesson I learned...

If you see something you like at Homegoods BUY IT! Even if you just kind-of-sort-of-like-it but think it might work but you're not sure... BUY IT! You can always return but you can't buy something that isn't there.

If you need me I'll be driving to every Homegoods in the Tri-State area in search of the one that got away.

Monday, February 4, 2013

Easy Coffee Table Styling

Beautiful pictures of coffee table stylings have been all over Pinterest lately. They can look complicated but I promise they're not and you probably have most of the things you need around the house. Here's my step by step to styling your coffee table.

First- start with a tray that's about a 1/2 to a 1/3 the size of your table. Think of this as your "play pen" for your accessories. It keeps them grouped so they don't look like they're floating in space. I chose this basket style tray from Homegoods but I like these trays here, here, and here.

Next, grab some beautiful books or magazines you have around the house. I used my Nate Berkus book as well as a Philadelphia magazine that I keep meaning to read. Make sure the books you choose are pretty large so they take up half of the tray.

Next I added a candle to the tray. Either a candle, picture frame or a little figurine will do. It's adding some height to your collection and a change up in the size of the flat books and tray.

Last step- add some flowers. I used a low faux-flower arrangement at Homegoods. I love to have real flowers but I'm not too good at keeping them alive so these faux peonies do the trick. Place them on top of the books to add even more height to your arrangement. I also put some coasters in the tray for practical reasons ;-)

And there you have it! Super easy and you probably already have a lot of these things around your house.

Monday, January 14, 2013

Pottery Barn Lookalikes!

I was at Homegoods this weekend and found some great Pottery Barn knockoffs. I love Pottery Barn but you have to know what to splurge on and what to save on. A lot of the Pottery Barn decorative accessories are beautiful but pricey and they are the easiest ones to find for less!

Glass Bell Jars
I've been seeing glass bell jars everywhere lately- they might be the new apothecary jar.