Red Chair Antiques

I found two new stores to shop at (see the second next week)… As soon as I walked in this one became one of my favorites.

The only issue is things are a little pricey for me. The only thing I bought was my starfish for my wall art project but I added a lot to my wish list. Check out their website here.

Cheap Finds

I hopped into HomeGoods the other day and came out with a couple good deals from the clearance section.

I found this cute piggy bank for my youngest to replace her other cute one that had a little run in with the floor.

The one is the best deal I’ve ever gotten from HomeGoods…

 

It’s a little (about 16”) metal angel for my oldest’s room and it was…wait…ready…70 cents! Regular price $9.99!

Yard Sale Finds

Three apothecary jars. These things are BIG...I’m not sure where I’m going to put them yet but I couldn’t pass up the good deal. One lid had a little incident coming out of the car but I can still use it for a fish bowl or something.

Bottle for bath salts ($1) and not sure what I’m going to do with the red bottle but it was red and only 10 cents.

I got some more glass bottles for 25 cents each and I’ll show you tomorrow what I did with them.

Mini lampshades for one of my chandeliers ($5)

I got this seltzer bottle ($10) on Friday from an antique store my Great Aunt works at. I drive by it all the time and have never been in. It will definitely be one of my regular shops now.

Instant Project

I love when things are easy! I found a bag of old wooden spools at a consignment store for $10 and these two were perfect for candle holders. No need to do anything!

Check out Thift Store Thursday over at Homebody Holly for more ideas.

 And Thifty Thursday at Bloggeritaville.

Back To Business

I guess I’ve taken a long enough break from home projects and should get back to it…

I’m in the process of making new curtains for my dining room so I ran to Wal-Mart today to get some cheap fabric to line them. Well, it ended up being cheaper than I thought. As the woman was cutting it she told me that all the by the yard fabrics and trims were 50% off because all Wal-Marts are closing their fabric departments. By the middle of June they hope to be closed so go through your project lists and stock up now!

I picked up this burlap to make a cheaper version of those grain sack memo boards. It’s $1.23 a yard now.

I also got the webbing that I think I’m going to put on the memo board  or make one of those french memory boards with it. It was only $.32 a yard. I think I’m going to pick up some more. I think it would also look neat as trim on some of those drop cloth drapes.

Eye Candy

Excuse me while I wipe the drool from my chin…I just finished looking at the new Restoration Hardware catalog…

These are some of my favorites…

 

Ah, now to win the lottery!

A New Addition

To our home's decor that is...

I picked up this up at Anthropologie yesterday. Isn't she cute??

Here she is in her new home on our kitchen wall.

I've never been in that store before but I'm definitely going back! They had so many cute knobs and hooks. Makes me want to change out my kitchen hardware or refinish a new dresser!

I Am Happy

Don't you just love it when things fall into place??

I went into HomeGoods awhile ago and spotted a pink toile comforter that would be perfect for my little ones room when she moves into a big girl bed but it was $100 and I didn't have the money at the time to buy something that I'm going to have to hold onto for probably another year. They only had one of them so I cast it off as something that would never be in my home.

A few weeks later I went into the same HomeGoods and saw it still sitting there but $100 is more than I have ever spent on bedding so I stayed and drooled over it, feeling the sample of fabric they had on the outside of the package (it's a really soft microplusg) then walked away.

So this week I went into a different HomeGoods with my tax refund in hand to look at dining room chairs. While I was there I browsed through the kids department and was surprised when I saw my pink toile comforter but at this store it was $69.99! It was calling my name and I couldn't say no.

Here she is...

Check This Out

Everyone needs to head over to an Etsy shop I just found. WasteNot Saks has reusuable sandwich and snack sacks made from cute fabrics. You can pack your or your kids sandwiches or snacks in these stylish washable sacks and who doesn't like saving the environment while you do it? I bought two (for now) of them for when we have to take breakfast on the go or to hold snacks to keep my little quiet.

Now off to go shopping with the tax return!

A Well Spent $43

I went back to the Christmas Tree Shop to get one more Apothecary jar. Of course I couldn't not look around too. The last time I was there I was with my husband who gets very annoyed if you look at something other than what you came to look at so I didn't get to do much browsing. I guess I did too much browsing today. These are my finds...



Wire Basket $6.99, Two Lamps $9.99 each, Frame $2.99, Ceramic bird $2.49, Jar $4.99, Birds on the pinecone thing $3.99, Nest for one of my apothecary jars $1.69

Don't You Just Love A Bargain!

I'm jumping on the apothecary bandwagon after seeing these photos. I'm going to use them in the bathroom to hold cotton balls and bath salts and maybe one in the dining room. If you are lucky enough to live near a Christmas Tree Shop then you need to jump in your car and head there now! I went yesterday to look for a couple picture frames and some baskets then the plan was to head over to Pier 1 to get a couple apothecary jars but there was no need to go to Pier 1, the Christmas Tree Shop had them!

I got two of these for $4.99 each.

I got this one for $9.99! It's probably 20in tall.

photos from Just a Girl

Shopaholic

I went to my favorite store, White Home Collections today. I just get all warm and fuzzy every time I walk through the door and yet I hate myself every time I go there because I find so many things I want to take home. I was looking for night tables and a new dresser for my bedroom. I've very excited that I found tables and I saw a few dressers that I like but I don't think were quite big enough and of course found a few things that weren't on my list.

My new nightstand, exact finish as my bed. ($39)

I'm going to put this cute vase on my new nightstand. ($14)

I've been wanting a locker basket for awhile so of course had to buy this one when I saw it. ($16)

Hubby's nightstand is still at the store. I also saw a vintage kitchen scale that I think I'm going to have to get when I go back.