Weekly Round Up of Chic on the Cheap!

I realized I haven't done a  Cheap Chic Finds post in quite a while and 

wanted to share a few fabulous items I've come across lately!  Most importantly they are FABULOUS prices!!

Take a Look!

I found these large glass lamps on sale for $27 while wandering around Target the other day!

These were gorgeous, and would be perfect in any room!

West Elm had this great diamond Jute 5X8 rug on sale for $189!  

What a great price!!

Just in case you missed this in a recent post, and well I didn't share with you all were to find it, AND because I'm in LOVE with these lamps....   These are from Pier 1, and retail for only $55!

While not the best deal of the day, this gorgeous coconut chip mirror from West Elm is just too fabulous to pass up!

It's currently on sale for $159!

This gorgeous  sunburst mirror is only $24.99!!

Have you all found any Super Cheap Chic Finds lately?!?!

Monday Mood Board!

I just wanted to share with you all a mood board I've been working on for a client!

She bought the large piece of art from CSN a few months ago and really wanted to incorporate that into the space, however she really likes calm neutral spaces.   So she was a wee bit stumped with how to tie it all together!   She also had the West Elm drapes already and I think they fit beautifully into the room!

We added just a few pops of color to accent the art, while trying to keep the rest of the room as neutral  and calming as possible.   I'm absolutely IN LOVE with these lamps!!

  Just gorgeous!!
 They are also quite a deal at $55 a piece!  I also know she has some fantastic wedding photos she has been wanting to display since her wedding nearly five years ago, and think the Ikea Ribba frames in white will be perfect to highlight some of her black and white photos!

What do you all think??

Blog Update!

I decided after only a week to remove DISQUS comment platform from the blog! 

I experienced nothing but problems syncing comments between the Google platform and the new Disqus one.

Sorry about any confusion, I was really hoping it would make things easier to reply back to you all when you asked questions!  Oh well, for now this will have to do!

Sorry about any confusion!

Have a great weekend!

Did I mention?!?

Did I mention that I was featured on a few more fabulous sites?!?!  Well I don't think I did, 

but check it out!

I was thrilled to wake up the other day and see my Glam Lamp Redo featured on HI Sugarplum!

Seriously one of the cutest blogs ever!!

Also two of my recent projects were featured on Dot Dot Dot!

Oh cute is that name?!?!

I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend!  

I've got some great new projects to show you all soon!

Switcherrrrrroom!

I have been meaning to share this living room switcheroo with you all for the past week or so, but I mistakenly erased all the photos on my camera!!
Don't you hate when that happens?!?
Thanks goodness most of the photos had previously been saved to my computer!  However the photos I took of my living room right before the transformation were lost forever......insert sad face here!  I knew I had taken one several months back and have been searching all my files to find this one image so you all could get a better idea of the changes made!


Part of my living room redo plan has been to find, buy or DIY a TV stand or media unit.  I wasn't really sure what I wanted but did find one or two on Overstock.com that may have worked.  So my original plan was to purchase a white one that would go with the look and feel of the rest of the room.   However, the more I thought about that I wasn't really sold on the idea.  Our place is so small and the area I wanted to place the tv would seem a bit choppy to me if I added another piece of furniture!  Even if it was white and blended well with the rest of the room!
Watching tv one night it just hit me!  The Ikea Expedite Bookcases I had flanking my patio doors was going to be my solution, and I wouldn't even need to purchase another piece of furniture!
So here is a little idea of the room's layout!

Actually this is basically our apartment layout!
I told you it was tiny!
I made a few changes in the pink.  Originally when we moved in, the sofa and tv were set up this way, but  have been switched to opposite sides of the room since...also our very tiny kitchen has an open bar area into the living room.    Because of the shape and size of the room,  it is rather difficult to layout the furniture in any sort of way to add depth and character to the room!  I hate just having furniture along the walls!  That was one reason adding my DIY Sofa Table to the room was essential!  Even though the Table is still along the wall, it allowed me to pull the sofa out a bit and also allowed me to layer other more interesting features into the room,  like my Glam Lamp Redo!   Let me tell you even though I have yet to paint that baby, I'm in LOVE!!  I can't believe I went so long without it!

Anyway, let me show you a how the room looked before I started moving things around!

As you can see I had two Ikea Expedite Bookcase sitting on either side of my patio doors.  Like I was saying early on,  my original intention was to leave them like that and add a white media unit I found on Overstock.com, but the more I thought about it I felt it would make the room feel  too choppy!

 Our nice flat screen has been sitting on this sad little table left over from our college days.  Ugh just soooo sad!
You can see in this picture I've already started turning the Expedite bookcase to create our media unit!
The next step was to take the other bookcase, which was sitting next to Karl the Sofa, turn it on its side, and bring it over to this side of the room!
( And in case your wondering, I have NO IDEA what I'm watching on tv! I've been trying to think about it since I found this picture, and I still have NO clue!! haha , usually it's something on HGTV, but who those ladies are I have no idea! )

Anywhoooo....I have yet to style the bookcases, but I'm loving the look of the two bookcases used together for our media unit!
It just makes sense in our tiny space!!

Looks like some TLC is on this time!

Cost for this living room makeover = $0!
Gotta love when you get an idea, and you already have all the pieces!
Now to get them all organized and styled!!

Featured!

Feature Thanks!!

I feel so lucky to be featured by so many great blogs this past week and I wanted to say a HUGE thank you to all of them!!

So you think your crafty featured my Bamboo Chair Makeover! 

The 36th Avenue featured my DIY Sofa Table!

House of Hepworths featured my Glam Lamp Redo!

I'm Busy Procrastinating featured my Glam Lamp Redo!

Mod Vintage Life featured my Glam Lamp Redo!

Thanks so much Ladies!!
Don't forget to stop by these fabulous blogs!!

Waiting....

Patience, patience....  

Sometimes redecorating is not always super fun, sometimes it's just plain....a downer..... 

 You see, I ordered my West Elm Safari rug last week, you know the one I wrote about here! I have been sooooooo anxiously waiting for this baby!   Well it practically shipped the next a day, and in just less than a week I was unwrapping it hoping to get it all set up in the living room.   I was SOOO excited!!   As I unrolled it I noticed a ton of loops sticking up all over the place, I wasn't too happy about that, but really I could just trim them and nobody would ever know!  However,  I noticed on one edge of the rug the binding

 ( the part holding the top and bottom of the rug together) was coming completely apart!  In fact several inches were just plain not staying together!  

Ugh! 

 So I contacted the nice people at West Elm, they apologized and it seems they have taken care of everything.  I am to receive a return kit, get it all wrapped up, then UPS will come pick it up for me!  Once that happens they will ship out another rug for me!  Only the safari rug is currently on back order.  Sigh....I guess I will just have to have a little patience! 

So here she sits until I receive that return kit and get it all wrapped up!

Well, at least I know I LOVE the rug in my space!

Girlfriends & Shoes!

Hey all!
 I hope you are having a lovely start to the week!  

Did you miss me last week?
 I have seriously been MIA from the blog way longer than I expected, I haven't even worked on any projects this past week!!  Shocking!  I know!!  But maybe you'll forgive me when I tell you why!  

Or at least I hope you will!!

You see my very best-est friend ever came in to town for a very short-short amount of time and

 we had some catching up to do!!

 We are, one Blonde and one Brunette!  

But, she understands me like nobody else!

We DID NOT get any sleep either, too much catching up to do.  

It was like being back in middle school, at a sleepover!

We definitely hit the streets hard and fast to do lots of shopping together!

She is my favorite shopping partner!

( Bonus- I think I may have found my new favorite jeans! ) 

Well.......

as for the rest of the week I was crazy busy at work preparing for our end of the season shoe sale!

You know there is something about women and shoes that we all go crazy about!  

Myself included!

Does this saying ring true for you!?!

Well then you just may have been one of the ladies at our sale this past week.......

Possibly walking out with a pile of shoes bigger than you are!!

Well I promise to be back to my regular broadcasting soon, in fact I am headed to Lowe's to pick up some paint after I leave work today!
What have you all been up to this past week?!?!

Comment Form

Hey All! 

 I am trying to get back to my normal schedule after the holiday this past weekend and after taking a few days off from work to spend with a friend that was in town visiting.  So bare with me as I catch up on my much needed sleep and start back to getting some projects done!

I am writing today to ask for some feedback on a recent change I made to the comment form here on the blog.

I'm really hoping using this form will make it easier for me to respond to specific questions asked! 

I  always feel bad when I'm asked a specific question and get a " no reply " when trying to respond by email to some of you!

So I am still making tweaks to the look and options of the form, so please let me know what you think or if you run into any problems using it!

Thanks!!