Posts Tagged ‘decorating’

Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2012 is Tangerine Tango. (Yep, that’s it above as RGB numbers 226, 73, 47.) It’s not quite as orange-y as I expected, which I rather like. Will you be using this color in your home decor or wardrobe? What colors will you pair it with?

In case you haven’t heard yet – we’re having a baby! Our little house doesn’t have a second bedroom, so the “nursery” will be little nook in the corner of the office/craft room/library. But a girl can still dream about decorating, right?

Of course, I had to go and fall in love with a decorating scheme that’s completely unconventional for a baby’s room. But that just means I’ll get to challenge myself to make a mobile, blankets, etc. Not a bad challenge at all.  (And with sari fabrics becoming more popular in the US lately, I don’t have to cut up any of the ones I have for wearing in India.)

All these images were found on Pinterest. I’ve got them ‘pinned’ to a nursery inspiration board, so if you want to see more information on any of them, you can click through my board.

One of my most popular posts is this one, where I linked to several different chalkboard walls posted around the web. Since that seems to be something a lot of y’all are interested in, I thought I’d expand on the idea of chalkboards and highlight more uses of chalkboard paint.

Oh, and if you’re like me and can’t stand the feel of the chalk or the way it sounds when you write with it, you may be interested in chalk pens.

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• Label your herbs.
• Number tables at a wedding.
• Paint a dresser.
• Or a headboard.
• Create a fun table.
• Paint a globe and let your kids sketch in the countries.
• Make reusable gift tags.
• Identify drinks with chalkboard labels.
• Paint the inside of a lunchbox for an easy way to leave lunchbox notes.
• Make chalkboard placemats.
• Or chargers.
• Paint your refrigerator!

I picked up these picture frames a few months ago at The Love of Jesus Thrift Store in Richmond. It’s one of those places that seems to price things randomly. You know, where two identical vases could easily have two vastly different price tags. Their picture frames are priced like that. Sometimes you can find an awesome deal and sometimes you have to wonder what on earth the pricing crew was thinking.

Apparently these frames arrived on a good day. I got six or seven of them and they were all marked either $0.25 or $0.50. They don’t have backs, and some of them don’t have hanging hardware, but they all matched and I thought they would be perfect for a project.

They’ve been spread across my dining room table for the past couple of days, so I thought I would share them as this week’s “find.” This weekend I’ll post pictures of what I did with them!

Have you been thrift shopping recently? What great treasures did you unbury?

It makes me so happy to find good flowers on clearance. Each of these sets of flowers was marked down to $1, making the total for this bouquet just $3.00! I especially love the spider mums.

The gorgeous vase was a thrift store find.

Today marks the first post of my new weekly series, Thrift Store Thursday. It’s great timing, considering yesterday was National Thrift Store Day. Each week I’ll share a thrift store find, usually my own, but I might highlight someone else’s treasures from time to time.

You’re invited to participate as well! Just leave a comment about your latest bargain so we can all ooh and aah with you. If you have a blog, feel free to share a link to your post.

Here’s my latest “steal.” I got these pillowcases for just $0.75 total at The Clothes Rack in Richmond. Look at all that sweet lace!

Does anyone know what type of flowers these are?

Your turn! What fabulous bargains did you find recently?

I planted three different types of hydrangeas this spring and two of them did not survive an intense week of rainless heat while I was out of town. One of them did, however, and it’s producing beautiful blooms. I clipped one stem and it’s now brightening up my kitchen.