If you are looking for an inexpensive place to purchase home decor items, one company I always suggest is Overstock.com � I have shopped Overstock for years and have to tell you, I�ve never been disappointed. They are FAB. (And no, I�m not getting paid for this at all � but helloooooo Overstock!!) :)
I recently bought a new bench for the dining room from the �O� that I have yet to show you, because it took some work on my part to make it work for the room. But when I logged into my account, I noticed they keep a history of your purchases easily accessible. I clicked through them and couldn�t believe how every single item I have purchased had held up so well (most we are still using!).
I recently started on our guest room redo, which used to be my sister�s room, which used to be my stepdaughter�s room. Sister came to live with us in August of 08 and moved out last May, only to move right back in. Long story. Point is, now that she�s out again, I can finally start on this room!!
The item from this room that we are still using is the pink comforter:
It�s very thin but I was very pleased with it for $40. It�s been washed a beeeellion times, and it still looks like the day I got it in the mail, four and a half years ago!
This is an old picture � the deconstruction has begun! Yippee!!
I wanted a good storage bench for our mud/laundry room that I could hide our shoes in, and this has worked perfectly:
It was $100 when I bought it SIX years ago (I still can�t believe it�s lasted that long!) and now it�s $120. You can find it here. I got baskets for half off from Michael�s for the shoes, and I�m still pleased as punch with it:
Because I like to keep it real every once and a while, here�s what the bench really looks like at this moment:
Ahhh yes, the power of creative picture taking! Fantastic!
If you�re like me, you notice things when taking a picture that you normally never would otherwise. For me, it was the nicks along the edge of the bench. A little tip � black or brown Sharpie markers cover these fast and easy!:
I wouldn�t do this on real wood, but on particle board, it works every time.
We got this umbrella in cream almost four and a half years ago:
OH, how I love it. It has lights under the umbrella that stay lit or �dance.� :) It is super cool. We got it for $90, and shipping was $1!! Shipping is one of the main reasons I love Overstock so much, I don�t think it ever goes over $2.95 for your whole order. Sometimes they offer even better deals.
We still have this umbrella and it still works � that�s a feat for an outdoor item with lights. It just needs to be cleaned. And with our deck redo, I wanted something that matched the decor better.
Because we built our house, I had plenty of time to shop for it before we moved in. ;) I got two rugs from Overstock six years ago and both are still in fantastic shape:
(Click each picture for more info.) The one on the left, we used in front of our vanity in the master bathroom until just a couple months ago. It�s so thick -- and it�s wool! Do you know how much wool rugs cost? It�s NUTS. I only replaced it because I wanted a change and I found something new for a steal. Now it�s down in my craft area in the basement.
The other rug is more of an outdoor rug, and it covers the chair pad in the office:
Can you believe it still looks like that after six years? I�m not kidding � this is quality stuff here peeps.
Right now shipping is only one buck � for your whole order. For furniture! Rugs! Anything! Lurve. (Again, not getting paid. Dang.)
I�ll show you my Overstock.com dining room bench soon. ;)
Hope you join me for the Christmas Tree party on Monday! I�ll have the Linky up tomorrow night.
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