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Ideas for the Bathroom

I have been envisioning my decor for the bathroom to be more of an earthy feel and with all the bamboo items I have been coming into, I decided to go with bamboo bathroom accessories.

Here is a set that I found at Walmart for only $64 for a 5-piece set.




I mean it is all real bamboo no veneer and is a great price compared to other high-end brands.

Shower curtain ----

I like the brown one a lot but I don't want it to make the bathroom look smaller than it is already with the dark color....I know the white one may look cheap but it has gotten some great reviews and with a little bit of accenting in brown I think I may have something going here!





Hmmmmmmmmm..........

UPDATES!!!! And...PICTURES!!!!

So here are more pictures of the dresser/nightstand and all of the decor items (PARTYLIGHT!!!) as well as some bamboo accents, rugs, and handmade okinawan glass flowers! Oh yea and the awesome hutch!!!! ;)













Also...BIG UPDATE!!! I found the matching chair to my IKEA Lillberg Living Room Suite!!!! And I also bought a used coffee/end table set from IKEA that TOTALLY goes with my lillberg birch base....it has white frosted glass edges and ALOT of underneath display/storage area!!!! Got all three for $100!!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!!

Any Opinions?????

Yes they are a bit large but if I end up using only the one end table I think it can work out well!!!! PLEASE EXCUSE MY MESS!!! The place I have been storing the furniture at has gotten a little overloaded! I think I am going to put the print covers on the loveseat and chair and put the black back on the sofa!! I think it will look great!! Oh and the coffee/end tables are from the Magiker Line at IKEA.






OH YEAA!! Here is the 99¢ TV Stand!!! Finally picked it up from Carthage...please exscuse the dust and dirt, I hadn't even had a chance to dust it off or clean it I just wanted to see what my puny little 26" TV would look like on it LOL IT IS MASSIVE!!! I think I'll have to upgrade a few inches!!!! :) As you can see, I already had to put some things on the sides to make it look better than it did!!!!



So yeaaa...I'll have more pictures up of my kitchenware and appliances soon! As you can see I'm happy that things are falling into place, as tomorrow is the "two week until" mark for the move-in!!!!!!!!

Hitting the Criagslist Jackpot! Move-in date is soon!

Soooo...Haven't updated the blog in a while but I have gotten TONS of things in the meantime. Lots of kitchen wares, a butcher block with knives (insignia steel from Chicago cutlery...ITS AWESOME!) A Silverstone Cookware set with Red pots and pans, some appliances and MUCH MUCH MORE (Details on those to come!)



Yesterday afternoon I found a listing for a dresser and nightstand at College Hill in Greensboro. It was listed for only $50 and the woman told me they were in great condition so I didn't want to get my hopes up but she called me with directions and I came to look at them after I got off and paid and picked them up on the spot! (I'm suprised they fit in the explorer but somehow I managed to fit them in together!

Now I know these are off-white, with gold trim but they have a nice antique-chique vibe and it may not be matchy matchy with my bed but for the price....I have to take what I can get for now with the move in date nearing! Its still very nice furniture and it always has potential to be refinished or resold if I do find another fit! ITS SO HARD TO FIND espresso colored furniture that will match my bed! Most of it is either to cheap to consider or too high end to think about...so I'm still looking but am very happy with this find! Also, once the room is set up and I have my linens on the bed and lamps on the nightstand it will look great! I'm being hopeful!





I also got this lovely China Hutch thats from Japan. The guy I bought it from is in the process of moving and has lived in okinawa for 6 years and is in the military. Now hes moving back to okinawa, where his family is already and he had a ton of stuff for sale in the process! His wife has tons of Partylite candles and holders and tons of decorative items! I'm going back in the morning to shop around some more and pick up the hutch.!



IT IS BEAUTIFUL! LET ME TELL YOU!!!!!!!! It has a cherry blossom inlay and the drawers and doors glide, open/close like a champ!!!! I'm in love with it!!! It has an IKEA-looking vibe to it.

MORE TO COMEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lovin' my New Platform Bed!!!!!!!

So I found a listing in Garner, NC on Raleigh's Craigslist for a Queen Size Platform Bed and the pictures looked awesome. I never try to get my hopes up too much because it can often look better in the pictures than in person. Well....in this instance it was THE OPPOSITE!!! I got there and my jaw almost dropped, because it looked immaculate for the price listed ($100) and was just what I had been looking for!!! It has a nice large headboard and is espresso in color and will look awesome once the pillowtop mattress (next item I'm going to purchase) is on! That is one neat thing about platform beds is that they do not require a boxspring because they have extra support, to achieve that low contemporary look. It's also in AWESOME SHAPE and has only one small indention/scrape in the wood on the head board that can be touched up. Anywho...I am thrilled to have found this bed and have been looking for beds lately that I'm so glad I held out...IT WAS WELL WORTH IT!!!!




Also, here is a picture of my lillberg sofa with the Hasselo Print Covers I posted about earlier! They look lovely!!!!!!!! And I will be leaving the loveseat in its white covers, if I cant find two more slipcover sets! Either way they will look great together because there are hints of white in the Hasselo Print.




I also got a bunch of stuff on clearance from Target the other day:


-"Achieve" Lettered Decor that will look awesome in the office!
-A cute little photo frame jewelry box for 3 bucks!!!! (Pretty good size too!)
-A few sets of plastic plates for $1.99 per four-piece set
-A bamboo Rug (from TJ Maxx for 7 bucks)
-A glass set from TJmaxx for $12.99

Just bought a queen size platform bed that looks awesome! on my way back now! pictures up soon!

Entertainment Center!

So, I found a Craigslist listing for an entertainment center in downtown Greensboro, that was armoire(ish) style and had some awesome storage space features! It has a little swing open door on the right side that has narrow shelves for DVD's and CD's! And a glass cabinet under the TV area with two doors! I had been looking at TV armoires for a while, but was skeptical because I only have a 27" Insignia LCD and mostly all of the other armoires were GINORMOUS and would have made my TV look quite puny, but this was the perfect solution! I scored it for only $40 bucks and the guy who sold it to me was moving as well, only to find out he was moving to the Lindley park area right near where I'll be moving to! How neat is that!?!? Made my first little neighborhood buddy! :P

Still Buyin' !

So, I was given this awesome little stainless steel Sharp microwave from Celena, Clark and Izzy, after they remodeled (or shall I say are RemodelING :P) their kitchen! After a little stainless steel cleaner and a nice placement, it pops!





I also have been on the lookout for a set of dished from Big Lots, Echo Home Collection, that I love! They are an olivey beige (IDK if that even does the color justice though) they are just beautiful! It is a cherry blossom design and has that high end pottery feel. See my pretty little set up below!!!! On a side note: The Big Lots in Asheboro had ran out of salad plates, and Celena had bought one of the larger dinner plates form there that I had been looking for, and I ventured up to the one on High Point road in Greensboro to find the remainder of the collection that I needed only to be informed by her that a women was held at gunpoint there last week!!!!!! Thanks, Nina!!!!!! haha JK :P






Next, my lovely mother bought me this lovely Red and Black Hometrends stoneware set from Wal-Mart (yea!) and it looks great! Of course to be complemented by a cute little Red Tea Kettle!






Some other nick knacks include an awesome little geographically-textured globe and Starbucks poster that Marshall dug up from his things in Storage, that I snagged. The poster looks like it may belong in a dorm room so I'm still contemplating how/where it would go but I love Starbucks and its a cool little piece anyhow! And the globe has a lot of potential, in the office maybe?!? :)





LAST BUT NOT LEAST.....I found the most AwesomeIST ever (:P) cushion covers on a Craigslist listing in Richmond that a lady was kind enough to mail to me, after payment via paypal (only 55 bucks TOTAL!) for 3 sets of covers (enough to cover the sofa at least!!!!) This is one of my favorite prints that IKEA had for the Lillberg line and I am hoping to complete the collection with my loveseat if I can find two more cover sets! If not, I still have the white and black which would go with it just as well. I just love the fact that it has so many color options for the living space....there are some oranges, grays, blacks and whites in the print and I LOVE IT! (how many times have I said LOVE <3 ???) :P Need I say more?




Peace out!