What I Have Been Up To

At my local Foodlion a couple of weeks ago I spotted this beautiful
Hyacinth near the flowers.

Please excuse the blue paper, I couldn't find a pot big enough to hold this but boy did
it make my kitchen smell good and the blooms bring a little Spring to the room.

Remember this picture, after organizing my closet, I read an article about these new
storage bins that Walmart carries for Better Homes and Gardens and I found a few at
Home Goods.

The beaded handled baskets are three sizes from Home Goods and started at $5.99'
the two gold pattern baskets are from Walmart and were around $9.97 each, love the
clean look.

I was running errands  in Waynesboro and ran into there Walmart to see what they had
that the Staunton one didn't have. I need two more baskets for my pocket books.

This is what the ones look like from the Staunton store in the box.

The top picture shows the old plastic containers I will repurpose in my kitchen cabinets.
The bottom picture shows the big plastic containers with my pocket books in them.
Here is what I found in Waynesboro to replace them with.

These are the ones that I saw in the article, love the tassels, they are also by Better
homes and Garden. The even hold more than the old plastic containers. I love the
look of mixing and matching these baskets. This gives my closet a more elegant look.
On to my next project.

New Design For My Dining Room

I have been dying to do a new design for my dining room, I looked at rugs on Amazon.
I saw some that I thought were pretty at Home Goods, but I came across this 8' x 10' rug
at Ross Stores at only $100 and said let's do it. It's time to lighten up this room.

The old rug was a dated pastel 9' x 12' rug that I found at an antique store a couple of
years ago in other house, see my old posts from when I lived on Fayette St.. It was dirty
and was impossible to keep clean.

 The new is a Dragos rug made in Turkey and had Grey and multi tones, it shoes more
floor and is not as thick as the last rug. It gives the room a lighter look with a more updated
look.

The old curtains were made for my living room many moons ago. They are a
light green silk stripe and were dark and dated.

The new curtains are from Ballard Design and are a cotton twill with a decorative border and
are called Embroidered Square Trim Panels in Gray. I love the light they let into the room,
I do miss the look of silk but these do bring a new look to the room.

My next design decision will be replacing the chair fabric, above are a few contenders,
Duralee has come out with a few new patterns that I love.. Will post a finished look soon.
Still working on this room.

What I Did On My Day Off

Last week I worked on Monday, Memorial Day, for our big Bassett sale.
So, Wednesday was my day off. I went and got a pedi and a mani.

It was so relaxing, and long. The guy that did my manicure even put my shoes on me.
I went to TJ Maxx to return a pair of pants and came out with sandals for my pretty toes
and Skinnygirl undies. The undies are very comfortable, they hold you in and they are
breathable.

Then I headed over to Charlottesville to pick up outdoor pillow forms for a client and spent
a little time shopping. I found a Nina Cambell boudoir pillow at Stien Mart and her latest
book on sale.

Got caught in the rain at Home Goods and World Market, but still found some birthday
gifts.

Fun way to spend my day off, now back to work.

New Pieces for the Den

I am still working on my den. I found two new lamps for the den on Ebay.
They are a pair of beautiful Asian lamps by As You Like It, a company from the
'90's with stone fish finials and the shades are from Lowes. Big improvement from
the old Home Goods Lamps.

I replaced the heavy dark brown table topper and quilted table skirt with a lighter
cream burlap fringed table skirt from Ballard Design.

I still need to steam the wrinkles out, don't judge me! I will eventually replace the fabric
on the ottoman, these are a few choices.

 This is my favorite and the most expensive one, of coarse.

 I bought on Ebay an antique wood and bamboo collapsible book shelf for my books
and will use the white cubes for fabric samples and files. Still trying to organize the room.
Half den, half decorating office.

The last purchase was a pretty flocked pillow from Tuesday morning that I picked
up while I was on a job in Harrisonburg.