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A Tale of Two Curtains

A Tale of Two Curtains

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A week or so ago I decided I wanted curtains for the master bedroom.  I’ve known for a while I wanted curtains in our room but I’ve just been kind of at a loss as to what color I should do.  Our walls are painted a soft grey and our bedding is a teal-y green and cream.

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As you can see the green isn’t a common color and even though the white looks white, it has more cream undertones. Not that I wanted white curtains but I felt it would make it hard to use cream.

I found 2 sets of curtains that I like. One from Walmart and one from Target. I had the Walmart ones shipped to our local store. Then I ran to Target last weekend and found one of the panels that I liked from there. So now I have the Target curtain haphazardly hanging from a clothes hanger on the window.  As you can see they are completely different.  I love the ones from Walmart and feel they would add a splash of color and some interest to the room but I have no clue if the colors will match or even coordinate.  The Target curtains are just a solid grey.  These would make the room a bit darker I think, which is okay.  I think the color coordinates with the bedding even though they are totally different colors.

Since I have no idea what color I want to use, I don’t want to spend a small fortune on curtains. Let’s face it, curtains can be quite pricey. This also leads to my next dilemma. We have 3 windows side by side but they don’t butt up to one another but they also aren’t spaced out far. I’m talking a 2 to 3″ gap between the molding. So do I do 4 panels or can I get away with 2? {I feel like 4 full panels will overwhelm the windows.} Or can I use 3 panels and cut one in half and do half panels between the windows? At this point I’m not really sure. I ran to Home Goods yesterday and picked up a curtain rod. Then I got a text from Walmart last night saying my curtains were ready for pick up.

I’m going to make Matt hang the rod this weekend.  Then I will take pics of both options.  Should the Target curtains win I’ll need to place an order for the other panel since I currently only have one.

~k

Flea Market Finds

Flea Market Finds

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We finally had a beautiful weekend so on Saturday I knew staying indoors was off limits. Matt didn’t care to go to the flea market with me so I asked mom if she’d like to go. She said yes and I picked her up after lunch. I didn’t really have anything in particular I was looking for, mainly I just wanted to be out of the house and outside. There is a big flea market that sets up on the Fairgrounds in Raleigh most weekends and it’s mostly outdoors.

We wandered around for a while and the only thing that peeked my interest was an ammonite. The vendor was asking $15.00 which I didn’t feel was a bad price but, hey, it’s a flea market! You should never pay asking price right? 🙂 I decided to keep looking before I committed so we wondered around more. We stopped by a vendor selling fresh fruits and veggies and I picked up a container of strawberries and some grapes for Matt. This also broke the $20.00 I had in my purse. 🙂 We made our way back to the vendor with the ammonite since we were about to leave and I asked if he would take $10.00. He said yes and I grabbed the ammonite. I knew it would look awesome on the bookcase.
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As we were walking out we saw a vendor that had some amethyst pieces. He was asking $8.00 and wouldn’t take the $5.00 I had left so we headed to the parking lot. As we were headed to the car we noticed a sign for the Tar Hill Gem and Mineral show in one of the buildings. Admission was free so we decided to check it out. There were tons of cool minerals, fossils, gems and stones. As we were walking around mom said she would buy me a mineral or rock if we found something cool. (There were tons of cool things, with really cool prices too!) There were a lot of vendors that had amethysts and the prices ranged for a few dollars to $20.00+. We noticed the deeper the purple the more expensive the piece. I didn’t really care about the color so much as the size. I wanted something kind of big to display.

I think we looked at almost every booth there and finally returned to a vendor that had several pieces under $10.00. I found a pretty big piece for $4.00 so mom bought me that. I have to say, for someone who isn’t a nerd, I was pretty darn excited over my finds. I knew my dad would be really proud of me buying these things.
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Falcor?

Falcor?

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Yesterday I bought my first decorative piece for the new bookshelf in our den. I ran to Marshall’s at lunch in hopes of finding something to get me started. I had seen a cute Owl a few months ago at TJ Maxx, and I am still kicking myself for not buying it, but I thought Marshall’s might have something similar. No such luck on the owl. What I did find was Falcor, you know the dragon dog from The Neverending Story. When I first saw it I kind of chuckled to myself. Then I checked out the price, $16.99. The price wasn’t bad, actually it was less than I thought it would be. I put it back on the shelf and continued browsing. A few minutes later I came back to Falcor and decided he needed to come home with me. Now Falcor, or as a friend said “it’s a luck dragon”, is living on our bookshelf. This is the first piece of many that will adorn this space. Hopefully this will inspire me to get it decorated.

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Houston, we have a bookcase!

Houston, we have a bookcase!

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One week later and our new bookcase is complete! I like it! I think I did well picking one that would fill the space. It’s stylish and modern yet has a ton of storage space. It’s not quite as study as I would like but Matt is going to brace it to the wall. Normally I wouldn’t care but Julio has already been climbing all over it so I feel like a brace is necessary.

I’m looking forward to all the decorating I can now do since I have more space. Woo hoo!

~k

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New bookcase

New bookcase

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For the past few weeks I’ve been looking for bookcase to go beside the tv in the living room. I found one I liked but it was a little pricey and I wasn’t sure it would be quite big enough. The wall the tv is on is really long.

This morning I got an email from overstock that said they were having a secret sale. I loooveee secret sales! And wouldn’t you know the first item on the page was a bookcase. I fell in love and sent the link to Matt. He agreed it was nice so I put it in my cart. I was surprised to see I got an additional 10% off so with that and free shipping I got a great deal! It should arrive next week. Yay!

– so I couldn’t get the pic to copy so I’m including a screenshot from my phone 😉

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~ k