My Shoestring Life

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Klein Reid Applied. Art for the home.

Lidded Vase Wide, $120.
I saw this line at the Chicago show in January and it’s just now shipping. That’s how popular it was.

Lidded Vase Tall, $124.

Large Lidded Bowl, $128.
I know the price point is higher than most of the accessories in my shop and some of you are thinking “there’s nothing shoestring budget about [...]

Lucia soaps, in all eight delightful fragrances, now in store.

They’ve been so well received that I just had to add the three fragrances I hadn’t originally ordered. So no more belly aching about wanting what you can’t have, get busy and order away.

Taylor Linens Beth Quilt as curtain. What? You can do that?

A while back, I fell in love with a room found in an issue of Country Home. The room had floor to ceiling windows on one side and they had used a pair of beautiful matelasse quilts as window treatments. I applied my decorate your home on a shoestring budget philosophy, and promptly ordered three [...]

$100 dollars spent for April.

Here’s what I purchased with my $100 for the month of April.

I want to create an architectural objects, found objects and monogram theme for the foyer. So, I bought one of these architectural letters in “G”. They measure 17″ tall and are supposed to be in distressed white. I don’t think this picture is [...]

Brightside Project.

If you haven’t visited this site, yet, run your little cyber-self over there immediately. I’m giving away a Caldrea cleaning set there, but more than that, there are a lot of really, very wonderful, designers, artists and shops giving away beautiful things.

More wall love.

Etsy seller, robayre, has a series of these mixed media circles available in her shop. I am loving this one. I am loving a lot of things in her shop and will be thinking over the next 24 hours which I am going to purchase with the rest of my $100 this month. Stay tuned. [...]

In the bedroom.

One of the first places I am going to spend my $100 is in our bedroom. After having three kids and decorating their rooms, mine is sick and tired of being in fourth place. I love this print from etsy shop jenniferramos.
The print costs $25 plus $9.95 for shipping. That comes to $34.95 leaving $65.05 [...]

$100 a month.

I’ve been reading about all these lovely blogging women taking spending fasts and I am ready to break fast and give myself $100 a month to spend on home projects. I think that seems reasonable. If I shop for bargains, I should be able to get some serious stuff for $100. Watch and see what [...]

Too many white walls.

I feel like my walls are very, very white. Overall, I do characterize myself as pretty simple, tending toward minimalist. I simply HATE clutter, cannot stand tchotchkes.
But, I do need to get something on some of the walls around here. This image by Angie Cao is inspiring me to get my act together.

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