Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Fall Frenzy Bang For Your Buck

I have been longing for a fall wreath to adorn my front door so when I saw the sale prices at Hobby Lobby yesterday I couldn't resist. The plain wreath was $1.50 and the fall foliage came to a total of $3.60 bringing my wreath up to a grand total of $5.10 and while I love my apple wreath it was time for a seasonally appropriate change.
I also finished quilting my table runner awhile ago but never got around to posting a picture of the final product. Currently it happily sits under my birthday flowers.
And remember when I drove a uhaul home in the middle of the night from the pottery barn outlet? Here is one of my super-de-duper finds. The micro-suede doesn't photograph that well, I like it a lot better in real life :)
Originally it had a large gash in the front leg. But with the help of some sand paper and a stain pen it is almost as good as new. You can still see the gash if you look closely but since I got the chair for a fraction of its original price I am cool with it. So taking into account the price of the uhaul the chair cost was a little under $400 as opposed to a brand new one which costs $1,099. So the moral of the story- never underestimate the awesomeness of the outlet store.

3 comments:

BL said...

so cute! I am in the process of finding chairs for my living room. I loved these ones at pier 1 for $189 each. They seemed so expensive to me, so I didnt get them- but now I think i will considering that adorable pottery barn chair was over 1000! woowie! love the fall decor. GOod luck with Grace's naps! ahh! hate that stuff.

Neil and Meredith Larson said...

I know furniture is crazy expensive-I was shocked when I first started looking. I actually sold 2 of our old chairs first and used that money for most of the cost of the new chair :)

Jill said...

You should start a design blog