I hope you all had a happy and safe holiday weekend! We finally had a few days that felt like summer (mixed in with a few that felt like fall) so it really was such a perfect weekend!
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Home Projects & Updates
I spent a lot more of last week getting ready for our big sale that starts Friday! If you’re local you’re not going to want to miss it! Friday is my birthday and we’ll be out of town, but I’ll likely swing in at some point on Saturday so I may see some of you there! Although, I will say, that based on what we’re hearing the really good stuff will likely sell quickly on Friday morning. As a reminder, we will not be offering any pre-sales!
Here’s a peek at what one of the rooms in Stacy’s house looked like last week where we’ve been unloading things. This is one room out of about five with stuff in it! Clearly it all still needed to be organized but there is so much good stuff!
Here’s her living room set up for our pillow cover collection. We also have tons of pillows that already have inserts, as well! You can see we’ll also have rugs, baskets, furniture, mirrors, art, dishes, coffee table books, greenery, accessories, and tons more! Doesn’t she have the cutest house, too?!
It feels good to purge items that I’ve been hanging on to but just not using. It’s like those super cute clothes in your closet that you just can’t bare to part with, but you know you likely won’t wear again. I’ve now parted with most of those 😉
I also tried to slowly add some fall pieces into our living room this past week. As I mentioned in my Wednesday Watch List, I finally figured out the direction I’m going in here, and I’ve tried to get most of it ready because my fall home tour is next Wednesday! Lots to set up and photograph before then!
Faux Olive Tree | Bronze Linen Pillow | Linen Sofa (review here) | Similar Wood Chain | Coffee Table | Seagrass Basket | Faux Olive Stems
Over the weekend, we also played musical “chairs” with our rugs. It’s always a major pain to swap out our dining room rug (and rugs in the bedrooms) but I’m so happy with how the striped rug looks in the space! I can’t wait to share it with you next week. Side note: if I can easily transport my two real fig trees I got earlier this summer, I’ll also be selling them this weekend. Hawkeye likes to snack on them so they probably need to go!
Console Table | Lamp from HomeGoods a few years ago | Dining Table | Dining Chairs | Striped Rug
And you know the end of summer is near when the hydrangeas start turning pink/dark red. So pretty!
Around Town & For Fun
With multiple trips to Stacy’s house last week for the sale, I swung into Starbucks for coffee a few times. I’m not a huge PSL fan, but this Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew is so good! And since it’s cold, it didn’t feel too fall-ish so I felt like it was okay to drink in August 😉
I swung out to the outlet malls last week because a new HomeGoods and TJMaxx opened there. I was a bit disappointed there, but found even more cute stuff at J. Crew Factory! I shared this on Instagram stories, but I ended up ordering this button-collar sweatshirt in three colors (they were out of my size at the store). It is so soft and cozy and couldn’t be cuter (fits true to size) and the price is so good right now! I also got this sweatshirt and two of these sleeveless turtleneck sweaters shown below (so great for fall layering)! It’s all 50% off, and if you’re a rewards member (free to join) it’s an extra 20% off right now with code REWARDS!
Thursday night, we had an impromptu dinner party with a few of Kurtis’ co-workers and spouses at one of their houses. It was so hot that day, that we fit in a little pool time at home before headed to their house for dinner and hanging out around their pool. It was so fun to catch up! It’s pretty crazy I usually only see the spouses at the Christmas party or on the company trip in February. Especially since we all live about 10 minutes apart! We decided we need to make this a much more regular occurrence!
Saturday, we headed to Lincoln bright and early for a little tailgating for the Nebraska game. One of Kurtis’ co-workers in Nashville has a son that was recruited to the Huskers and they bought a cute little house near campus to stay in for all his games. The house is currently being renovated, but I loved the idea of filling the old bathtub with beer for the tailgate 😉
We didn’t actually have tickets to the game so we were home mid-morning. With this being mine and Jill’s birthday week (or birthday MONTH, as I like to refer to it) we had a fun day planned. We hopped in an Uber early afternoon and basically visited some small craft bars and restaurants we hadn’t been to before. It was such a fun day! I loved the vibe in Inkwell at Countryside Village.
We also went to Blackstone District (among other places) and visited Red Lion, Scriptown (with pizza from Noli’s), and Stirnella for dessert. It was such a fun day! And I love that Jill loves the night to end around 8:00 like I do!! 😉 And this isn’t because I’m just shy of a year away from 40. I’ve never been a night owl my entire life!
Sunday was a lazy day, and although we had good intentions of getting stuff done, we basically binge watched Ballers and didn’t do much else. But I feel like that’s how some three day weekends should be!
Yesterday we finally had a day that truly felt like summer again! We planned a fun pool day with Jill, Nick, Zoe, and Zoe’s nanny and wife. It was fun to get in a real pool day before the weather really turns. We had ribs, coleslaw, deviled egg salad, guacamole, bee’s knees cocktails and dessert. Everything you should have to send summer out in style! This picture was actually taken the end of July, but it’s pretty representative of our yard currently. The only difference is I gave up watering my planters a week or two ago so they’re starting to look a little sad 😉 We’ll likely keep the pool open until the end of the month, but we already had leaves starting to drop yesterday while we were out there!
Zoe and Hawkeye are still continuing to bond. It’s so cute how much they are interested in one another! Our barricade of boxes and poufs worked pretty well to keep Zoe away from the stairs. And Hawkeye figured out how he could still reach her!
In a random and quick turn of events, I’m off to Chattanooga this week to join Kurtis on a business trip. We had a buy one/get one free ticket with our credit card that was expiring next month, so I decided to tag along for a few days. I’ve never been before, so I’m excited to explore a little when I’m not trying to get some work done (hotel rooms with my laptop are ridiculously productive since I have few distractions). If you have any must-see/do tips for Chattanooga, let me know! It’s a short trip (and I already have lunch planned with my blogging friend Jenna), but I should still have several hours to explore!
Recent Buys & Sales
Following are some of the sales that have carried over from the weekend.
- ANTHROPOLOGIE is offering an additional 20% off all sale items (prices update at checkout). You can shop the sale here.
- BLOOMIST is offering free shipping on all orders and $25 off a purchase of $100 or more with code CRAFTED25! It’s a great time to get one of their wood link chains if you’ve ever been interested in one! You can shop their sale here.
- BODEN is offering 20% off women’s and men’s styles and 25% off children’s styles with code R8W3. You can shop their sale here.
- GAP is offering 40% off everything plus an extra 50% off markdowns with code DAYOFF. You can shop their sale here.
- J CREW is offering an additional 60% off sale styles and 40% off your purchase with code SUNSET. I basically want their entire fall collection! You can shop their sales here.
- J CREW FACTORY is offering 50% off everything. Plus, J. Crew Rewards members (it’s free to join) get an extra 20% off their purchase with code REWARDS! You can shop their sale here.
- JCPENNEY is offering 60% off $100 or more or 40% off $40 or more on select regular priced items, plus an extra 25% off clearance, with code SHOP79. You can shop their sale here.
- KIRKLANDS is offering 30% off your entire transaction with code CELEBRATE. You can shop their sale here.
- MADEWELL is offering an additional 20% off sale items, an additional 50% off final sale items (and sandals and tees and tanks). You can shop their sale here.
- MCGEE & CO. is offering 15% off rugs, furniture, artwork, & mirrors with code NEWLOOK. You can shop their sale here.
- NORDSTROM is hosting their summer sale with tons of items marked up to 40% off! Plus if you’re a cardholder, their offering bonus rewards based upon how much you spend! Many of my cute fall finds from this post are also on sale! You can shop their sale items here.
- OLD NAVY is offering 30% off your purchase online only (no code required – discount taken at checkout). You can shop their sale here.
- ONE KINGS LANE is offering 20% off sitewide, plus an additional 10% off on Labor Day with code OKL10MORE. You can shop their sale here.
- POTTERY BARN extended their Buy More, Save More sale to today! It’s one of my favorite sales of the year and it’s the time I recommend you placing your large furniture orders to save the most possible money. Use code SAVEMORE to get 15-30% off your order. There’s also a lot of other sales sitewide like 30% off pillows and throws, up to 40% off baskets, and more! You can shop their sale here.
- RUGS USA is offering up to 70% off sitewide for their Labor Day Sale! You can shop their sale here.
- SERENA & LILY is offering up to 30% off dining, which includes our kitchen counter stools, making them $70 off a piece! You can shop their sales here.
- TARGET started their end of summer home/furniture clearance with items up to 50% off. You can shop their sale here.
- TORY BURCH has a bunch of items marked up to 70% off. You can shop their sale here.
- WAYFAIR is hosting their Labor Day clearance event with items marked up to 75% off. You can shop their sale here.
- WILLIAMS SONOMA HOME is also part of the buy more, save more sale with 15-30% off your purchase with code SAVENOW. You can shop their sale here.
- WISTERIA is offering 25-40% off sitewide. I’ve been obsessed with this coffee table for years and it was always backordered. But it’s now in stock and ready to ship on sale! You can shop their sale here.
- WORLD MARKET is offering 30% off all regular-priced living room, dining room and office furniture plus free shipping on $75+ with code FURNDEAL30. Plus get 10% off and frees shipping on $75+ online only with code LDSAVE10 and 20% off for reward members with LABORDAY20! You can shop the sale here.
I hope you all have a great week!
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dawn says
I would love to see how you style the J. Crew button sweatshirt. I also tried it on and loved it coziness, but couldn’t figure out what to do with the neckline. Button all the way up? Leave half undone? Big earrings? Little earrings? Necklace or no necklace? I finally gave up and left without it. 🙁
Sarah says
So sorry I just barely saw this comment!! I’m actually wearing one right now. I’ve mostly worn mine very casually so I have kept them buttoned all the way up and without earrings (or just simple studs). I think it could be really cute half-unbuttoned too if you wanted to wear some chunkier earrings with it.
Lori R. says
Hi Sarah,
Well 2 things…my birthday is tomorrow , the 4th and I lived in Chattanooga for 4 yrs…about 10 yrs ago. (My in-laws currently live on Signal Mtn.)Not sure if you are flying or driving but there is a place I think you’d enjoy checking out: a place called Southeastern Salvage….a warehouse/Store that carries a rotating assortment of home Decor, landscaping supplies, antiques,art just about anything you can think of always a surprise! Must visit shop North Shore shopping /dining district…walk across Walnut st bridge. The is a lovely shop near downtown called Revival…you will end up walking out with at least one coffee table book ! Downtown Chatt is fun to walk around and see all the architecture, there are civil war battlefields to visit and of course you can ride The Incline to get a great view of the city. I am a native Californian and can saw that 10 yrs ago you could not find edible Mexican food!😝I miss the fireflies but not the humidity! Luv to hear your thoughts past trip…have fun!