Some Cute and Cheap Updates

After the Christmas season winds down, my house always feels empty and blah, much like others experience I’m sure. I picked up a few affordable pieces recently that helped make the transition to the ‘dead’ month a little easier. The punches of green and blue help January to not feel so dreary.

Early in the month, I ‘shopped my house’ and rounded up some of my 3,000 glass bottles I have. I liked the collected look and spiced up the entryway table with them. This area gets a ton of natural light and the bottles just seem to sparkle here!

Next up, these $5.95 striped pillow covers from H&M. What?! I can’t even make my own that cheap. They actually had a lot of pillow covers on their new home site that I liked but I stuck with only ordering four to first check the quality. I may be back for more! This likely isn’t the permanent home for these pillows, but for now, I’m loving the addition of stripes in the living room.

I also had some grapevine wood {looks similar to driftwood} from HomeGoods {$9.99} to our mantle. Not sure this is its permanent home either, but it’s a pretty contrast to the glass bottles for now.

I had purchased this mirrored Threshold frame from Target a few weeks back for our second guest bedroom {and got a great deal with my Cartwheel app – do you use this?!}. However, the quote I purchased for the frame was also on a white background and I felt the white mat clashed with my Swiss Coffee stripes on the wall. So, I used some matte black spray paint on the mat and added the art.

And after the art and mat makeover. New angle – I thought you would prefer to see two of my cute cats and one of my Chenonceau pillows rather than me in my pajamas. I think the black mat just adds so much more character to the room. Love!

The art is from ‘Oh My Deer‘ in the 8x10s size and rang in at $12. The faux gold foil looks pretty legit – and is obviously much more cost effective than the real deal.

The last update is also from the ‘Oh My Deer’ shop. I added this $12 print to our powder bathroom to replace the Lindsay Letters O Holy Night print that was previously there. The black script, along with my black and white striped West Elm hand towel, help to slightly modernize our Tuscan-ish bathroom until we can make some bigger changes. And for the record – I hate photographing this room – the colors always look so off.

The question you may all be asking yourselves now is, “Do you have stripes in every room in your home?” The answer is a resounding “yes.”

Be sure to check back in Monday. I will finally be revealing my office makeover and I hope you all love it as much as I already do!

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