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Going on a Cardboard Safari

August 26, 2011 1 Comment

I’ve admired Cardboard Safari’s collection of cardboard animal trophies for a long time, but the big ones always seemed a bit out of my price range. Today I realized they were on sale at Joss & Main, so my plan is to pick one up and decorate it so that it looks like it belongs in a house full of four girls and not a boy’s bedroom. Not quite sure what route I’ll take when it comes to covering it, but here are some options I’ve contemplated:

pinned here via snowandgraham.com

pinned here via flickr.com

Now it’s just a matter of deciding which animal to buy. I kind of like the moose more, but maybe it’s just because he’s so small and cute on that wall. The deer is a bit more feminine, but potentially harder to cover because of all its antlers. What do you think?

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I might call an audible and go with the rhino.

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Side note: I actually purchased a mini cardboard safari animal trophy from West Elm last winter as a cheap little housewarming gift for the boy. West Elm had listed the wrong dimensions on their website, so I complained that this little guy was a lot littler than I had expected. They were discontinuing the sale of them through West Elm, so they credited my account and told me to keep Mr. Mini Buck. Awesome!

Side side note: My boo told his buddies that I made Mini Buck out of a pizza box. And it seems they believed him momentarily. Ha! I wish.

shopping

Why Every Smart Man will Join Pinterest

August 25, 2011 No Comments

via Pinterest is one of the coolest sites I’ve seen in a long time. I love it because it’s brilliantly simple: a tool that lets you store every cool thing you see on the internet, sort it, and share it with your friends. I used to email myself links of things I loved, and now I can just pin them. I hardly even use the etsy “favorite” function anymore because I can pin the picture on any one of my boards. Which brings me to my main point today: it’s in a man’s best interest to join Pinterest. Before you guys all scoff at me and think, “why would a man want to be on THAT posting pictures of pretty living rooms and outfits?” Why? Because your girlfriend/wife/mother/sister/daughter is on there posting pictures of pretty things she loves. Things that you could buy for her. Now I’m not […]

furniture, shopping

Desk Jewelry

August 24, 2011 2 Comments

As I mentioned before, I love love love hardware. It’s like jewelry for your furniture, and just like jewelry can make or break an outfit, hardware can really pull together different elements of a room. Recently I’ve been looking around for some knobs to put on a dresser that I painted earlier this summer (and intend to write a post about soon). I saw this beauty on Pinterest about a month ago and loved the texture and subtle gold tone, which I have in different elements in my room already. buy here. pinned here. But when I realized it was $14 at anthropologie, I pinned the image, longed for it momentarily, and moved on to find something cheaper. I checked out a my other favorite hardware sources including World Market, Home Goods, and etsy, but I couldn’t find anything that suited my taste. And still the square Parterre Knob stayed […]

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Get Yo Groupon HG Style

April 4, 2011 No Comments

I just got this glorious and oh-so-dangerous email alerting me that Groupon now has a special Home & Garden subscription. Yes please. In case you didn’t get the email, click here to subscribe to Groupon HG. Not signed up for Groupon? Been living under a rock for the past year? Sign up for a Groupon subscription here.

home decor, shopping

Making Your Home Cushier, One Throw Pillow at a Time

November 21, 2010 No Comments

Throw pillows are one of my favorite ways to give a room a softer and more finished look. They’re also an easy way to change the décor on a neutral background. In general, I don’t like to use two of the same patterned pillow anywhere except my bed, and only when they’re pillow or euro shams. I don’t like to use the same pillows because I think that using a bunch of different but coordinating pillows makes the room more personal by giving the look that the various items were collected over time. While I admire some that are far out of my price range, I’ve complied a few of my favorite affordable sources for my fellow budget-conscious friends: Pier 1 – Pier 1’s throw pillows are reasonably priced and often on sale. They have great colorful embellished pillows, and a good assortment of basic solid pillows in different textures. […]