Making Our Downstairs More Snazzy

Like I always say, this house is a work in progress.  Over the past month or so, I’ve been snapping up some fun decor items at TJ Maxx, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Home Goods. 

 To be more specific, I spotted 2 toss grey-ish/ purple-ish satiny pillows on clearance for $5 each (**happy dance**) at BBB along with a turquoise “Keep Calm and Carry On” canvas print for $20. 

I picked up two sparkly silver cylinder vases for TJ Maxx about 2 months ago.  They were a total impulse buy. I couldn’t figure out where in the house to justify the purchase put them.  Since I always keep it real here, I attempted them in the kitchen:

And this clearly looked weird.  Into the closet they went until I fugured out what to do with them. A few months later, they resurfaced, and I put them on the gianormous shelf I am desperately trying to snazzify. 

On the left side of this couch there used to be a huge pile of blankets for when it gets chilly down there.  I saw a basket set at ZGallerie.com for $100 but I am cheap  wanted to see if I could find something else.   I stumbled into Home Goods, and found this for $20!!

 

I topped it with a light and it looks like a nice little end table 😉 sneeky sneeky!

The bathroom down here gets neglected.  I finally started to add some decorative touches to it.   Before:

Woah!  Sorry for the toilet shot.  The room is very small, so it’s difficult to photograph.

I added a framed picture form TJ Maxx ($16) a novelty sign from the dollar store, a couple of fake plants I got in a basket at my bridal shower, and a pink hand towel from Big Lots $1.

Not finished, but definately improved.  Do you know of an inexpensive way to jazz up a room? I wanna hear about it.

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Challenge question is a little too dark for this blog so I’m skippin it today. 

FYI:  This is yet another snow day!  It’s supposed to snow for the next 2 days too, so I’ll post pics of Siberia  our yard.

Stay warm

xo

Mindy