I Had To Do It

Let me preface this by saying I had no choice.  My hands were tied and I was manipulated into doing this.  This was not a frugal nor a thrifty purchase, but it had to be done.

Last night I bought this chair from Pier 1.  It is their Sigourney chair. 

 

I fell in love with this chair when I first saw it.  It was $499.00.  It then went on clearance for $399.00 {yeah, I know; I don’t consider that clearance either}.  I was going to wait until the price came down a bit more and then go for it.

But ~ I got one of those Pier 1 sale emails Thursday.  I went into the Pier 1 website and, while there thought, “let me see if the price on that chair has come down any”.   I could not find the chair online.  I refreshed the screen and tried again.  No Sigourney chair was coming up!  It was gone!  Panic set in!

I stopped in at my closest Pier 1 late yesterday afternoon and can you believe it, “I just put our last one on hold for someone else a half hour ago”.  A half hour!  I missed it by a half hour!  No.  Not good. 

Since we planned to go out to dinner near the next closest Pier 1, I called ahead to see if they still had one.  They did!  One left. On the floor.  Did I want to put it on “Hold”?  Yes!!!  Yes, put it on “Hold”!

While there is a part of me feeling a bit of self-loathing for caving and buying it at the “clearance” price, there was no waiting for it to come down any further in price.  I had to do it.  I love this chair!

 

Accepting Awards {Who Needs A Fancy Dress!}

This has been quite a lovely week for awards!  Even better that I can accept them in my pajamas and slippers!  I received four different awards from five lovely bloggers, and I wanted to acknowledge them here in their own post.

First, I got a One Lovely Blog Award from Angie of Decorating in Georgia.  Thank you, Angie! 

Next I got a Kreativ Blogger Award from my sister over at One Cheap B*tch ~  awww, my baby sister, she’s a sweetie; and also from Trixie at Flea Market Trixie.  Thank you both!

I got a Beautiful Blogger Award from Nita at Mod Vintage Life.  Thank you, Nita!

I ended the week with Stacey at Red Door Home awarding me with the Happy Blog Award.  Thanks, Stacey!

The 15 people I would pick have all been mentioned within the posts where I was awarded, and with so many people opting out of receiving awards, I’ll just let that be.  However, if you click here you can read several things about me.

I can’t thank you ladies enough for the pick-me-up this gave me this week!  I think all this snow and cloudy weather has been affecting my mood.

The Golden Mirror

Sounds like a movie title!  I really liked this mirror when we first got it at an import warehouse several years ago.  I loved the detail and the size for over our great room fireplace.  I can’t remember if I liked the gold or not, but I lived with it for several years so I don’t think I hated it.

 

The problem {besides the gold} is that you can’t really see the detail, which is the nicest thing about this frame. 

I didn’t want to paint the mirror black or white ~ I was kind of leaning toward brown.  Recently I saw a mirror that Kammy at Small Home In The Country did on a mirror that also had some beautiful detail {which does look a little like mine}.

She had used Oil Rubbed Bronze and this made me more determined than ever to get myself to Home Depot and pick some up.

I also finally got some Rub N Buff {in Antique Gold at Michaels} and thought I would use that on the detailed areas to bring them out more.  This is the mirror painted with the Oil Rubbed Bronze. 

 

Much better; but again, the detailing doesn’t really stand out.

This is the mirror with the addition of the Rub N Buff.  Being a first time user, I think I was a little heavy-handed {or heavy-fingered since you use your finger to apply it}.   I love how the details stand out now! 

I love my “new” mirror and I’ll be giving a full view reveal once I get it back up on the wall over the fireplace. 

Linking up to the following linky parties:

Furniture Feature Friday at Mustard Seed Creations

Saturday Night Special at Funky Junk Interiors

Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps On The Porch

Winner of The Conservatory Girl Giveaway!

The winner of The Conservatory Girl Giveaway is . . .

Comment number 43 ~ picked by random number generator ~ Taylor!

Congratulations, Taylor!  Please let me know which item {with a value of up to $12.00} you would like, as well as emailing me {kathyp(at)creativehomeexpressions(dot)com}your mailing information.  I will get it all over to Danielle ASAP. 

Thank you, Danielle for sponsoring this giveaway!

Impatiently Waiting For Spring

Well, we made it to March, the month when Spring officially arrives, according to the calendar anyway.  Let’s hope Mother Nature cooperates with what the calendar says!

To help get through this never-ending month, who better to give us a lift than Amy Butler with some of her beautiful items, and their happy and vibrant colors.

A flirty skirt.

 

I love this Spring coat!

Pillows to use inside or out.

Towels for bath or pool use.

Guest towels in fun colors and designs.

I hope this perked you up a bit!  Thank you, Amy Butler, for helping me get through this last month until Spring officially arrives!

On a side note, the Amy Butler site offers some free patterns for paper crafts and sewing, which you can find here.

All photos from the Amy Butler Design website.

 

Get Your Freak On!

Your French Freak that is!  I found this great website that I just love and thought I'd share it with all my bloggy friends!  Some of you may know of it, but I didn't, so I'm sure you could imagine my excitement at finding it.

Crowns galore!

Beautiful Paris sign.

Pillows?  Oui!

Your very own ring of chateau keys!

I must get one of these signs!

I'm going to stop here because you must browse this site yourself and just absorb it all!  It's now in my Favorites!

Lazy Sunday Giveaway

**This Giveaway has ended.**

I have a wonderful giveaway for you today!  Danielle from The Conservatory Girl makes some wonderful items that she sells in her Etsy shop.  Danielle is offering up one of her items {up to a value of $12.00} to the winner of this giveaway! 

Here are just a few of her items and she will be  adding more this week!

Beautiful headbands ~ for girls of any age!  These colors are great!

Onesie’s just in time for Easter.  How cute is this?!?

To enter, visit Danielle’s Etsy shop and then come back here and let me know which one of her items you might like.  For additional entries you can:

• Post about this giveaway on your blog or put it on your sidebar and come back and let me know in a separate comment; and/or
• Tweet about this giveaway, come back and let me know in a separate comment with your @ name.

If you do not have a blog, you can still enter; you just have to leave an email address so you can be contacted.  This giveaway is open to U.S. residents.

This giveaway will run through to Thursday, March 4th, 8:00 p.m. EST, and the winner will be chosen via random.org.  Winner will be announced shortly after that time and have 48 hours to confirm or an alternate winner will be chosen.