Home Construction Forces Me into Another REMIX CHALLENGE

Hey all! My home is under construction!!  I was forced to pack about 90% of my closets up and store in the attic, basement, stuffed between the couch cushions, on top of the dinning room table, laid over beer pong table, where ever I could find a spot!

My poor clothes hanging from the rafters of my basement!

The top level of our home's (all the bedrooms) floor is getting a major face lift.  All the country colored wood floors are being sanded all the way down and refinished.  This process takes a week and literally kicks us out of our house (horrible smell and no access to shower or beds).

 More clothing draped over stuff in the basement, and a very jammed packed living room.

And then in 2 weeks (after the floors harden) we're finished the white trim make over and getting down the last of the wallpaper, so I can start my guest bedroom trasformation! So much fun ahead. :)

Anyways, having to pack up a couple weeks worth of clothing and stuff - I thought this would be a perfect time to do another Remix Challenge!  30 days, 30 pieces of clothing/shoes.  You'll see all my 30 pieces tomorrow, and my first outfit of the challenge Thursday.  But first, is anyone with me?  Doing it already, or want to start up too?  Let me know!

You can see my first Remix Challenge from this past summer here to get an idea of how on earth I did it.  But here are the basics deets:

Sounds easy right?  Here is what I learned last time...

- About half way you notice the challenge...
- But it forced you me to get creative and try new ways to wear things that I normally wouldn't.
- Last time, I didn't do the whole no shopping thing, but this time I'm on a spending FREEZE.
- When picking your clothing, make sure you can envision at least 2 outfits with each piece you pick.  Pick some fun pieces and basics.

Here is a sneak peek at my 30 pickings:

You'll see it all in more detail tomorrow!

Until then...start picking your 30!

With a Little Help from Pier 1

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Pier 1 Imports. All opinions are 100% mine.

When it comes to decorating my humble abode, I like it to be unique, bold and use a mixture of patterns, colors & textures, but I also have a budget!  I love looking at magazines and decor books, big time home blogs and watching design shows - but rarely can I afford to go out and mimic those ideas.  So I absorb the inspiration and go out on my own.

With a lot of home projects & decorating yet to to do in my home, I stick to stores that fit my budget, but offer fun pieces, bright colored objects and lots of options!  Stores like Target, Marshall's, T.J. Maxx and Pier 1.

Pier 1 is representing my home style right now with some amazingly adorable, and affordable decor pieces & furniture:

This adorable, fun, multi colored upholstered chair would look fabulous in any corner of my house;  the Rustic Orange Ruffles Pillow will be great for that orange pop of color in my future navy guest bedroom; I love mirrored furniture (a la my mirrored side table in my living room), and this Vanity set would hold a lot of my getting ready stuff; and the ivory shag rug would be PERFECT for my living room - the final touch of softness!

And since it is tis the season for gift giving - Pier 1 is my multi reason stop for my own home needs and great holiday gifts:

  

  

 Perfect Perfect for a new home owner to keep warm in something luxe - a fuzzy throw blanket; for that baker in your life - a ruffle edge adds a fun spin to a casserole dish; turn an ongoing decor piece into a festive holiday gift by filling these glass jars with candy canes or ornament balls; make a fun, unique frame even more special by including a photo!

So from home decor & furniture to holiday gifts - where is your go to place?  Have you checked out Pier 1 lately?

 

And keep in mind that this holiday season during the months of November and December, you can support Toys for Tots by dropping off an unwrapped toy and/or making a cash donation at the register when you shopping for holiday gifts and home decor at Pier 1! Start your shopping, and saving now.

Quick Home Accessory DIY Revamp

Do you have an old home accessory that needs a face lift? Or perhaps you found something on super sale, but it just wasn't quite right...?  I know this happens to us all, and I know most of you have already experienced the magic that is spray paint!   But I just had my first time, folks.

With our new leather ottoman...the tray we already had (that I had gotten for $6 on clearance at Target last year) was just to blaaa and blending right in...

 So I headed to Walmart and picked up 2 cheapie cans of spray paint ($2.60ish per can) - One in the color of my choice and a clear coat.


 Here's my one hour home accessory makeover on the cheap DIY:

Before tray & spray paint products:

 Spray Paint: Krylon from Walmart in Leaf green and Clear.

1. I first lightly sanded the tray down and wiped off the sandy particles.
2. I laid out some plastic outside, set the tray on a brick (so paint didn't clump around the bottom edges) on top of the plastic and sprayed on the 1st coat.  Dries in 10 minutes.

3. After about 12 minutes (to be sure) I lightly sanded again, wiped off particles and sprayed 2nd coat on.
4. Repeat for coat 3 - making sure to get those corners and nooks.
5. Light spray of clear coat, final dry.

The final product:

A little more eye catching of a piece.  Now off to find something else to spray paint....

Bedroom Carpet Options

By carpet, I mean Flor carpet tiles.  A couple months ago I posted about some options of all sorts of colors and textures for my bedroom.  I've now narrowed down the color I want, but still need your help!  Please vote by commenting to this post...I'd really appreciate your feedback.

The Flor Carpet Contestants...

 Photos from Flor

The room it's going in...

This room was designed around no real theme or solid ground, but a collection favorite colors.  It started with the bedding - hubs and I finding something we both liked (a feat).  Then moving into our home and painting the walls a light blue color (another agreement) and slowly the painting all wood furniture, which will modernized the room. The light blue walls, dark brown furniture and steel colored duvet/pillows looked cool together, but also felt a bit too cool.  So I started trying to add some other accent colors to warm up the space, like green (DIY headboard) and yellow.  I think yellow flooring around the bed will add a pop of warmth to the room - what do you think?  What yellow (bright, muted, etc) Flor Tile do you think?

Thanks for your help!

Toile Wallpaper

Remember when I moved into my house (almost a year ago) and I complained about our crazy wallpaper, especially the farm-scene:

I guess that is called Toile = which is a pattern of paintings from 1600 with a French background.  I think.  Anyways.  We took this down.  I hated looking at that little boy whipping that poor Ox.

I was up late watching the newest Design Star, Emily's new show - Secrets from a Stylist.  Her first project was to re-do Glee co-creator Ian Brennan's home.  See something familiar?

Different colors, but uh, that's the same wallpaper we removed!

I think overall, I really liked the rooms she did for Ian - but that wallpaper will never make any kind of comeback in my house!