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Hey all! Happy Friday! I’m back with a little shopping excursion to one of my favorite stores. I like sharing spots that I think have great products and prices (and no, this is not a sponsored post!). I’ve shopped Cost Plus World Market for years now but I feel like it’s been over the past couple of years that they’ve really upped their game.
They have the same feel as Pier 1 -- I just find the pieces to be a little more unique and different. It’s a place I like to walk through just to get inspired. I don’t buy something every trip there but I always walk away wanting to buy plenty. ;)
I had to return a few things yesterday so I took some pics as I walked through to show you why I love this place so much!
They always have beautiful rugs – I loved the shaggy diamond patterned one:
They have a great variety in the store and bigger sizes available online. That sheepskin rug is way cheaper at IKEA though. :)
I have so many dang mirrors, I don’t need another one. But both of these catch my eye every time I go in:
I’m always trying to figure out where I could put one!
Their signs and art are fun too – this one is for you if you can’t find an antique antique sign:
It’s really good size by the way.
These glass signs are super cute as well:
I’ve seen the pie one around blogland lately – love them both!
We have a few of their towels – they have the most colorful selection I’ve found anywhere:
That’s one thing you’ll notice in this store – lots of COLOR. I love it.
There are a TON of decorative items throughout too. I loved this wood sconce:
World Market is one of the only places around (other than HomeGoods) that carries furniture you can actually buy and take with you. I got this foyer table a couple years ago:
I adore this table. I added the hardware to dress it up just a bit but otherwise it’s beautiful on it’s own. I love the look of the wood – it’s a natural tone with a little white wash. So pretty.
They have a huge drapery selection too:
But if you need anything longer than 84 inches you’ll have to shop online.
One of my favorite spots in the store is the lighting area:
That one on the left? It’s an exact replica of the Ballard Designs light – this one is bigger than the BD small version and $50 cheaper.
One of my all time favorite purchases from WM is the chandelier over our kitchen table:
I get asked about our kitchen chairs all the time too – those are also from World Market. If you are patient you can get their furniture on sale and they’re always sending out coupons too.
I LOVE their linens – I’ve not found a selection like this anywhere else:
I used their placemats to make most of our outdoor pillows years ago:
WM also has a TN of kitchen and entertaining products:
I can spend a good 30 minutes just checking out all the cute items in that section alone.
World Market also carries a HUGE wine selection and tons of unique and worldly food options. It really is a fun spot to check out! I find their prices to be pretty reasonable and for bigger items I will try to wait till it’s on sale or I have a coupon.
Have you ever shopped this store? We only have one nearby but they do sell online as well. Have a GREAT weekend my friends!
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Hey hey!! How are you on this fine Thursday? I love Thursdays. :) I’m feeling GOOD because I’ve finally been tackling some my problems areas over the past couple of weeks. Not my hips and stomach – but the ones in the house. ;) I’ve let the house go just a little lately – I’ve been so focused on the reno that everything else kind of falls apart. Well, I mean, we aren’t living in filth or anything – but I don’t keep up with clutter well when I’m distracted by DIY projects.
There comes a point when I’m done with it though. Like D.O.N.E. You know it’s serious when the caps come out. So I’ve been working on small projects here and there just to make me feel better.
Our garage, along with my car and our kitchen island, are just spots I don’t keep up with. They are perpetual messes. I’ve tried to change my ways and have gotten a little better with age, but not much.
The garage is worst of them all – after a summer of working on projects it is an absolute disaster. Thing is, we always park in there – so no matter how bad it is we make room for the cars, so that’s something. We may have to jump over things to get to them, but we can park inside!
My work bench had become an absolute PIT:
I can’t believe I show you some of these pictures – but I always want to share the real stuff with the pretty. I’m normal. Well maybe not, but close.
But I had that spot looking GREAT after about an hour of concentrated clean up:
I’m gonna be honest here – a few of those things were chucked into the other side of the garage – that’s also a disaster. I really would have just put it away, but we can’t really walk through that part right now…cause it’s a disaster. Baby steps. (For the easy DIY instructions on how to make that work bench go here.)
I have talked for YEARS about trying to get a better handle on the paper that comes into our house. I’m just a piler – it’s me and I refuse to fight it any longer. I pile it up for a couple few weeks and then tackle it all at once:
The basket is now mostly empty again:
My goal is to sit down once a week to address everything in the basket – we’ll see if that happens. Snort.
My favorite organizational project of the past couple weeks is this one though. Listen carefully when you look at it – you’ll hear angels singing:
Do you hear them??
I picked up this little organizer from the hardware store about, oh I don’t know – six months ago? Yeah.
My little bits of DIY things have been floating around everywhere up till now. I’ve kept some in tackle boxes:
Which is actually a great solution if you only need a nail or screw occasionally. They aren’t big enough to hold the number of pieces I have though.
Mama needed something bigger and better. This thing is amaaaaazing:
I sat down and sorted everything and was in absolute heaven. I’m not kidding, I kept saying “This is amazing” out loud every few minutes. I would worry I was running out of little drawers and then I’d realize I had a ton more and I’d say “This is amazing!” again. I’d find random little things that I just had a few of and there would be a spot just for them. It was a beautiful time.
It was made even better by my BFF the label maker:
I mean, this is a must. All that organization is worthless if you’re going to have to pull out eleventy billion drawers to find one little thing.
I rediscovered all kinds of little doodads that I love. Tons of my favorite anchors that I didn’t realize I had:
You just screw them in instead of drilling a hole in the wall first – so easy! And those jobbies on the right are great for corralling cords behind furniture. Cause you know how much I hate cords.
It was GLORIOUS! Whoo hoo! Now I just need to decide where I’m going to keep my little organizer – you can hang it so I’m thinking maybe in our utility closet. That way I don’t have to go out to the garage for every little thing.
I tell you what – a little decluttering and organization makes a girl feel good! I say it all the time but even focusing on small areas will make you feel so accomplished. If the clutter is overwhelming in your house set your sights on one problem area at a time. Set the timer if you need to and just go after it in little bits so you don’t get frustrated.
What’s your worst problem area? Areas? Overall our house stays clean and picked up…most of the time. But there are spots that I let get out of control way too often.
Hey hey!! How are you on this fine Thursday? I love Thursdays. :) I’m feeling GOOD because I’ve finally been tackling some my problems areas...