Oh my goodness, where to begin!?

How about by saying thanks for all of the love on the living room reveal post?  You guys just make my entire life.

It is absolutely insane to me how these quick turnaround room makeovers always seem to work out.  Living in Southern Utah there are not a lot of resources for buying treasures.  I mean, the options are Target, Homegoods, and a few thrift/consignment stores. I don’t typically buy a lot of stuff online (something about seeing it in person and having a hard time remembering to ship things back if I don’t want them come to mind.)  But for this space I did a little more online shopping and I’m pretty happy about it!

The couch was found on Craigslist for $150 and reupholstered (a whole post about this process is coming this week).  In Utah there is a store called Downeast, they sell returns from really great brands like West Elm, PB, and Restoration Hardware. I don’t usually find a lot of stuff there, but a last minute trip landed me the coffee table and pendant light.  The coffee table (from WE) was a super great price (around $100) same goes for the light, it was just over $100.

The tutorial for the giant white dowel art can be found here!

The black leather side chairs are from a local consignment store called Urban Renewal.  It is the one place in town that really carefully curates the stuff that they sell, it is a great place for prints and loads of inspiration.  Normally their furniture is out of my price range but these super comfy guys were a huge score at $55 each. The off white rope pillow on the black chair is from Homegoods, they had a ton of different styles when I was last there.

The white and gray fringe pillow is made by Loloi.  I went to Vegas on the hunt for some fabric for a chair that I am reupholstering and found a couple of great pillows at Home Fabrics (this being one of them!) I have no idea where to send you guys to actually purchase it, some are sold on Urban Outfitters, but this one in particular is sold out on their site. 

The gray and red striped pillow is from CB2 (sold out).

The pink and red kilim pillow is from Urban Outfitters.  The giant cactus is a Peruvian Apple Cactus that I found at a local nursery for around $60.  The simple white planter is from Lowes.  Also, I just need to point out (because you can see it in this picture) when we bricked the wall we swapped out the regular outlet for one that has USB ports and it is AWESOME.

You can get all the dirty details on the Craigslist card catalog in this post.  The woven wall hanging was a consignment store find for around $30.  Lets just talk about the terra cotta vase for a second.  It is SO good.  And the best part is that its not actually terra cotta, it’s metal, so you don’t ever have to worry about that cute skinny arm breaking off.  The skeleton print was a happy accident that you can read about in this post.  Everything else was thrifted.

You can read all about the hanging light here, and how we rewired it here.  The family pictures.  Man I love those things so much.  We had them printed at Alphagraphics (if you are in St. George I HIGHLY recommend them, they are amazing to work with) I really wanted them printed on a canvas but with the room turnaround time we just couldn’t make it happen. 

The desk was a Homegoods find that you can read all about here (oh my gosh that post is so old!  Wahhhh! Dylan!  Be a little baby again!!!) I took out the colored drawer and moved the other one to the middle.  The rug was made with a paperclip.  You can find the tutorial for that one here.  Both planters are from Target (seafoam & white)

Love the marbled pillow from CB2.  The colors are a little brighter in real life than they seem online.

Tutorial for the copper shelves, and plexiglass calendar will be up on the blog soon!  I’m glad that you guys are as excited about those shelves as I am!  The large sisal rug is actually 2 of these guys from Target stitched together. When I originally ordered the patterned runner (WE clearance 70% off!) I was super excited, then when I got it, it looked so rinky dink in the entryway.  It needed to be twice as wide…oops.  So the sisals saved the day!  The rug is sold out, but they still have pillows with the same pattern on major clearance ($14.99!!!)

The tutorial for the bent arm chandelier is here, as well as the ceiling beams, and HI. art.

The little metal yellow wall pockets add some fun color and are $8.95!!  I feel like I need one on every surface of my life.  Including in my car.

I have to say, I feel like Home Depot is majorly stepping it up in the plant department lately.  They have so many great cacti and large succulents it makes my heart happy!

Most of the planters are from Target.  These little teeny dip bowls are the perfect size to pop a succulent into and they are only $1.99!

The slouchy linen basket is from Nate (I love him.) And just a heads up, there are a bunch of KILLER planters at Target in the garden section right now.

This is the second Loloi pillow that I found at Home Fabrics, but YAY! they sell them at UO and as a rug at West Elm!   Large woven basket is Nate, naturally.

All of the cactus prints will be available in the shop shortly! (until then there are lots of good ones!)

Phew.  Hope you guys made it through that and got the info that you were itching for!!  If I left something out, let me know below and I would be more than happy to pass the info along!

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Did you know that there are some people that HATE decorating with Thrift Store items? (Its nuts, I know.)

They don’t hate that the stuff was used. They don’t hate that there might need to be a little work involved.

They hate that they lack this little thing called vision.

They look at crap and see crap, not the awesome piece that is hidden in the crap.

Today I am going to give you 5 tips to boost your thrifting vision!

Don’t  become  set  on  an  exact  item. Thrifting is sort of a roll with the punches type of decorating. While looking for chairs for my living room I knew I wanted something sort of Mid Century Modern-ish without being TOO MCM,  I want my living room to feel modern but not ONLY modern, that’s why I love thrifting, because it sort of forces things to be eclectic. I love the hard angles in these chairs but I wanted something a little curvier and softer. None of these chairs cost less than $800. The thing that I kept going back to was the arm situation. It had to have some cool arms. And have both wood and fabric/leather/whatever.

Last night I was checking out KSL (online classifieds in Utah similar to Craigslist) and saw  an ad for these chairs. They had great wooden arms and leather I think they will be great once they are a little updated. And the price was killer $35 each!

Be willing to hold out for something you REALLY want. My couch is a perfect example of this. I knew I wanted something tufted and a color. For months I searched the DI and Craigslist hoping to find something and came up short time and time again, until the heavens parted and I found this one:

Which brings me to point #3.

Be  Patient. Decorating your house with Thrift Store items means that its not all going to be done at once. Its not like shopping at a regular store where you can walk in and walk out with a complete living room group (blech.)  Its like a puzzle that comes together a little at a time.

Be Willing To Buy and Try. Lets say you find a pair of chairs one day that you *think you like. But you are not 100% sure. Have your store tag them (so no one can swoop in and grab them) and buy yourself some time to think. This post is all about questions you can ask yourself before you commit.

Come To Grips. Sometimes the item that you want just isn’t going to be at a thrift store. Find stores in your area that you can find other great home décor items. Homegoods is my favorite store because it has a bazaar/thrift store feel, meaning it is a new store EVERY time you go in and you never know what treasure you are going to find. I love the hunt. Are there places on the other side of town that you have only been in once or twice? How about consignment stores? There is one in St. George called Urban Renewal that is amazing! It can be expensive so I don’t buy there too often but I love getting ideas there and finding things that I just cant live without.

Now that you have a few guidelines don’t be afraid to try and change things up in your home a little!

If you want more thifting tips check out these other great Thrifting 101 posts:

8 Questions To Ask Yourself BEFORE You Buy From A Thrift Store

10 Secrets From A Thrifting Goddess

5 Thrift Store Must Haves

Love  Your  Guts,  Mandi

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