Serendipity

My husband and I ran into Hobby Lobby a couple of weeks ago for something but I can't even remember what it was.  Whatever it was, we must have bought it because I remember being in the checkout talking with the cashier.  I asked her about a lamp that caught my eye.  I wasn't there to buy a lamp; I wasn't even in the market for a new lamp but I saw this one and we were meant to be.  So I'm asking the cashier about the lamp.  It seemed everything in that store was on sale except the lamp.  I asked, "Are your lamps on sale too by chance?" She replied, "No"...but then she added "but they will be next week. They go on sale every other week."  Well, that's a great tip.  So, next week I went back and just as she said, the lamp was on sale at 50% off!  Yep, I bought it...mostly for the shade.  I love that little shade.  That lamp came home with me and I put it in my den in progress.  Although I wasn't looking for it, it was meant to be.

coastal guest bath redo

Jennie's mom, Kay, shared some pictures of her guest bathroom which was a recent redo.  The first picture shows the "before" which was a cute red bathroom.  I love red.  However, she received the beautiful shell mirror for Christmas and it just didn't work.  So, the other pictures show the makeover.  She changed the color scheme to lighter colors, hung the mirror, updated the towel rods and hardware and made the shower curtain herself! She used an old belt as a curtain tieback.  Genius.  To me it looks like it went from nautical to coastal cottage!

before:  red and nautical

after:  pretty coastal cottage

Kay made the shower curtain.

She used an old belt for the tieback.