Home Goods Happy

Home Goods is running a commercial with the slogan "Home Goods Happy" and that's what I am!  They have the best deals there and really cute thing for the garden.  Sometimes I find the things at TJ Maxx which is the same company and while they have a smaller section for items for the home, they often aren't as picked over as the actual Home Goods store.  I found all of these things at TJ Maxx which is literally just down the hill from where I live.  I've often walked with Jacob in the stroller there.  On Friday, I showed you the lantern I bought which I had planned on using on the patio until Jeff suggested using it in the house.  But I did buy these really cute planters that I used for herbs.  I don't think their actual color shows up too well in these photos but they have that green tint that copper gets when it ages.  In this planter, I have mint and oregano.

    

And in the planter below, I have basil and cilantro

I saw these exact planters at a nursery for more than twice the price.  I had my shopping cart full when I spotted something really unique.  It was a big wooden planter that was put together with pieces of wood like a puzzle.  It was by a designer named Danny Seo.  I texted Jeff to come meet me at TJ Maxx and I showed him the one of a kind (no others in the store) wooden planter.  He liked it but wondered what I'd plant in it.  I didn't have a really good answer for that so I said, "Okay, let's forget about it and just get the other things." I was still thinking about it a few hours later wondering how I could use that planter.  It had a plastic insert so all of a sudden it occurred to me that it would make a great fountain!  A few weeks before, I had seen at Home Depot a display that said, "Make any container a fountain with this kit!"  So I told Jeff my idea and off he went to TJ Maxx to get the wooden box.  Thankfully, it was still there.  The kit has 3 different nozzles so you can choose how you want the water to spray.  We chose the bell shaped spray.  It also lights up at night.  Since I didn't want to cut a hole in the planter for the cord, we just went over the side and I found a cute handpainted ceramic sunflower to hide the cord.  Of course, it turned into a much bigger project than anticipated because we had to run a waterproof extension cord out to the spa and Jeff didn't want it just laying on the ground so he bought black ABS (which is like PVC but not white) that he could run the cord through.  Here's Cooper and Kanan checking out our new fountain before I added the sunflower to hide the cord.