Shopping for Free!

The other day when Jeff and I went down to coast to Santa Monica, I had a couple of Pottery Barn coupons burning a hole in my pocket.  One was "Spend $50.00- get $25.00 Off" and then I was sent a "Reward Certificate" which you get when you buy things on a Pottery Barn credit card.  You get 10% rewards from prior purchases.  The reward certificate was for $25.00 so that meant I could get $50.00 worth of stuff for free!  How can you beat that?  Problem is, I have pretty much decorated out my living room so it's hard to find things I need.  I have plenty of Pottery Barn pillows and pillow covers for every season, lots of glasses, serving dishes, you name it so it's hard to find something I need and/or have room for.  Anyway, I was determined to find something so I bought got this oil-rubbed bronze bird sculpture/votive holder that goes perfectly with my fireplace screen and tool set.  I was also able to get a silver starfish and some decorative pebbles for a lantern I bought.  That's a whole other story...

If you browse the Pottery Barn catalog or website, you'll see lots of lanterns and they run from $100-$200.00.  I found a rustic-looking lantern that I loved at TJ Maxx/Home Goods.  It was so similar to the Pottery Barn lanterns and I even liked it more and it was only $19.99!  I had planned to use it on the patio but when I brought it home, Jeff liked it so much that he thought I should put it in the living room on our server.  During the summer, I have a beachy seashore theme in my living room so the silver starfish and pebbles from Pottery Barn and some shells and driftwood that I had were added to the lantern along with a battery-operated candle.  Here's a photo.  They look small in the photo but they are quite large and tall!

Here's the lantern with the lit candle before I added the accessories.  I love the rope handle.

More of my summer decor

Dining room centerpiece and shell placemats from PB

On Monday, I'll show you more great deals I got at TJ Maxx for the garden...some great planters for herbs and an interesting big carved wooden pot that we turned into a fountain!  Have a great weekend!