HomeGoods Is My Happy Place!

My friend Jacquelyn is a new first time home buyer (congrats Jac!) and knowing my recent interest in home deco,r she asked me to accompany her to HomeGoods yesterday.  I am supposed to be saving money right now until Tye and I are settled in steady jobs again, so I was reluctant at first, but it doesn't take a lot of convincing to get me to go to HomeGoods!  For those of you who may be unfamiliar with HomeGoods, a sister company of TJMaxx and Marshalls and carries a ton of home goodness!  They have everything from bedding and linens, to rugs, furniture, kitchen and cooking supplies, decor and more!  It is seriously an amazing place!  Like TJMaxx and Marshalls, you can find some amazing deals on designer products for you home and every time you go, the inventory has changed, no two stores have all the same stuff, and you never know what you may find!  It's one of those places that you can't go looking for a specific item, but if you go with a broad idea of what you need/want, you are very likely to find it, and get a heck of a deal at the same time!  I really good go on forever about how great this place is!  So yesterday within 5 seconds of walking through the door we stumbled across this amazing loveseat.

In case you can't tell from the pic, the seat is done in a leopard print fabric and the middle pillow (which came with the loveseat) is a faux fur!  I just love this piece and Jac's house just happens to have the whole Tuscan/rustic thing going for it.  Perfect right?!  The new sofa she purchased for her living room has leather and studs and we thought this would compliment it nicely.  It was priced at $799, compare to $1400, although I have found that their "compare to" prices are rather conservative and are underestimated at times.  Jac wanted to check with her significant other prior to making a larger purchase, but I will be hounding her until this little baby finds it's way into her home!  Jac did end up leaving with a gorgeous painting for her living room as well as a few accent pieces and even a little treat from the Marshalls side of the store for sweetie.  (All the better to butter him up to the new loveseat idea...wahahahaha!- my evil plot laugh)  So I know you are wondering if I was able to restrain myself and leave the store empty handed and the answer is....no, of course not.  I was restrained though, because I did not even leave with a quarter of what I wanted to leave with!  Baby steps... Anyways, so when I came across some Ralph Lauren bedding, I remembered just how much I liked my Ralph Lauren inspired engagement pictures and got the great idea to add a little Ralph to other aspects of my life, including my bedroom!  I found various pieces from the Edgefield collection and decided to go with it, how could I not at these prices?!?  I found the shams with retailed for $200 for $19.99, the bedskirt which retailed for $160 for $5.99, and some decorative pillows that retailed for $130 for $19.99!  Those are some pretty serious discounts!  Here's a pic I found on Amazon.com...

Now, I'm not gonna get the whole collection, but I am going to use a few pieces and do a slightly different take on this look.  I love this collection, but think that the total look may be a little too themed for me.  I like the classic, traditional, with a touch of equestrian feel, but I think that I need to add a little bit of glamour to make if perfect for me!  I'll let you know when I figure out what that glamour is, or if you have any ideas, I'm all ears!  Oh and check out this painting I found...

I didn't get it, but I'm thinking about it!  It's a little more modern than I would normally drift toward, but it reminded me of several painting I have seen featured in Traditional Home and House Beautiful lately and I was thinking it could work above the fireplace?  I don't know, I'm thinking this one over, what do you think?  I'll leave you with one last pic of an item I did purchase,

Isn't this such a lovely horse?  For just $19.99, I fell in love with him and just had to have him!  Check out homegoods.com to find one near you and also be sure check out some amazing finds other customers have found as well!  Bye for now!