Pineapple Vase!

The gold pineapple vase in my One Room Challenge reveal last week 

is an amazing high/low find 

and would make a great little gift for someone or yourself.

 (That's how I got mine!! Wink, wink!)

It was $9.99 at Wal- Mart!! Yes, you read that right!

I couldn't find it online but it's still in the stores in my area. 

It's in the section with candles and silk flowers, etc.

It would look so cute with greenery or eucalyptus leaves in it for the holidays! 

Here is the $149.00 version:

Yes, you read that correctly also!

Pier One has the exact same gold pineapple vase online as mine for $19.99 

if it isn't on the shelves at your Wal-Mart. 

Still a good price!

Wal-Mart also has  a white one online for under $15.00.

Add some flowers or greenery 

and you have a great hostess gift that will be used year 'round, I'm sure!

And pineapples are the symbol for hospitality!

*I'm not compensated in any way by Wal Mart or Pier One Imports, but wouldn't that be nice ?

I'm just sharing a great find.

Come On In!! Fall 2017 ORC - Inspirations

I found the most amazing mirror a couple of months ago and it has been propped 

while I decided where it was going. 

It WAS the find of a lifetime!

BUT due to the fact it weighs a zillion pounds  

I have to be sure exactly where it is going to stay long term. 

That's a lot of pressure because I move stuff around ALL the time.

And the amazing mirror is white - original finish.

And my walls are white - staying white.

So, I'm wondering how that will look in my latest ORC.

I personally  love white on white but I need to be sure 

because no moving this behemoth around willy nilly. 

#cuehusbandgrumbling

So I went looking for some white mirror on white wall inspiration...

desiretoinspire.net

alllisonelebash.com

allisonelebash.com

allisonelebash.com

Obviously, Allison Elebash and I are on the same page.

Ballard Designs

And this image from local designer Mandy Rye of Waiting on Martha 

is a longtime favorite of mine.

So, I'm inspired - white mirror on white wall it is.

And one more time - since I left it out of Week 1 and had to cram it in to a Bamboo Friday post - here is my Inspiration Board. It's a bit bare but it IS the starting point:

Be sure to follow my progress in real time  on Instagram 

(or see what I'm doing while procrastinating on my ORC!)

But anyway, follow along on my Instagram here 

and see what everyone else who has taken on the ORC F2017 is up to here.

Finders, Keepers, Elizabeth and Payne

If you follow along here or on Instagram then you know that 
Mollie and I love to go out "finding" 

(thrift stores, estate sales, yard sales, online, in person, the trash... you name it!)

    

We have had some great luck!

 

 

We have found some awesome items.

And for the most part we have been "Finders, Keepers!"

We want to keep going out there and finding.

But we feel that we might be on the verge of moving from "Finders, Keepers"
to being featured on an episode of "Hoarders." 

So we are (slowly, very slowly) in the process of starting to sell our great finds and our chinoiserie artwork.

We have leased a spot of our very own at Westside Market in Atlanta!!
(We might be a little excited!!!)

Please continue to follow my personal feed 
and add @elizabethandpayne to your daily scroll as well.

We know all about branding yourself and not starting a new venture until you have business cards and everything is ready to go with a seamless launch 
BUT that's not how we are rolling. 

(Life is a bit nuts right now).

We have a business plan: Find amazing stuff and sell it for a great price. 
Be nice and fun and ask people to bear with us while we get it together!!

If you are local please pop in and visit our space
 and all the other great vendors at Westside Market!

We started "moving in" to our spot on July 1st! . So many goodies for sale:

(More to come - just getting started!)

Please follow along and we'll have a great time while we figure some of the details out!

( We hope to be able to ship to those of you who aren't local at some point in the near future!
And if anyone has shipping carrier advice, please share. 
We don't want shipping to cost anyone anymore than it has to!)

We have some great items ready to post on @elizabethandpayne so please keep an eye out. 

We will give you a heads up on @madebymolliesmom and @elizabethandpayne 

Now we are "Finders. Sharers!"

Spring 2017 ORC "Half The Time" Project ~ Week 6

"Running the last man home..."

That should be the title of my reveal! I'm last.

 My daughter ran Cross Country in high school. When a teammate was late coming in because he/she was injured or sick or had fallen and lost their spot in the pack the first one or two teammates who had crossed the finish line early would run back and run in beside the struggling runner offering encouragement the whole time. The first time I saw this I almost cried. Not every team did this. They were doing this after a hard, fast 5K they had already run. It was so kind and they were teenagers in that stage that so many older people label as thoughtless and self absorbed. Mollie's team won most of their meets and championships so these were runners who had just set records going back to run the last guy home.

So I hope you will come to the back of the ORC pack (so many great rooms already posted) and hang with me in last place :)

I'm happy to have this room completed and I thank Linda of Calling It Home blog

for sponsoring this motivating experience. 

Whenever I cross the Finish Line!

Now enough sports metaphors - let's look/talk decor!

This was my "Half the Time" ORC. 

I was in and out of town during this challenge and busy working on a #secretproject as well.

(Please be sure to read about my #secretproject!!)

Let's see how I did!

Here is my Olio Board from the beginning of the process.

You can see the "befores" of the room here and here.

I think I stayed pretty true to the vision with a few fun additions 

that I squeezed in after I finally got the ball rolling around here!

The bamboo chair and its wine colored cushion was behind the color shift in this room.

The other motivator was to put the finishing layers and touches on this room that was improved greatly in the first ORC I ever did but I never went back 
and really pulled it all together.

So, no more chit chat. 

Here is where we ended up with a couple of weeks work time 

Before:

And, come on in... 

(Hey, look, it's my reveal photo and I forgot to go back and put on the outlet cover !!)

Small disclaimer: I finally finished but it was pouring rain. Not a good photo shoot day.

These are all iphone pics. You gotta do what you gotta do!

Bamboo Bar Carts - Not Just For Happy Hour!

 I know bamboo bar carts have been a topic on every lifestyle/shelter/decor blog for years now but they do not seem to be fading in popularity.

I love them and wouldn't care if they were trendy or not.

 (We have discussed this. More than once. )

Of course, it does make you feel good when you google "bamboo bar carts" and this one from 1st Dibs pops up for $895.00.

It's circa 1965 and mine are considerably older!

I've talked about my great luck in receiving 2 antique bar carts 

that belonged to my moms dearest friend.

  I showcased them at Christmas and NYE.

 But we can't party all the time (insert perplexed look here!) 

so I needed to decide where the biggest of the bar carts was going to live

 when we weren't whooping it up.

Enter the bar cart as an end table. 

We had this narrow spot at the end of the couch 

and no place to perch a drink except the coffee table if you are on that end of the couch.

It's on wheels which is actually nice.

It's located directly across from our wet bar closet. 

That is very handy if we do want to style it up for drinks when we entertain.

We use the blue and white saucers and salad plates as coasters.

They work great and are prettier than a lot of coasters. 

And they have all been thrifted!

This is not the first time I've used a bar cart for something other than drinks.

A few years ago I used this one that I found at GW in my Master Bath 

to hold towels and a few bath necessities. 

(Sadly, no pics of it all styled up in the MBR)

Then I replaced the towel holding bar cart with a china cabinet.

Yes, a china cabinet in the bathroom.

We have no respect for "job titles" around here.

So, bar carts aren't just for happy hour.

What have you used your bar cart for?