If You Want to Find Products for Less, You NEED To Read This Google Image Tutorial

Remember last week when you guys voted on console tables for my office? I bought one, and it wasn't even one of the six I had asked you to vote on:

Here is is at for $1020 at almost every store (here, here, here) and a bit less here, and substantially less at Wayfair for trade members (here). I almost always end up buying from Wayfair because it is almost always the best price (and customer service is incredible).

Anyway, I had initially ruled it out for price, thinking I'd prefer to pay less for this very similar one (and the one that won the reader votes) and just paint the legs:

But I didn't really want to paint the legs. So I decided to take my own advice and do a Google Image Search on the one with gold legs and see if I could find it for less, or at least something similar for less. And it worked. I got it for $510 - exactly half of the Joss & Main price.

Here's how.  

Etsy Favorite Sellers for Home Decor / Accessories (#14)

I think this is my favorite Etsy post since the first one. I hope you enjoy it!

1. Colorful Custom Pillows (here and here)

        

Simply Stunning Interior Design Portfolio: Chango & Co.

Chango & Co. has one of my favorite portfolios ever, especially their beach houses. I think you'll love this:

MUST SEE Blue and White One Kings Lane Entire Home Makeover

One Kings Lane recently did an internet makeover that is to die for. This proves how well E decorating can work! As OKL wrote:

Between running her media site, Womanista, traveling with her musician husband, Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum, and caring for their new baby, it’s no wonder Cassie Kelley hadn’t had a moment to rethink her living space. In came our team to create a fresh new look—one that puts practicality first without sacrificing Cassie’s polished style. 

 Take a look at the spaces, all photographed by Manuel Rodriguez:

50 Favorites Home Office Edition & House Updates & Reader Votes Please!

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I have so much today....skip to about half way if you only want to see the 50 Favorites.....

So I lost my entire blog format last night, and in a brief moment where I also couldn't access any of my content, I. Lost. My. S***.  It's 3:26 am now, and I got most of it back. So will I learn not to go meddle in my code? Probably not, unfortunately. Anyway, it looks different because I did as much as I can do for now and will have to pick it back up another time. For those of you with blogs: When every tutorial ever in the history of the internet tells you to back up your stuff before meddling in your code? I'm thinking they actually make a very good point.

Next, I told you yesterday how the wrong item came for my office..... I ordered a desk, but they delivered a credenza. I decided to cancel it and not have them try to track down a desk (they were out of stock). Some things are meant to be, I think, because my lovely decorator-blog friend-reader Linda emailed me this Kate Spade beauty, which I hadn't seen before:

Home Office Fail, Most Pinned Images, and Outdoor Decorating

Yesterday was disappointing in a way way only people like me (i.e., all of you), will understand. I saved for and ordered this desk from Bernhardt:

And it arrived. Or I should say, this arrived, mis-marked from the manufacturer:

Although worth a lot more, it's not what I ordered and I'm pretty bummed, mostly because I think the desk is no longer available (I apparently got the last one when I ordered it). I know you all understand. Oh well, not a big deal in the long run I guess.

Anyway, moving on.  This is my most pinned image of all time. It gets a couple thousand repins a month. It's beautiful, but it kind of surprises me that it is the most out of all 45,000 pins. Although I don't know what I would think would be first instead of it, so it's as good as any I guess:

Hermes Style Bags / What I Love Wednesday (Green Velvet Rooms)

I went back and fixed the link from yesterday's Etsy post, but wanted to put the Hermes style bags here because I felt so badly for messing it up. So many of you emailed, and I know, it was the best item on the list, so of course the link was broken! The bags are HERE and by clicking the images below.....

Etsy Favorites Sellers for Home Decor and Women's Accessories (#13)

1. Giant Clam Shells

Much to my chagrin, I have bought several of these for people at mass retailers and spent more than I had to. These are the ones I have bought (click image to view each) - they are not cheap:



And here are the Etsy ones at serious savings:  here, here, here, here, and here. Or click the images to view:

       

2. Custom Coordinates Jewelry

These are another Anthropologie find that are being done for a lot less on Etsy.  Anthro has the custom coordinates bracelet here for $140, and the Etsy ones, starting at $25 are here, here, here, here, here, and here: