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Listen ladies… getting him a few mens shirts this year isn’t going to cut it. And I’m pretty sure he doesn’t want ANOTHER tie or pair of socks either. It’s time to mix things up and get something for the man in your life that he’ll actually love.
Most guys really love food. You know the saying “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach”? So this year, treat dad or hubby to one of these cool gift ideas for a Father’s Day and make this the year he’ll never forget!
If dad has a Keurig Brewing System
Reusable Coffee Filter System for use with Most Keurig Inc. Style Single Serve Coffee Brewers. Kit includes 2 reusable cups & 30 Melitta coffee filters.
Get It: Melitta Javajig Reusable Coffee Filter System – $8.99
If dad is lazy, consider getting him the Sampler K-Cup Portion Pack for Keurig Brewers, 35 Different Flavors
For the more traditional dad, try getting him a fancy new coffee pot like Krups (KM730D50) Stainless Steel 12-Cup Coffee Maker
We’ve had this coffee maker for several months and we LOVE IT! It brews a much better pot of coffee than our old Cuisinart. It has an “Aroma” feature that slows the brewing time and makes a stronger pot of coffee. It’s easy to keep clean, easy to set up and it is programmable so we can prepare a pot the night before, set it for 6:00am and wake up to a fresh pot of coffee every morning!
Get it: Krups (KM730D50) Stainless Steel 12-Cup Coffee Maker for $95.00 at Kohls and Zappos.com
To kick off our Beach & Bikini Giveaway, Orchid Boutique is offering an EXCLUSIVE COUPON CODE for 15% OFF that our readers can use from 6/10/2013 until 6/16/2013 at midnight EST. The code is: FashionableInOrchid. Take advantage of this exclusive discount ASAP! Ends Sunday!
Orchid Boutique is THE place to shop for a new swimsuit this season! They have an amazing selection of mom-friendly Monokinis that will help hide that post-partum baby belly in a way that is sexy instead of frumpy. I personally recommend Vitamin A Brena Noir Monokini (featured above) that has full coverage in the rear, plunging neckline with removable padding and adjustable drawstrings at hips for versatile side coverage.
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We are giving away a $100 Gift Certificate to Orchid Boutique so you can pick your favorite swimsuit from their wide selection of designer swimwear!
In addition to that, we are also giving away a Hayden Reis Mr. Sunshine Wristlet Bag valued at $32!
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Warmer weather is finally here! I am so excited and I just can’t wait to get to the beach!! Now, normally I would be surfing the web for a new swimsuit, a new pair of sunglasses or Kennett Watches. But what am I doing? I’m spending HOURS and HOURS scouring the web for deals on bookcases and other living room furniture, putting up drywall, building some built-in window seating and getting paint all over my clothes. If I had known 8 weeks ago that my living room would still be unusable and a work in progress by June, I don’t think I would have started this project.
At least I get to do a couple fun things besides get dirty…
I went thrift-storing and found a Foo Dog set in white porcelain that were made in Japan! I was so excited to find them since I had been looking on eBay, Joss & Main and other sites for a pair of foo dogs for several weeks. I was afraid to flip them over to see the price since most of them that I saw were around $100 for a pair. To my surprise, they were only $14.25! I counted every spare penny and quarter in my pocket book and bought those babies as fast as I could!
I have considered selling them on eBay since they are worth a LOT more than $14.25 being that they are a set, vintage, white porcelain AND made in Japan. I found an identical pair that sold on eBay for over $150! I love these guys so much, I don’t think I can part with them though…
I’ve also managed to score a number of other knick knacks and decor items on sites like RueLaLa, Zulily, ideeli, Gilt, Joss & Main and One Kings Lane. You can check out all the items I’ve found so far in my Pinterest board “For The Living Room”. For now, I have all my new little items lined up on my mantel until the room is done and I can find them a permanent home in a bookcase.
I haven’t decided whether I’m going to go with silver or gold yet… I have a gold deer head and a gold sunburst mirror but I also like the silver cockatiel (pictured above) and my smaller silver deer head. Don’t know if I can make both metals works? I just read an article on Refinery 29 that said you can mix your metals, so I might try that. I’m having SUCH a hard time making decisions!!!!!!!!!
Honestly, I can’t wait till this living room renovation is OVER and I can get back to FASHION! Home decor is fun and all, but I’m dying to check out the handbags and designer sunglasses on Legally Glam and spend a few hours getting new summer clothes for my kids on Zulily, so I can finally feel like it’s summer.
First off, I love wallpaper. I grew up in a eclectic bungalow that my parents built themselves in the 70′s that was primarily of rough-cut lumber. There wasn’t a single wall in our entire house that could be painted, wallpapered or anything. You also had to be careful what you put up against the wall because the rough cut lumber was… well, ROUGH! Just about anything, including curtains, would catch on it and make pulls so interior decorating of any kind really wasn’t an option. “Rustic” was the style you had to work with.
Because of that, I’ve always been a little obsessed with wallpaper and couldn’t wait to get my own house someday so I could wallpaper a wall! FINALLY!
Well between children, marriage, my business and life, I haven’t had a chance to wallpaper any room in my house yet. When we decided to do My Living Room Makeover, I knew I HAD to have an accent wall.
At first I was dead set on retro wallpaper and had this very eclectic theme in mind. After about 19 days on Pinterest though, I started leaning towards Moroccan stylings and decided to go with a quatrefoil pattern.
I searched high and low for the perfect wallpaper and I didn’t find anything in my budget. I just couldn’t spend $100 on ONE roll of wallpaper! And all the wallpaper I could afford was not what I was looking for. Luckily, I came across Jones Design Company Painted Wallpaper Tutorial and after I finished reading the instructions and seeing how easy it was, I immediately downloaded the pdf quatrefoil template.
The Accent Wall
The entire living room was originally a boring and drab sage green color that I repainted to match the rest of the downstairs (so the rooms would flow better and feel more uniformed). The color “Sliced Melon” which is like a warm peach color, is absolute perfection in person. I’m so in love with this sunny, warm color.
Once I decided to do the moroccan quatrefoil painted wallpaper on the accent wall, I painted it with two coats of Benjamin Moore Regal Select Eggshell finish in Tangy Orange.
This was my first time using Benjamin Moore paint but it certainly won’t be my last. I was extremely impressed with how well this covered with just one coat. I only did a second coat to cover a few areas and to make sure the color was really perfect and BOLD. Really awesome paint though.
The next morning, after letting it dry overnight, I got right to work stenciling the wall with the template I downloaded here.
It took me about 2 hours to stencil the whole wall and I only had to stop and erase a small portion of it. It was challenging doing the pattern around the smoke detector hole and electrical outlets. Had there not been so many obstacles to work around, I think it only would have taken me about an hour and a half.
I spent the entire day on Mother’s Day painting in the lines and doing this wall. It took me approx 13 hours total from start to finish. I stopped for a 20 minute break around lunch time and a 45 minute break at dinner time. That was it! I was extremely sore, tired and burnt out after painting that long. I was going up and down the ladder, my wrist was getting sore, my eyes were fried from staring at that orange color for so long, but when it was finished, I felt SO SATISFIED!
It was probably one of the most satisfying and fulfilling things I have done in a while. I listened to music the entire time and that is probably the most music I have listened since I was 17 years old. That was probably my favorite part… I felt like ME again. Weird what music can do.
I can’t show you the whole room yet because I still have SO MUCH left to do, including
Well, at least I can check the Quatrefoil Moroccan painted wallpaper off the list!
Back to my work in progress… So much left to do! It feels like my living room will never be done! At least the hard part is done. *cough cough*
Check out PART 1 of my living room makeover to see how it all started and stay tuned for Part 3 to see what else I accomplish!
You may have noticed I haven’t been answering emails, keeping up with Twitter or posting as often on the blog or Facebook. I’ve been extremely busy, totally out-straight working on our Living Room Renovation.
We’ve been wanting to do something with our living room since we bought this house 3 years ago, but never had the time (nor the money). We finally just got sick of waiting and decided to do it anyway, sans time and money.
Here is the offending wall that was separating the hallway from the living room. There was really no point in having a hallway since it was only 2 feet wide and served no real purpose. Once we confirmed the wall was not a supporting wall, we dived right in and started demolition on April 20th, 2013.
My husband and his brother took great care to take the sheetrock down neatly and cleanly so we could save as much of the materials as possible for future use and to not make a huge mess and get drywall dust everywhere.
Taking the wall down went surprisingly quick. Totally made us think this whole project would be a piece of cake…
The instant improvement it made to the room gave us the energy to keep going. We knew it would be worth it!
We managed to save all the frame work so we would have wood for other projects. The awkward hole in the floor looks super awesome.
The electrical is going to be a nightmare but the whole room looks SO much bigger now with that wall gone! Definitely brighter, more spacious feeling and it will be easier to arrange furniture too.
Stay tuned for Part 2 of my living room makeover and see how I styled my accent wall! It took me 14 hours, but it was totally worth it… Wait till you see it!
“Sound as good as headphones that cost twice as much.” – CNET, May 2013
SOL REPUBLIC launches Jax in-ear headphones, amazing signature sound for under $40. The Jax in-ear headphones are designed to put high quality sound and style within reach.
Perfect for your iPhone, iPod, iPad or whatever electronic device you have! I love these headphones because they actually fit in my ears and STAY PUT, plus the sound quality is unsurpassed. Absolutely the best in-ear headphones I’ve ever owned!
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We teamed up with SOL REPUBLIC to give our readers a chance to win a pair of these headphones just in time for Father’s Day! Win these for your dad or hubby, or keep them for yourself. Whoever gets these headphones is sure to enjoy them!
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