Category: Bargains

Bargain Saturday: 10 Ways to Use Wooden Pallets as Furniture, Decor, Storage & More

It can be really helpful to have a few affordable DIY ideas in your arsenal, and pallets can get you through a good number of design dilemmas, if you're a little crafty. Plus, pallets are cheap ( free , in some cases)! A word of caution: Finding any pallet
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Bargain Saturday: 4 Art Prints for the Photography Lover

So many of us fancy ourselves photographers, don't we? We become artists behind the lens when we're framing our shots, and many of us take it pretty seriously. In fact many of us self-proclaimed photographers are almost as enamored with our cameras as
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Bargain Saturday: 3 Affordable Centrepiece Alternatives

We don't all have the time to pick fresh cut flowers from our gardens (for those of us lucky enough to have gardens), nor do we all have the time or money to buy flowers. But it is nice to have something to fill up your vases from time-to-time. Besides,
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Bargain Saturday: 6 Resources for Free and Cheap Downloadable Labels

The need to organize can strike you at any given moment -- like, now -- during a sleepless night, or when you've got no choice but to get things in order. For me, the need to get organized strikes just about any time, so it's good to know there are a
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Bargain Saturday: 6 Ways to Fake a Headboard

Personally, a headboard is something I can live without and often have lived without, but it can really frame the bed and complete the look of your bedroom. But if your decor budget is a little slim, there's no reason you can't improvise a little and
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Bargain Saturday: 4 Affordable Ideas for Organizing a Kids' Room

Keeping a kid's room organized may seem like a bit of a pipe dream for some parents, but when you do get your kids to pick up the toys and clothes laying around, there’s got to be a place to put them all. The good intentions of closet organizers don’t
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Bargain Saturday: Modern & Colourful Prints for the Music Lover

I am smitten with these bold art prints from postercabaret.com . The online design shop started as a place to sell underground gig posters created by music lovers, but today they sell a variety of prints, including this concert series. I've been eying
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Bargain Saturday: 7 Ways to Reuse Your Old Bath Towels

There is an old set of pink Sears towels from some decade gone by (70s, maybe 80s) that I’ve been toting around for the past few years. My mom picked them up for me at a second-hand store or yard sale, as she tends to do, because she thought I’d like
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Bargain Saturday: 5 Affordable Art Prints for the Bicycle Lover

When I’m thinking of things to put in my home, I think about things I like to do. Summer is a natural time to think about cycling, and I just love riding along the lake on a warm, sunny day. I really do romanticize my bicycle . It’s mauve, has a great
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Earth Day: Shop Habitat For Humanity's ReStore for Eco-Friendly Decor

With financial and ecological costs rising, many home owners are on the lookout for more eco-friendly and cost effective remodeling solutions . By using salvaged or gently used materials it is possible to make far less of an impact on both your budget
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Bargain Saturday: 2 Pieces of Furniture I'm Going Paint, My Future Dining Room

I am not a fan of my current living conditions. My fiance and I have been in the same, boring, high-rise apartment for more than three years and it's starting to make me itch. We bought a pre-construction condo a long time ago, and we wait, and wait,
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Bargain Saturday: 3 Cheap and Cheerful DIY Candle Ideas

There are two things you need to know about me: I'm not crafty and I like a bargain . I really wish I were crafty . When I'm looking for unique ideas for presents I always gravitate to doing a little something homemade that doesn't require me to tap into
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Grace Bonney, Founder of Design*Sponge Blog, Talks Trends

While in New York on a recent content-gathering trip (see photos of an amazing multi-million dollar home here ), Vanessa and I had the delightful opportunity to meet and spend the afternoon with Grace Bonney, founder of the successful blog Design*Sponge
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Bargain Saturday: 3 Ways to Display Your Jewelry

Being organized doesn't mean boxes, labels and partitioned drawer spaces, necessarily. You can make it crafty and cute... and practical. These three ideas for displaying and organizing your jewelry are practical, yes, but you can also make them your own
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Bargain Saturday: Cottage Furniture, the Wicker Edition

When I think cottage furniture, wicker is my first thought. I'm not such a fan of the full wicker living room sets with matching floral cushions, but a few wicker pieces can be a nice addition to your cottage or to your home. I spent the last couple of
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