Pottery Barn Deal of the Day: Wine Stoppers (Bonus Discount Code)

This one was just too good to keep all to myself

I've had my eye on the elephant, mini frame and stag wine stoppers
ever since I got my winter Pottery Barn catalog.

Regularly 16.50
I got it for 8.50 
 48% off

Regularly  19.50
 I got it for 8.50
56% off

Regularly 14.50
I got it for 8.50
41% off


They are the Pottery Barn deal of the day (December 6).
You can get them online or get them at your local store.
Online, they are free shipping.


If you use discount code
QTHV-WQRX-DSGG
today
(code good through December 7)
then you get an additional 15% off.
Yes, even off of other promotions and sale items.

I LOVE when PB has real sales.
And clearance.
Cause they do it right.


While I was going to practice restraint
and just buy the stag at 14.50 regular price,
I ended up getting all three for 27.69 shipped to my door.


There are some lucky hostesses in my life.
Let me tell you.


And yes, thanks for all the birthday wishes!

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Stylin' Master Bath Shelf

So a while ago,
(I know, I know)
I actually
FINISHED
a project.

It was the 1 hour bathroom shelf.
Remember?

On the next to bottom shelf?

You remember my mini succulent garden post right?

Well...

Let's just say that I almost fired my housekeeper

(yes, I have a housekeeper, yes she is afraid of my dog).

Not merely because I came home one Monday afternoon

to find that mini garden in smithereens in the toilet room

stomped on as if someone had to dance to save

their little tootsies (or paws, I suppose)

from the gunshots dancing off the ground around them.

(she only comes 2 times a month

for about an 1 hr...

really, it's about toilets. 

You know my thing about toilets)

No, this was about how I jumped to embarrassing conclusions

about how since she doesn't like Ashers

she MUST have locked her in that tiny toilet room

while she did her job

and FORGOT MY DOG

in said tiny room

for about 5 hours

Never mind that the one with no thumbs

is dumb clever enough

to get her skinny self behind the door

accidently shut it

and then squeal and scream for hours on end

when she can't get out

And of course tear up a year's worth of

costco toilet paper

and my mini succulent garden

while she's in there.

let's not talk about the toilet paper holder

that she ripped off the wall

in her wild fit of rage

over the indignity of being locked in the

toilet room all day long.

She's a fighter.  I would have passed out.

Anyhow.

I finally got around to re-styling that shelf.

With a little inspiration from the Pac Gal Auction House

where I saw this little cutie

I decided to actually stop hoarding

my sea shell collection

and actully display some of it

I hate the photography lighting in this dark corner of my house

There's a great little window that lets in just enough light

to give a prisoner hope she'll get out some day

And then an overhead light that is...well...sketch.

All said,

All I need on that shelf is a little plant

ie, the one from Crate and Barrel I pasted in there.

Alas, American Express isn't giving me any points to go shopping with

anytime soon.

They are probably still bitter that I went all the way around the world

on their points when I was a cardholder.

Then we jumped on to the next great card deal.

Given that we're one of those rare oddities (or used to be at least)

that annoyed companies by paying the bill in full each month

and jumping to the next great free flight offers when our old card

wouldn't give us anymore goodies.

All said, loving the Thank You Points I get now

(and so are Lowes and Home Depot where we redeem about 95% of said points).

But next time, Pottery Barn card.  I've seen some lovely sea goodies there

that will be on end of season close out soon enough.

Clearly, I have some shelf space to cover.

What do you think?

More wordy posts?

Or back to the short, sweet and simple?

I had a request to write more.

Like I did at b3Home Designs (Part 1)

Why the heck not?

Unless you beg me not to of course.

Thankfully Small Thanksgiving - 2010

Ahhh.

The one day of the year

where we are commanded

to be thankful

for all the stuff we have

and people we love

and just general goodness.

I'm thankful

that we don't

have a houseful of people

at Thanksgiving

All the better for me

to cuss my Cowboys out

all day long

with no one hearing the awful words

that spew from my mouth.

Carry on.

Happy Thanksgiving.

I'm truly thankful

that you take time to stop by

and humor my humor

every now and again.

Faux Edison

I'm not brave

not like lots of girls

in home bloggity blog land

I'm not a fan of powertools

or electricity

or using power tools to put up

electrical thingamagigs

Like lighting fixutures

Or, plumbing fixtures for that matter.

Oh, I'll drill up a picture or two.

But the real stuff, I leave to Mr. Handy.

For now.

That said, I loved the look of Pottery Barn's Edison chandelier

And at the top of the landing,

in our home

there is a fixture cap

which I imagine hides the wires for those brave enough

to install their own fixture

because,

evidently

they ran out of fixtures in our home

and didn't think we'd need one more

in that very obvious space

No biggie.

I loved this nook

Reading Room Nook - Top of the Landing, Pinehurst

You can see the light fixture cap in the ceiling of this photo

It would be great to have a real lighting fixture in that space

you know, to read by

But since I live in the land of the sun/not sun

(just depends on the time of year)

I can get by with natural light from the window

Note that I didn't say "sunlight" because,

well, that stuff needs to be bottled when it shows up here

I digress.

I wanted to make a Faux Edison.

So I gathered the following supplies

Faux Edison Parts | Pinehurst Reading Nook

I found the coil of rope at Goodwill (of course)

But then decided that I wanted the rope with the blue label

from Home Depot

I picked up the clear globe bulbs in three different sizes

from the Habitat Store, Wal Mart and Goodwill

(noticing a trend here?)

I got the bag of gray couplings 

in the plumbing section at Home Depot

and I picked up the eye screws from Home Depot too.

Score Orange!

The craft paints were picked up in the great 

Freecycle paint heist.

Awesomeness.

Faux Edison Bulb Making| Pinehurst Reading Nook

I used a bit of Gorilla glue

and some washers I had on hand

To glue a washer to one end of the couplings

that I had painted black.

On the non-washer end of the coupling

I glued my light bulb to the coupling

Because, they're not really going to light up and all

Faux Edison Couplings and Bulbs| Pinehurst Reading Nook

The washer on the other end was so that I could take this

Faux Edison Step 1,283,789| Pinehurst Reading Nook

and end up with this

Faux Edison All Strung Out| Pinehurst Reading Nook

I used different lengths of rope,

different sized bulbs

and now, I just need to get the guts

to put it on my ceiling

Yeah.  I'll keep you posted on that.