Mirror, Mirror On The Wall...

Well hopefully we'll have this mirror hung on the wall soon...although I wouldn't be surprised if it stayed on the floor for a couple months weeks.

In an effort to turn our master-less bedroom into a masterful one, I have been on the hunt for a mirror just like this one.

Ahhhh, the Cyrus Sunburst Mirror from Horchow.  It's gorgeous and the perfect statement piece to go above two chairs I'd like to place on an empty wall in our bedroom.  Unfortunately, there is noooo way I could afford the $387.00 price tag...but wait, the mirror now has a "special value" now of $249.90.  And with the coupon code "SAVENOW", the price drops to $227.28.  Dang...still out of my price range!

While doing some research for a look-a-like mirror, I came across Cyrus's twin {fraternal, of course...since Cyrus has a silvery-golden frame}...Z Gallerie's Devon Mirror.

This option has a price tag of $199, not including the shipping cost and over-sized surcharge.  If I was going to pay all that, I might as well just buy the Horchow version!  So the hunt continued...

I even emailed my Mom yesterday, asking her to keep an eye out for a mirror that resembles the look I was going for.  And wouldn't you know it...last night I stumbled upon the long-lost {and cheaper} cousin of the expensive mirrors I featured above.  Wooohoooooooo!

Of course, it was Home Goods to the rescue.  I had searched my local Home Goods a million times before and never found anything even close to what I wanted.  But last night was different...there were actually TWO of these waiting to be snatched up!

I know the metal frame is a bit more bronze than silvery or golden, but it's very pretty, and if I want to make a change...it's nothing a little paint and dry brushing can't fix!

So for $129.99, this purrrty thing came home with me {and took up almost my entire trunk HA}!  I know it isn't the exact replica of the Horchow version, but for less than half the price, I wasn't expecting it to be!

I actually love how the bronze looks against our newly painted gray walls.  And even Perny approves!  Clearly, that is what's most important in our household. ;-)

A Place to Call Home...

This weekend was crazy busy for me!  We made plans to have the hubby's family over on Sunday...so that meant I needed to cross quite a few things off my to-do list before then!  {More on that later this week.}

One of the smallest projects we completed was finding a home for and hanging the sunburst mirror I discussed here.

I thought that we should hang it over the TV to give that side of our great room a little "ooomph".  As you can see below, it was mega boring before...

Now, it's much better!

And yes, that is a newly painted console behind the sofa.  I'll be showing that in more detail this week.

P.S. - I was lucky enough for Roeshel over at DIY Show Off to feature me on her amazing blog today!  Head on over there to check it out! :)

Thank You, Pinterest!!

Ahhhh, thanks to my Pinterest obsession, I was able to finally purchase a sunburst {sunburst, starburst...whichever term you prefer} mirror!  Woo-to-the-hoooo!!

These mirrors have been all the rage for quite some time now.  I know some people may say the trend is dying, but for me, it's still going strong.  It's like the chevron stripe, I just can't get sick of it!

Anywho, there are so many different sunburst mirrors out there, and a lot of them are quite pricey.  To combat this, I've seen many bloggers get crafty and DIY their own.  I was heavily considering that option, but my to-do list around the house is a mile long..and every item on it is wayyyy more important than crafting some decor to hang on the walls.  That left me with no other choice besides drooling over the ones I'd come across in blogland, and hoping/praying that Joss and Main or One Kings Lane would have a super inexpensive mirror that didn't sell out within minutes.

That is until my trusty Pinterest iPhone app came in handy.  You see, I am constantly perusing {or "exploring" if you want to get technical} "all" pins on my iPhone, and I happened to come across a sunburst mirror Saturday night.  I clicked on it and read that it was a popular pin flying around the site, probably because it revealed a pretty 30" x 30" mirror available at Home Depot for only $35!!!  H-E-L-L-O!  That is about 1/3 of the price that the inexpensive mirrors usually are!  I quickly clicked out of Pinterest, entered my Safari app and went to Home Depot's site.  I searched for the mirror, saw there were 2 in stock at my local store and placed a "Pick Up At Store" order for this purty little lady...

Including tax, my sunburst mirror cost me $37.42!  That low cost + zero minutes to make it = winning combo for me!  Now, I just have to decide where to hang it.  Living/dining room?  Bedroom?  Hmmm.

And on to more pressing matters...I realize that I am so far behind on posting the progress that we've made from my parent's visit.  This is because of several things: 

1)  They are still here and leave tomorrow morning.  So while they are here, I tend to spend every second I can with them, and therefore forget to take pictures of things we complete. 

2)  The things we finished can't be photographed without showing things that are not done...and I don't want to reveal stuff that isn't yet completed.  For example...

- The basement has been painted for about a week, but I haven't finished purging and cleaning it out yet. 
- Our Craigslisted furniture is finally painted {the last piece probably got it's final coat this morning...thanks Mom!!}, but none of it has any hardware installed.  I wasn't planning on re-using the old stuff, and I have not been able to find suitable replacements yet.  Apparently, the center-to-center spread on these pieces is uncommon, and it's making my search quite difficult! 
- All of the blinds have been hung in our living/dining room, but we can't show those until we get our curtains up.
- Our curtains are done, but the company who sent us the curtain rod supports, messed up and didn't send 2 sets.  They only sent one, and did not include the center support...which is crucial when you are trying to span a distance of over 120 inches.  We have some major sag going on in the middle of our picture window right now.  It is not cute, just like sagging in the 1990's wasn't cute either...

Hopefully my ridiculous babble gives you a little insight as to why I am so scatterbrained lately.  I keep putting off my "reveal" posts in hopes that I can show you things when they are 100% complete...but because these projects are done in real time, progress isn't lightening fast.  So please, bear with me.  Fingers crossed for some reveal posts by the end of the week! :)