{ Sources-My Entryway }

Good Morning! So happy that you've stopped in.

As per your requests, I'm putting together some posts this week that review each room that was featured on The Everygirl and am going through the sources for each item. Here's the thing: I rarely shop at places that I can just link to for you to buy online, because almost every purchase I make is at a thrift or discount store. But this will at least give you an idea about where I go to find items and what I do with them once they're purchased. I think you'll enjoy this little series!  Kapeesh? :). Okay! Let's get started. With the entryway. Naturally.

It wasn't very long ago that my entryway looked like this:

ugh. shield your eyes.

I need to make a disclaimer: I KNOW that the faux fur throw looks totally silly in my little red carry-all, but I had just bought it and was so darn excited that I decided it needed to be in the picture. Lesson learned, guys, lesson learned.

Moving on. Let's look at something a little more aesthetically pleasing, shall we?

Ah. thats better. Okay. Let's break it down.

Firstly, use The Everygirl's Tips on How to Style an Entryway. It's the perfect formula. Alaina is the bomb.com when it comes to lots of things, but especially styling. 

1. The Table- One of the main differences in the photos is obviously the table in the newer look. It's actually the same one, just with a few tweaks. See, my mom picked up this little guy at a thrift store a while back for probably less than $10. It was covered in butterfly stickers. I tried to sand it down and paint over it, but good lord, t was taking for.ev.er and my patience was wearing thin, so truth be told, it just never looked very good. It was painted but you could still see the outline of the butterflies all over the top of the table. And it was driving me BONKERS. So, I took myself to Lowes and bought a precut, unfinished piece of wood that was ready for paint. I'm pretty sure it was around six or seven dollars.  I removed the old tabletop, painted the new one with leftover paint that I had from the project before, and voila! No more butterfly stickers staring at me. For a moment I thought I was finished, but then I got a wild hair and decided to spray paint the drawers with some gold Rustoleum spray paint. Suddenly, my sweet little table started lookin' a little more sassy.

2. Lamp-The base is from a garage sale, the shade is from Target. I'm still wanting to add some trim or something to jazz it up a little. Or leave it plain? you tell me. 

3. Mirror-On clearance at HomeGoods for a little under $20. I love it. It was the perfect size, as something too much bigger would have dwarfed the table and made it look goofy. Pay attention to scale. (but have fun!)

4. Vase/TJ Maxx, Bowl for keys/Anthropologie (no longer available according to the site, but I think they have ones similar), Gold Letter "C"/on clearance at Tuesday Morning for $4, spruced up with gold Rustoleum spray paint.

5. Red Carry-all/TJ Maxx

6. Throw blanket-Target (similar)

7. Coat hooks-Lowes. I knew I wanted some type of coat hanging apparatus, but most of the coat racks that I liked were out of my price range. These were only a couple bucks each, and I love them. Clean and Simple. 

8. Paint Color- Silver Sage by Restoration Hardware. I admit, this was a little bit of a splurge. My mom has used this paint color ten thousand times-I love it and the paint is such good quality. We tried to get it matched in a less expensive paint before and it just didn't look the same at all. It was much greener. What I love about it is that it can look more grey, blue, or green depending on the light and the colors you pair with it. Perfect for someone like me who has a serious case of design ADD.

My goal was to give the entry a makeover for under $50. It ended up costing about $42. I mostly worked with things that I had, but added in a few extra items (like the mirror, and decorative accessories) to tie everything together. 

Before you run out and buy all new things, asses what you have. I was dying to buy a new entryway table until I came to terms with the fact that it wasn't in the budget, so I better figure out someway to live with it. Being realistic doesn't mean you have to hate what you have, it just means you need to be more creative with your problem solving ;). If you're having any design predicaments that you need help solving, or if you're in the process of making over your own apartment, feel free to shoot me an email. I'd love to see!

Tomorrow we're heading into the bedroom. oo la la. 

Thank you all so much for stopping in today. lovelovelove.

-C

P.S. After I finish with sources, I'm going to wrap up with a post on Friday about how I spend my money, what I splurge on, and an overview of my best tricks and tips for creating a cozy, pretty apartment on a ramen noodle budget. Be sure to keep checking back! :)