I Heart Target's Red Clearance Stickers

Yes, I am that lady that zooms past you in Target with a shopping cart and makes a beeline to the home goods department...but that's usually on one day out of the week - Thursday. Why? Target marks down the prices of each of their departments on a weekly schedule. By scouring the internet, this is what I found:


Target's Markdown Schedule -

Thursday: House wares, lingerie, sporting goods, shoes, music, DVDs, books and luggage. 


I mainly focus in on the house wares and on some days the lingerie section ;) [ I have a great shopping story to tell that involved waiting on my sister while she was at the chiropractor's and hitting a nearby Target via GPS and found a complete set of lingerie for 75% and under $5! ].  


Anyway, Target is super awesome and I absolutely love that their inventory turns over rather quickly due to their weekly and continual markdowns. I've recently been on the hunt for great looking lampshades and am surprised of how expensive they can be [ expensive for me is a lampshade that is over $10 ].


Target's clearance aisles can be a hit or miss and their clearance sections are at the end and back of the aisles - think outer perimeter not the main walkways. Also, like most clearance sections, it involves some digging around and maybe hunching down to the lower shelves to find stuff [ may be best not to wear a short dress, just sayin' ]. 


So, lo and behold, I found a black lampshade for under $5! $3.24 to be exact and originally priced at $12.99. $12.99 may not seem like a lot to someone else, but knowing that it can and will be priced lower in the following weeks, gets to me.


Sidenote: The price tag below the $3.24 one says $9.74. I've seen Target markdowns start at 15%, then go lower to 25%, 50% and finally 75% off. If you're patient, you can find the item that you want go all the way down to 75% off. In the case of this lampshade, I found the exact same shade at another Target for the same price.

FYI - The lampshade cost less than my lunch salad. Sad, but true.

What am I going to do with this lampshade? This is what I had in mind...

I've painted the wood nightstand table from a previous post, but am still working on the top with fabric. Reveal to be posted soon!

No Sew Curtains - Completed!

I finally completed my no sew curtains in the living room using Heat N Bond no sew tape [ for the first time ]! Check out my step-by-step process here >>> No Sew Curtains Step-by-Step

Final product!

I'm one of those ladies that love to matchy-match, so I'm excited that I found a Waverly print that is pretty close to the damask print on my ottomans [ from Target ].

and these memo boards [ found at Ross ].

I'm very happy with the results! :)  Stay tuned for my nightstand makeover!

You can also see this project on:

No Sew Curtains

I've been holding out on purchasing a damask fabric to match my ottomans since the Waverly fabric that matched it exactly cost $19.99 a yard.

So, when I found these on sale at Joann Fabric and Craft Stores online, I purchased enough to make 3 window panels.

I'm going for a Parisian look in the living room and this is a room from my Living Room Inspiration file that has the elegant look that I would like to achieve:

My living room looks nowhere close to that, but I could definitely start with the curtains. So, first step was to lay out my fabric on the floor. Its nice to have the assistance of a little helper.

I laid out the new fabric on top of the old fabric and used it as a guide of what length to cut.

I had to learn the hard way that I needed to iron the crease before adding the no sew tape [picture on that later].

After ironing, add the no sew tape. Sidenote: I discovered no sew tape when I bought some curtains from IKEA. I'm no sewer and I'm not patient, so this was a great invention for someone like me who needs to hem curtains fast.

And here is the final product! I only had enough no sew tape for one panel...but it makes a great before and after picture :)!

I like how the sunlight flows through easily...

:)!

Like I promised, here's the picture of the oopsies that I made. Lesson learned!

Quick and Easy Updates for Under $5

Lampshade Trim:

For a spool of navy grosgrain ribbon that cost under $2, I trimmed 2 lampshades.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

The entire process took about 10 minutes and I used existing materials of 2 lampshades and a hot glue gun.

Rug Border:

A bottle of fabric paint [ Tulip Slick fabric paint in Black/Noir ] that cost under $4 and took a total of 6 hours [ 2 hours to apply + 4 hours to dry ] freshened up a tired looking jute grass rug.

You can see the tired/worn looking border on the left and the newly painted side on the right:

Final product!

Also...another Craigslist purchase. I snagged both of these bar stools for $25.

I really like the "Pottery Barn" style look of these bar stools. 

I checked online and a similar bar stool on sale cost $249! Yowza!

Pottery Barn - Napoleon Barstools

[Picture below courtesy of Pottery Barn]

Thanks for dropping by :)!