Homeware Purchases

At the weekend, my dad and I put up bookshelves in my room, and I wanted some things to use as bookends, so off I popped to QS/Store Twenty One (The logo outside the store is a QS one, but the labels and bags are all Store Twenty One). I picked up the glass jar for just £2.99, the wooden heart tealight holder for £1.99, and the cute, cheeky mug for 99p. I don't know what I'm going to fill the glass jar with yet, but I'm filling the tealight holder with glass pearl beads, which I've ordered from eBay. The mug is selling for £7.50 on eBay, so I'm pleased with the price I paid.

As I said, my dad and I put up bookshelves in my room, and we bought them from B&Q. Whilst there, I just had to go to the plant/flower section. I bought the beautiful plant arrangement for £7.98, and a pack of three mini cacti for £3.98.

Homeware and plants... I can never resist!

Affordable Home Decor Haul

Hello! This was meant to be up at the beginning of the week, but I kept buying things...

 

Hanging hearts - Store Twenty One via QS - £4.99

I love these hanging hearts! They're meant to be photo frames, but I thought they'd look pretty with prints in. Of course, Cath Kidston patterns were the first ones I thought of. The middle heart just contains a pattern I found on Google images.

 

Photo box - Store Twenty One via QS - £1.99

I have some photos which have become very special in the last couple of months, due to the people in them passing on. I wanted to keep them somewhere safe, so thought this photo box would be great for that. I would like to get a beautiful photo album, but in the mean time, this will do.

 

As you can see, I've become obsessed with hanging decorations! I bought them to hang on my beauty chest of drawers.

The small silver heart can be found here for £1.75, with 65p postage.

The white metal heart can be found here for 99p, with 39p postage.

The robin ornament can be found here and costs £2.50, with 75p postage.

And the white metal birds can be found here and are priced at 99p, with 39p postage. I don't know if other people are normally sent two, but I received two. Because of this, I'm giving one away as part of a present.

Apart from the robin, they are all from the same seller, so if you are ordering more than one, you can combine the postage.

 

I also bought this hanging decoration. It doesn't go with the colour scheme of my beauty corner, so it's on my wardrobe door and contrasts beautifully with the turquoise. You can buy it here for £2.49, including P&P.

100 pearl berry lights - Primark - £7

I am so happy with my lights from Primark. I've wanted some fairy lights for a while, but didn't want tacky ones or normal Christmas tree lights. I love that these are round and look like little berries. I have a very wide window, and 100 of them are the perfect length. These are only around for Christmas, so I would buy some soon!

I hope you enjoy your weekend! My next few posts will include my favourite books of 2012, a book haul, Secret Santa/Christmas presents, and, of course, a Christmas sales haul!

New Storage!

Yesterday, my mum and I went down to the square to pick up some baking ingredients and groceries. My mum wanted to go in QS, so off we went. She ended up buying a top and I bought more than I could carry! I really loved their homeware section. All of the tags for these items say 'Store Twenty One', like most of the homeware items I saw.

The large, white wicker chest with floral lining was £24.99. I'm going to use it to store my shoes. Currently, my shoes are lined up against a wall and get covered in dust easily, especially my suede heels! The white wicker bin with floral lining retails at £5, but I was only charged £2.99 (Yay!). The teal patterned, cardboard box was also £2.99. I love the colour and pattern, and it's sturdy. I don't know what I'm going to store in it yet, but I couldn't resist buying it! There are a few other designs and sizes, which I may have to buy. The small, white wicker baskets were £3.99 each. I'm going to put these on my future white chest of drawers that will hold my beauty products. In one basket, I am going to store my everyday make-up products, and in the other, I'm going to store some eyeshadow palettes, face masks, nail wraps and false eyelashes.

I just need a white chest of drawers now! All of my beauty products are out to be seen, which makes my room look more untidy than it is. The trouble is, is that I don't want to spend over £100, but cheaper draws have mixed reviews. I normally wouldn't mind if a chest of drawers were not very sturdy, but they need to store my (heavy) beauty products in.

I had to include this photo of Puddin'!

I hope you're enjoying your day!