My goal is to help people create a space that supports them, mentally, physically, and aesthetically. When you are free from the chaos you have the capacity to create more of what you want.
Congratulations to the winner of last week’s Tote Buddy: Susanna P.!
This week, we’re giving away an Arc customizable notebook by Staples. These stylish and extremely versatile notebooks are fully customizable to fit your needs. Simply choose from a variety of covers and add the paper and accessories you want. Then you can add, re-arrange, and remove items however you wish, again and again.
This giveaway will include a full-sized (8.5″ x 11″) black leather notebook, a set of 5 colorful tab dividers, and a pack of project planning paper, as pictured above. This giveaway is valued at approximately $28. To learn more about Arc or to purchase your own, visit their website.
Not so sure of what it is and how it’s different? Take a peek at the video I did a few weeks ago.
To enter the contest, click below on “enter to win” and enter using your e-mail address or Facebook account. You can also leave a comment to this blog post or on our Facebook page! Entries must be received by 12:01 AM Eastern Time on Monday, April 30th (so that is a minute after mid-night Sunday night/Monday morning). Your e-mail address will not be used for any other purposes except notifying you if you are the winner. This giveaway is open to U.S. residents 18 years and older.
Tell your friends! The more the merrier, and the more people we have enter, the more potential for more prizes in the future!
Congratulations to the winner of last week’s Pliio System: Megan P.!
This week’s giveaway is the Tote Buddy, a clever tool that stores and organizes your unwieldy stack of reusable shopping bags in one slim and stylish package. Made of eco-friendly materials, the Tote Buddy easily stores up to 10 reusable shopping bags, and is designed to be easily carried using your shopping bag’s own handles.
I must say that they checkers at my local grocery store have commented about my ToteBuddy! They think it’s pretty cool!
This giveaway is for one floral Tote Buddy (pictured above) and three complimentary orange tote bags, valued at $35.50. To learn more about Tote Buddy or purchase one for yourself, visit their website.
To enter the contest, click below on “enter to win” and enter using your e-mail address or via Facebook. You can also leave a comment to this blog post or on our Facebook page! Entries must be received by 12:01 AM Eastern Time on Monday, April 23rd (so that is a minute after mid-night Sunday night/Monday morning). Your e-mail address will not be used for any other purposes except notifying you if you are the winner. This giveaway is open to U.S. residents 18 years and older.
Tell your friends! The more the merrier, and the more people we have enter, the more potential for more prizes in the future!
Woo hoo! I am so excited to announce a special new feature to The POSH Blog called Win It Wednesday! On April 4th we will start our new Win It Wednesday feature where you have a chance to enter to win a special product or book from a featured vendor or sponsor. Oh how exciting!
Check the blog on Wednesday and you will find a box for a giveaway management tool. You will be able to enter the contest by entering your e-mail address or enter via the POSH Space Facebook page. The tool will show you how many people have entered and how much time is left to enter. Then the company will determine and verify the winner! It’s super simple!
So tell your friends, co-workers, neighbors, facebook friends, and Pinterest pinners to check out the blog on Wednesday! You just might be our next winner!
In this week’s Dream Closet we are looking behind the closet door of author and Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi. I’m going to dish up (pun intended) my thought on her closet with The Good, The Bad, and The Reality. I’m also going to toss in one of my favorite closet must have tips. Let’s get cooking! (okay, I’ll stop with the cooking puns now!)
The Good Purses. I really like how they stored her big purses along the top of the closet. This is a great use of space and the purses are easy to see and grab quickly.
Hangers. Of course I must say I love that all the hangers are matching AND I love that they are wood. I still think the wooden hanger always delivers a beautiful, clean, and sophisticated look. A+!
Jewelry. What a fun and gorgeous way to display jewelry and accessories! I have several posts on jewelry (click here to see one of the recent posts) but I like how in this closet they use a beautiful glass display case to house both jewelry and accessories. I love when you can display your items like a store would, then it feels like you are shopping in your closet all the time. Brilliant!
The Bad.
As usual we simply are not seeing enough of the closet! Surely she doesn’t only own nine pairs of shoes! Where is her storage for long hanging items like the dress we see? I would love to see more drawers too.
The Reality
I like how they show a dress displayed hanging from some other hangers. That’s so funny because so many people do that! A few years ago I discovered valet rods and they are a must have in the closet (see photo below).
You can get them from custom closet companies or from a Rev-A-Shelf Dealer. They come as a fixed rod that you simply attach to a shelf in your closet or in a pull out style. The pull out style can be pushed back and out of the way when not in use. I have the pull out style in my closet and purchased it from More Space Place. They are fairly inexpensive, but SO useful!
I also like the how they stored some of the small purses below the hanging items on the right hand side of the picture. Again, so many people do this because if you have a small closet you might not have a choice. By keeping these small purses uniform in color and size they don’t look like a jumbled mess.
Overall, I like how this closet is something just about anyone can have. Pieces like the beautiful wooden hangers and the lovely display case make this closet an inspiration.
What little changes can you make in your closet this weekend?
The Tote Buddy is an ingenious item that allows you to easily organize and carry a stack of reusable tote bags when you go shopping. No more wrangling an armful of bags each time you go to the store–simply grab your Tote Buddy and go!
For the holiday season, Tote Buddy is offering this great deal: for every Tote Buddy you buy, you can receive this high-quality floral tote bag free! Simply enter the coupon code ‘LOVE’ during checkout. Offer expires on December 31st.
I was at my favorite store, The Container Store the other day and I saw these beautiful felt flower gift tags. Since they were in my favorite color, turquoise blue, I was quickly going through my head trying to figure out what I could do with these. Then like a bolt of lightning it hit me! I was so excited and it was a solution I had been searching for, for months! So I quickly scooped up four of them and headed straight for my laboratory…I mean home.
Admittedly, I am a bit of a barging shopper. So I have some overflow storage at the top of my pantry for items that are for future use. I have been searching for the right way to label these bins for a while and not having them labeled has lead to some confusion.
The first thing I did was flip the white tag over. You may be able to see in the picture below from the store that the white tag had lines on one side and the back was solid white. Then I added the names/categories to each tag. It looked a little boring so I added the dots around the edge and voila my tag was done! Finally, I attached the tags to the baskets and lined them all up.
The gift tags like the ones I purchased are available for $3.99 or the wine bottle gift tags are $8.99 and come with a thicker “leather” like tag to write on. The fun and fabulous tags are called Flower Tiedings from Twinkle Brands. They also make a cute butterfly which would be perfect for a kid’s room. Oooh, I’m getting more ideas! See the before and after pictures below.
Here’s the inspiration! The flower tag I saw in Container Store.
Here is the before pictures of the basket.
This is a close up of the after!
Here’s the line of my four baskets! Love to add this bit of fun to our pantry!
Okay, I hope you enjoyed the pictures and let me know what you think.
