Cheap & Chic of the Week: To the Wire

Cheap and Chic
July 30, 2014

Really enjoying the new Wire Kitchen Collection from West Elm. We all know about my love of brass, but these simple kitchen tools executed in brass are absolute perfection. It’s possible that these pieces are just the things missing from my kitchen, don’t you think? Brass has become quite the trend lately, however, until now we have yet to see brass kitchen accessories at a decent price point. Enter the West Elm Wire Kitchen Collection. Thank you West Elm, for reminding us that high style doesn’t have to mean a high price point. Shop the West Elm Wire Kitchen Collection below:

Cheap & Chic of the Week: Accenting with Urban

Cheap and Chic
July 24, 2014

For those of you who have been following Lacquered Life since the beginning, and when I say the beginning I mean fall of 2009 when I was living in my grad school studio apartment in Philadelphia (above), then you know that I have always been a big fan of Urban Outfitters. I think that their “Apartment” products are good looking, well made, and extremely well priced … their products managed to seem feasible even when I was in graduate school. Several apartments and a house later, I remain a loyal customer to Urban Outfitters for all the products they offer for the home – and right now, there are some really great products. So today I thought I would share some of my current favorites with you. Happy shopping!

Cheap & Chic of the Week: Targeting Towels

Cheap and Chic
June 25, 2014

Before I got married, I was quite keen on having a beautiful bathroom in my new home with my husband, towels all hung in a row just so. I registered for monogrammed towels. Fast forward just over two years to today. The towels are never hung just so, and despite all my pleading with Mr. B, he sometimes forgets and uses them to dry the dog after he has given him a bath. So those beautiful white towels with the blue monogram are not quite as white as I would like them to be, and there are some questionable spots on a few of them. Although I absolutely love the monogram, I have decided that this time I am going with an all white towel that can be bleached within an inch of its life if the situation calls for it.Enter the dream towel. Although I have decided that I should have all white towels, I would like them to have some texture to add an element of design. I am, and have been for quite some time, besotted with these Frette Towels available here. At $50.00 a towel, who wouldn’t be? Alas, I cannot bring myself to spend that kind of money on towels that I fear may go the way of my monogrammed beauties. Perhaps one day … Enter Serena & Lily’s Chevron Jacquard Bath Towels. This was my next stop on the journey to finding the perfect towel. This pattern is quite different, and very cool, almost vintage even. Again, however, I still wasn’t keen on spending $38.00 per towel. Enter the winning towel. The Threshold Textured Towel from Target. My oh my. While they do not look exactly like the Frette Towels, and in no way resemble the Serena & Lily Towels, they are good looking, and they are $6.00. Problem solved, don’t you think?

Shop for some of my favorite textured towels below!